Al-Hasan b. Sa'id al-Ahwazi
| Companion of | Imam al-Rida (a) |
|---|---|
| Teknonym | Abu Muhammad |
| Religious Affiliation | Shi'a |
| Wellknown Relatives | al-Husayn b. Sa'id al-Ahwazi (brother) |
| Place of Birth | Kufa |
| Place(s) of Residence | Kufa, Ahvaz |
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. Saʿīd (Arabic: أبومُحَمَّد الحَسَن بن سَعید) (alive in 220/835) was a companion of Imam al-Rida (a) and the brother of al-Husayn b. Sa'id al-Ahwazi. He was born in Kufa, but he later immigrated to Ahvaz and lived there. He was alive until 220/835. He is considered as a reliable transmitter of hadiths by scholars of rijal.
Biography
Hasan b. Sa'id, known as al-Kufi and al-Ahwazi[1] was born in Kufa. The year of his birth is not known. His father, Sa'id, was known as "Dandan"[2] and is considered by Ibn Dawud al-Hilli as an unknown transmitter of hadiths.[3] His two maternal uncles, Ali b. Yahya and Ja'far b. Yahya, were, respectively, companions of Imam al-Rida (a) and Imam al-Jawad (a) and are considered as reliable transmitters of hadiths in sources of rijal.[4]
After living in Kufa for a while, Hasan b. Sa'id migrated to Ahvaz together with his brother, Husayn and his nephew, Ahmad b. al-Husayn. Husayn and his son, Ahmad, went to Qom after a while, but there is no evidence that Hasan also joined them in the migration from Ahvaz to Qom. It seems that he stayed in Ahvaz and died there. The year of his death is not known, but he was alive until 220/835.[5]
Place in Hadith and Scholarship
Hasan b. Sa'id is in the sixth generation of the transmitters of hadiths. He appears in the chains of the transmission of eighty six hadiths. He is considered as a reliable transmitter of hadiths by scholars of rijal.[6]
It is well-known that Hasan b. Sa'id took people such as Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Hudayni, Abd Allah b. Muhammad al-Hudayni and Ali b. Mahziyar to Imam al-Rida (a) which led to their conversion to Shiism. The story is cited in different sources with slight differences.[7]
Hasan b. Sa'id transmitted hadiths from people such as Safwan b. Yahya (d. 210/825-6), Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Khazzar, Zur'a b. Muhammad al-Hadrami, and Abd Allah b. al-Mughira (alive until 183/799-800), and some people, such as Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Isa al-Ash'ari, Bakr b. Salih, and his brother, Husayn, transmitted hadiths from him.[8]
It is well-known that Husayn b. Sa'id and his brother, Hasan, wrote thirty books.[9] However, al-Shaykh al-Tusi said in his al-Fihrist that Husayn wrote thirty books, but when listing the books, he added the book, al-Bisharat, which is not mentioned in other sources, and thus, the books he mentioned amount to thirty one.[10] Some people have attributed fifty books to Hasan.[11]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl al-Ṭūsī, p. 374; Ḥillī, Khulāṣat al-aqwāl fī maʿrifat al-rijāl, p. 99.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 551; Ḥillī, Khulāṣat al-aqwāl fī maʿrifat al-rijāl, p. 99.
- ↑ Ibn Dāwūd al-Ḥillī, Kitāb al-rijāl, p. 553.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl al-Ṭūsī, p. 360, 374; Najāshī, Rijāl al-Najāshī, p. 58.
- ↑ Subḥānī, Mawsūʿat ṭabaqāt al-fuqahāʾ, vol. 3. p. 186.
- ↑ Khoeī, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 5, p. 246.
- ↑ Barqī, Kitāb al-Rijāl, p. 56; Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 551-552; Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl al-Ṭūsī, p. 354.
- ↑ Ibn Dāwūd al-Ḥillī, Kitāb al-rijāl, p. 108; Khoeī, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 4, p. 345, 348.
- ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl al-Najāshī, p. 58; Shūshtarī, Qāmūs al-rijāl, vol. 3, p. 459.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, Fihrist kutub al-Shīʿa, p. 149-150.
- ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 551.
References
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- Barqī, Aḥmad b. Muḥammad. Kitāb al-Rijāl. Edited by Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥaddith Armawī. Tehran: 1342 Sh.
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- Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. Fihrist kutub al-Shīʿa wa uṣūlihim wa asmāʾ al-muṣannifīn wa aṣḥāb al-uṣūl. Edited by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Ṭabāṭabāʾī. Qom: 1420 AH.