The Weakened Ones · Hadith 28 (#Ḥadīth #1)

5 - جعفر بن معروف، أبو الفضل، السمرقندي. يروي عنه العياشي كثيرا. كان في مذهبه ارتفاع. وحديثه يعرف تارة، وينكر أخرى.

5 – Jaʿfar b. Maʿrūf, Abū al-Faḍl, al-Samarqandī. al-ʿAyyāshī narrated from him a lot. There was irtifāʿ in his madhhab. His ḥadīth is recognized sometimes, and other times rejected.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).