Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Mawsili
جعفر بن محمد بن حمدان الموصلي
Named with Ibn Durayd, al-Zajjaji and Naftawayh among the collectors of the Prophet ﷺ's utterances 1.
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Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Hamdan al-Mawsili, a name that appears in al-Mas'udi among those who collected the sayings of the Prophet and put them into their books, together with Ibn Durayd, al-Zajjaji and Nifawayh. 1
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 594
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islam.museum contributors. “Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Mawsili”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jafar-ibn-muhammad-al-mawsili/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.