ومنهم المعلى بن خنيس، وكان من قوام أبي عبدالله عليه السلام، وإنما قتله داود بن علي بسببه، وكان محمودا عنده، ومضى على منهاجه، وأمره مشهور.
And among them Mualla bin Khunais he was a servant of Imam Ja’far Sadiq  and because of that Dawood bin Ali had him eliminated. He was an approved and praised person in view of Imam  and he departed from the world with belief in Wilayat of the Imam and his circumstances are well known in Islamic history.