Adam b. Ishaq
 Exterior view with tomb of Adam b. Ishaq at left and al-Mirza al-Qummi's tomb at right (Shaykhan Cemetery) | |
| Full Name | Adam b. Ishaq b. Adam b. Abd Allah b. Sa'd al-Ash'ari al-Qummi |
|---|---|
| Companion of | Imam al-Hadi (a) |
| Lineage | Al-Ash'ari Family |
| Wellknown Relatives | Ishaq b.Adam, Zakariyya b. Adam (his uncle), |
| Place(s) of Residence | Qom |
| Burial Place | Sheykhan cemetery |
| Students | Ibrahim b. Hashim |
| Activities | transmitter of hadith |
Ādam b. Isḥāq b. Ādam b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Saʿd al-Ashʿari al-Qummī (Arabic: آدم بن اسحاق بن آدم بن عبدالله بن سعد الأشعري القمي) was among the transmitters of hadiths in third/ninth century. He was considered among the companions of Imam al-Hadi (a). Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Isa, Muhammad b. Khalid al-Barqi and Ibrahim b. Hashim transmitted hadiths from him. His grave is in Shaykhan cemetery in Qom.
Family and Lineage
Adam b. Ishaq was among famous personalities of Al-Ash'ari Family in Qom.[1] His father Ishaq b. Adam was contemporary with Imam al-Rida (a) and transmitted hadiths from him.[2] His grandfather, Adam b. 'Abd Allah was among the companions of Imam al-Sadiq (a).[3] Also, his uncle, Zakariyya b. Adam was among the transmitters of hadiths and companions of Imam al-Rida (a) and Imam al-Jawad (a).[4]
Position in Transmitting Hadiths
Adam b. Ishaq lived in second/eighth and third/ninth centuries in Qom.[5] Undoubtedly, he was contemporary with Imams of Shi'a but available historical sources have not mentioned the names of them; while, it can be claimed that he was contemporary with Imam al-Rida (a), Imam al-Jawad and Imam al-Hadi (a), because his father, Ishaq b. Adam and his pupil, Ibrahim b. Hashim were among transmitters of hadiths and companions of Imam al-Rida (a). Also, another pupil of his, Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Isa was a companion of three of Imams (a), namely Imam al-Rida (a), Imam al-Jawad (a) and Imam al-Hadi (a).
Shi'a scholars of rijal including al-Najashi, al-Shaykh al-Tusi and al-Allama al-Hilli mentioned Adam b. Ishaq a trustworthy person.[6] Also, the Sunni scholar, Ibn Hajar Asqalani, the author of Lisan al-mizan mentioned him and quoted from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid al-Barqi that he introduced Adam b. Ishaq, a humble ascetic.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Amīn, Aʿyān al-Shīʿa, vol. 2, p. 85.
- ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl al-Najāshī, p. 73.
- ↑ Amīn, Aʿyān al-Shīʿa, vol. 2, p. 85.
- ↑ Ibn Dāwūd al-Ḥillī, Kitāb al-rijāl, p. 158.
- ↑ Amīn, Aʿyān al-Shīʿa, vol. 2, p. 85.
- ↑ Mamaqānī, Tanqīḥ al-maqāl fī ʿilm al-rijāl, vol. 3, p. 25.
- ↑ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, Lisān al-mīzān, vol. 2, p. 14.
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- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, Aḥmad b. ʿAlī. Lisān al-mīzān. Beirut: Maktab al-Maṭbūʿāt al-Islamīyya, 2002.
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