No one who ever wore sandals or strapped them on, who ever mounted a riding beast or sat upon a saddle after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, was more virtuous than Jafar bin Ubayy Talib.
حدثنا محمد بن بشار حدثنا عبد الوهاب حدثنا خالد الحذاء عن عكرمة
ما احتذى النعال ولا انتعل ولا ركب المطايا ولا ركب الكور بعد رسول الله ﷺ أفضل من جعفر بن أبي طالب
[Its chain of transmission is sahih]. Nasai also reported it in Al-Kubra, no. 8157, from Muhammad bin Bashshar with the same chain. Hafiz declared it sahih in Fath al-Bari, 7/76, and Hakim declared it to meet the criteria of Bukhari, 30/209, and Dhahabi agreed with him.