In the present work, after an investigation into the personality of Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Khālid al-Barqī and his father Muḥammad b. Khālid in the books of biographical evaluation (rijāl) and bibliographies (fihrists), as well as an examination of the chains of transmission (isnāds) in the surviving portion of al-Maḥāsin in comparison with the isnāds in al-Kāfī, it is concluded that Aḥmad al-Barqī was among the reliable authorities (thiqāt) and trustworthy figures in the matter of ḥadīth, and his extensive narration from weak transmitters (ḍuʿafāʾ) has little reflection, at least in the surviving portion of al-Maḥāsin.
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