so he leapt to his feet, remained standing, and said, “The most excellent man there could ever be has arrived.” (1)

Mūsā ibn Dāwūd related: “I was with Ibn ʿUyaynah when Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī came in. Sufyān rose and kissed his hand.” (2)

Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā al-Tamīmī, the leading scholar of Khurāsān, said, “If any of the abdāl are still alive, then Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī is one of them…”—and he mentioned two others. (3)

Muḥammad ibn Rāfiʿ said, “Al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī narrated to us; he was the ascetic monk of Kufa.”

Abū Hishām al-Rifāʿī transmitted from al-Kisāʾī, who said:
“Hārūn al-Rashīd asked me, ‘Who is the foremost reciter among the people?’ I replied, ‘Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī.’” (4)

Ḥumayd ibn al-Rabīʿ said, “Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī saw—as though in a vision—that the Resurrection had begun and a herald was calling, ‘Let the scholars rise and enter Paradise.’ They rose, and I rose with them. Then it was said to me, ‘Sit down; you are not one of them—you do not transmit ḥadith.’ From that time on he began to transmit, after previously refraining, until we wrote down from him more than ten thousand ḥadiths.” (5)

Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿIjlī said, “Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī is trustworthy. He used to teach the Qur’an and was a leading authority in it. He was a righteous man; I have never seen anyone better than him. Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated two ḥadiths from him, and we only ever saw him seated.” He added, “And it is said