commented, "To God we belong (Inna lilah). They are writing down the opinions which I may change tomorrow!30 Yet notwithstanding, most of his opinions and narrations (riwayat) were recorded by his students. His knowledge was transmitted to later generations through two channels; the main one based upon what was recorded by his Ibadhi students such as Dhuman b. al-Sa'ib, Abu 'Ubaidah Muslim b. Abi Karimah, Abu Nuh Salih al-Dahhan, Hayyan al-'A'raj, and others. The second is based upon what was recorded by his non-Ibadhi students, among whom were 'Amr b. Harim, Qatadah b. Di'amah al-Sadusi, Aiyub al-Sikhtiyani, and others.31

Among the extant works in which legal opinions (Fatawa) and narrations (Riwayat) from Jabir are recorded are:-

1. Riwayat Dumam; narrated by Abu Sufrah 'Abd al-Malik b. Sufrah, from al-Rabi' b. Habib, from Dumam from Jabir b. Zaid.32

2. Musnad al-Rabi b. Habib al-Farahidi, from Abu 'Ubaidah, and Duman from Jabir b. Zaid.33

3. Jabir's correspondence (Jawabat) which contain some of his legal opinions sent in letters to some of his friends and followers.

All these were recorded by Ibadhis. There are also the following works:

1. Kitab al-Nikah, which contains legal opinions on marriage, reported from Jabir. It is still not known by whom this book was narrated, but being included in the Ms. of K. Nikah al-shighar, by 'Abd al'-Aziz, this suggests that it was probably narrated by the same author of K. Nikah al-shighar.34

2. K. al-Salat,35 this book is narrated by Habib b. Abu Habib al-Harmi, from 'Amr b. Harim from Jabir b. Zaid.36

3. The narrations from 'Amr b. Dinar, and 'Amr b. Harim, included in parts V and VI of K. Aqwal Qatadah, contain Traditions and legal opinions mainly on the subject of marriage, zakat, and prayers, besides his other legal opinions and Traditions reported from him by Qatadah.38

It is reported that the books of Jabir were in the possession of Abu 'Ubaidah Muslim b. Abu Karimah, then they came to al-Rabi' b. Habib, then Abu Sufyan Mahbub b. al-Rahil, then his son Mohammad b. Mahbub, from whom they were transcribed in Mecca.39

Some Ibadhi historians reported that Jabir himself wrote a large book of Traditions and legal opinions (Futya) known as Diwan Jabir b. Zaid, and that a copy of the Diwan was extant in the library of the 'Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid (786-809 A.D.) It is also reported that the Ibadhi scholar of Jabal Nufusah, Naffath (Faraj) b. Nasr, managed to transcribe the Diwan and