And you shall not be far from this state.
And you shall not be far from this state.’”[^27] This praise of the imam shows that he was a trustworthy and good man. Al-Kashshi mentioned other traditions narrated by this man. Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Yasar Al-Barqi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Askari's companions.[^28] Al-Najashi said about this man, ‘He was from the clerks of Abu Tahir at the time of Abu Muhammad (a.s.). He was known as as-Sayyari. He was weak in narrations and of bad beliefs as al-Husayn bin Abdullah told us.
His narrations were not regarded significant. He narrated mursal[^29] traditions. He had some books like “Thawab (reward of) al-Qur’an”, “Medicine”
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