Aban b. Uthman
| Full Name | Aban b. Uthman al-Ahmar al-Bajali |
|---|---|
| Companion of | Imam al-Sadiq (a) • Imam al-Kazim (a) |
| Teknonym | Abu Abd Allah |
| Epithet | al-Ahmar, al-Bajali |
| Place of Birth | Kufa |
| Place(s) of Residence | Kufa • Basrah |
| Death/Martyrdom | 2nd/8th century |
| Professors | Zurara b. A'yan • Abu Basir al-Asadi • Layth al-Muradi, ... |
| Students | Fadala b. Ayyub • Ibn Abi Umayr • al-Bazanti • Hasan b. Mahbub, ... |
| Works | Al-Mab'ath wa l-maghazi wa l-wafat wa al-saqifa wa al-radda |
ʾAbān b. ʿUthmān al-ʾAḥmar al-Bajalī (Arabic: أبان بن عثمان الأحمر البجلي) (fl. 2nd/8th century), was a companion of Imam al-Sadiq (a) and Imam al-Kazim (a) and one of the People of Consensus. He has quoted hadiths from Imam al-Sadiq (a) both directly and indirectly.
Aban was familiar with Arabic history, literature, and genealogy. He wrote a book on the biography of the Prophet (s).
Biography
Al-Najashi states that Aban was originally from Kufa who would sometimes live in Kufa and sometimes in Basra. However, according to al-Kashshi's report, Aban was "from the people of Basra... and he resided in Kufa."[1]
In rijal sources and in the chains of transmission of hadiths, he is mentioned by such names as Aban b. al-Ahmar,[2] Aban al-Ahmar, and Aban al-Ahmari[3] as well. His teknonym was Abu Abd Allah.[4]
| People of Consensus
Comapnions of Imam al-Baqir (a)
Companions of Imam al-Sadiq (a)
Companions of Imam al-Kazim (a) and Imam al-Rida (a) |
Reliability in Hadith Transmission
Aban was a companion of Imam al-Sadiq (a) and Imam al-Kazim (a),[5] though al-Shaykh al-Tusi mentions him only among the companions of the former.[6]
Aban is regarded as one of the People of Consensus whose reliability is agreed upon among all Shi'a scholars.[7]
Religious Affiliation
Some sources mention that Aban belonged to the sect Nawusiyya.[8] However, al-Khoei believes that this is a false accusation based on a copyist's error mistakenly changing the word Qadisiyya (the name of a town in Iraq) in the original manuscripts into Nawusiyya. This can be supported by the fact that al-Najashi and al-Shaykh al-Tusi both testify that Aban had quoted hadiths from Imam al-Kazim (a).[9]
Aban is also accused of being a Fatahi or a Waqifi. Al-Khoei rejects these accusations as well, based on the fact that such claims are not compatible with Aban's being one of the People of Consensus. He believes the accusation of being Fatahi is a mistake of al-Allama al-Hilli.[10]
Teachers and Students
Aban has quoted hadith from Imam al-Sadiq (a)[11] and Imam al-Kazim (a),[12] and from such hadith transmitters as
- Abu Basir,[13]
- Zurara b. A'yan,[14]
- Abu 'Ubayda al-Hadha'[15]
- Al-Harith b. al-Mughira[16]
- Shihab b. 'Abd Rabbih[17]
- 'Umar b. Yazid[18]
- 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi 'Abd Allah al-Basri,
- Layth al-Muradi.[19]
In his Mu'jam rijal al-hadith, al-Khoei mentions the names of more than one-hundred hadith transmitters from whom Aban quoted hadiths.[20]
More than fifty hadith transmitters quoted hadiths from Aban,[21] including:
- Faddala b. Ayyub[22]
- Muhammad b. Abi 'Umayr[23]
- Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr al-Bazanti
- Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Hakim[24]
- Al-'Abbas b. 'Amir[25]
- Nadr b. Shabib[26]
- Muhammad b. Ziyad al-Azdi
- Al-Hasan b. Mahbub[27]
Works
Al-Najashi and al-Shaykh al-Tusi mention that Aban had a book[28] that contained the following parts:
- The Beginning (al-Mubtada'),
- The Mission of the Prophet (al-Mab'ath),
- The Battles (al-Maghazi),
- The Demise (al-Wafat),
- The Saqifa,
- The Apostasy (al-Radda).
Ali b. Ibrahim al-Qummi in his exegesis[29] and al-Tabrisi in his I'lam al-wara heavily rely on this work.
Rasul Ja'farian reconstructed the book's text from different sources, and it was published in 1375 Sh/1996-7 in Qom.[30]
Disambiguation
Aban has been sometimes mistaken with Aban, son of the third Caliph. For instance, Fuat Sezgin mentions Aban b. 'Uthamn b. 'Affan as one of the early biographers of the Holy Prophet (s), from whom al-Ya'qubi quoted in his Tarikh al-Ya'qubi. However, the Aban that al-Ya'qubi refers to is Aban b. 'Uthman al-Ahmar, because al-Ya'qubi clearly states that he quoted hadiths from Imam al-Sadiq (a),[31] and this does not accord with the age range of Aban the son of the third Caliph, present in the Battle of Jamal.[32]
Notes
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 352.
- ↑ Kulaynī, al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 673; Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa, vol. 12, p. 138.
- ↑ Ṣadūq, Man lā yaḥḍuruh al-faqīh, vol. 4, p. 163.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, Fihrist, p. 47; Quhpāʾie, Majmaʿ al-rijāl, vol. 1, p. 25.
- ↑ Quhpāʾie, Majmaʿ al-rijāl, vol. 1, p. 25; Khoei, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 1, p. 157.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl, p. 164.
- ↑ Ibn Dāwūd al-Ḥillī, Kitāb al-rijāl, p. 12.
- ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl al-Najāshī, p. 13; Quhpāʾie, Majmaʿ al-rijāl, vol. 1, p. 25; Ibn Dāwūd al-Ḥillī, Kitāb al-rijāl, p. 13; Ḥillī, Rijāl al-ʿallāma al-Ḥillī, p. 22.
- ↑ Khoei, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 1, p. 161.
- ↑ Khoei, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 1, p. 161.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 107.
- ↑ Khoei, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 1, p. 157.
- ↑ Ṣadūq, Man lā yaḥḍuruh al-faqīh, vol. 4, p. 163; Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 209.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 104.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 136.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 177.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 94.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 185.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 40.
- ↑ Khoei, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 1, p. 162-164.
- ↑ Khoei, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 1, p. 164.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 107.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 136.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 209, 93.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 94, 104, 177, 209.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 185.
- ↑ Khoei, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 1, p. 161.
- ↑ Najāshī,al-Rijāl, p. 13; Ṭūsī, Fihrist, p. 49.
- ↑ Qummī, Tafsīr al-Qummī, vol. 1, p. 328.
- ↑ The publication of the book Aban b. Uthman by Rasul Ja'fariyan
- ↑ Yaʿqūbī, Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī, vol. 2, p. 6.
- ↑ Abān b. ʿUthmān, al-Mabʿath wa al-maghāzī, p. 8.
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