He used to transmit singular hadith reports, so people recorded hadith from him with al-Dāraqutnī selecting the material. His mendacity then became apparent, so they tore up what they had recorded from him and declared his narrations invalid. He fabricated hadiths for the Rāfidah and was consequently abandoned. He died in 387 AH.

14 — Mukhallad ibn Jafar ibn Mukhallad, Abū Alī al-Daqqāq al-Fārisī (1), known as al-Bāqarhī—with an unpointed h, a name derived from “Bāqarh,” a village near Baghdad—(al-Ansāb, 1/264, 265). He was a truthful, long-lived shaykh, and a compilation of his teachers was transmitted from him. He was trustworthy, and his hadith auditions were sound. Late in his life, however, his son induced him to claim transmission of certain works, including al-Tabarī’s Great History and others. He grew covetous, went along with his son, and narrated them, thereby falling into disgrace. He died in Dhu al-Hijjah 370 AH.

[His Works]

The breadth of Ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī’s learning was reflected in his writings. He wrote in every discipline he had mastered—and how many disciplines he mastered! He left behind numerous remarkable and splendid works, but only a few have reached us—though his Quran commentary and History alone would suffice us.

Among the works mentioned by scholars are:

1 — “Etiquette of Judges (or Rulers), Court Records, and Registers” (2) = al-Basīṭ (The Comprehensive Work).

2 — “Etiquette of the Pilgrimage Rites” (3):

This is a book containing what the pilgrim needs from the day of his departure and the days the author deems best for him