Abu Jaʿfar died in 114 AH in Medina. This dating was recorded by Abu Nuʿaym, Saʿīd ibn ʿUfayr, and Muṣʿab al-Zubayrī. It is also reported that he passed away in 117 AH.
Among the highest-isnad reports narrated from him is the following:
ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad—and a group with him—told us; ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad told us; ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Anmāṭī told us; Abū Muḥammad ibn Hazārmard (1) told us; Ibn Ḥabābah told us; Abū al-Qāsim al-Baghawī told us; ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd narrated to us; al-Qāsim ibn al-Faḍl narrated from Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī, who said:
“Umm Salamah used to say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Pilgrimage is the jihad of every weak person.’ (2)”
159 – Qurrah ibn Sharīk al-Qaysī, from Qinnasrīn
He was al-Walīd’s deputy over Egypt—oppressive, overbearing, tyrannical, openly impious.
He died in Egypt after ruling it for seven years. He built the Fusṭāṭ Mosque, and when the craftsmen departed he would enter, summon wine and musicians, and say, “The night is ours, and the day is theirs.”
He was unjust and brutal. The Khārijites plotted to assassinate him; when he learned of it, he killed them.
Concerning him ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz said, “Al-Walīd is in Syria, al-Ḥajjāj in Iraq, ʿUthmān al-Murri in the Ḥijaz, and Qurrah in Egypt—by Allah, the world is filled with tyranny.” (3)