Name: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn al-Walid

Fame: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Ja'fi

Kuniya: Abu Bakr

Lineage: al-Ja'fi, al-Kufi

Rank: Saduq (truthful) hafız (one who has memorized Quran) and he has unusual narrations

Lived in: Damascus, Egypt, Kufa

Died in: Damascus

Died Year: 260

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah: He memorized hadiths, and was good at memorizing both connected and disconnected narrations

Abu Awana al-Isfarayini: Hafiz (one who has memorized Quran)

Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Saduq (truthful) hafız, and he has unusual narrations

al-Daraqutni: He is considered reliable

al-Dhahabi: Counted among the Huffaz (plural of Hafiz)

Muslim ibn al-Qasim al-Andalusi: People criticized him, and he narrated Munkar (rejected) hadiths