Daif and of corrupt narration...

Daif and of corrupt narration,' and add: انه من الغلاة المنحرفين "He is one of the devious ghulat".34 Muhammad ibn Hasan ibn Jumhur is also among these narrators, and al-`Allamah al-Hilli says about him: كان ضعيفاً في الحديث، غاليا في المذهب، فاسداً في الرواية، لا يلتفت الى حديثه، ولا يُعتَمد على ما يرويه.

He was daif in narrating traditions, a ghali by faith, corrupt in his narrations; no significance is given to what he has narrated and it is not relied upon.35 Al-Najashi has the same to say about him: ضعيف الحديث، فاسد المذهب A daif narrator and professor of deviate doctrines.36 From this it becomes clear that these narrators were not accept­able to the authorities on rijal, being considered by them as devious, ghulat, etc.

The narration of their traditions by some Akhbari writers is due to their lack of precision and…