List of the Companions of Imam al-Sajjad (a)
Companions of Imam al-Sajjad refers to those who are mentioned in Shia sources as narrators, students, and companions of Imam al-Sajjad (a).
Number of Companions
There is no precise statistic on the number of companions and students of Imam al-Sajjad (a). Al-Ikhtisas mentions only five individuals as the special students and companions of Imam al-Sajjad (a).[1] According to a narration cited by 'Allama al-Majlisi in Bihar al-Anwar, Jubayr b. Mut'im, Yahya b. Umm al-Tawil, Abu Khalid al-Kabuli, and Sa'id b. al-Musayyib were among the disciples of Imam al-Sajjad (a).[2]
Al-Shaykh al-Tusi in his book Rijal, under the heading "The Companions of Abu Muhammad 'Ali b. al-Husayn (a) and Those Who Narrated from Him," lists the names of more than 170 individuals.[3]
Names of the Companions of Imam al-Sajjad (a) in Rijal al-Tusi
According to Shaykh al-Tusi's account, the list of names of the companions and narrators from Imam al-Sajjad (a) is as follows:
- Ibrahim b. 'Abdullah b. Ma'bad b. al-'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib b. Hashim.
- Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a), son of Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya.
- Ibrahim b. Bashir al-Ansari al-Madani.
- Ibrahim b. Abi Hafsa.
- Isma'il b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Karima.
- Isma'il b. Umayya.
- Ishaq b. 'Abdullah b. Harith b. Nawfal b. Harith b. 'Abd al-Muttalib.
- Ishaq b. Yasar al-Madani, client of Qays b. Makhrama.
- Aban b. Taghlib (d. 141 AH).
- Aban b. Abi 'Ayyash Fiyruz (d. 138 AH).
- Ayyub b. 'A'idh al-Ta'i al-Bakhtari al-Kufi.
- Ishaq b. 'Abdullah b. Abi Talha al-Madani.
- Aflah b. Hamid al-Rawasi al-Kalabi al-Kufi.
- Isma'il b. Rafi' al-Madani.
- Ayyub b. Hasan b. 'Ali b. Abi Rafi'.
- Ibrahim b. Yazid al-Nakha'i al-Kufi (d. 96 AH).
- Isma'il b. 'Abdullah b. Ja'far b. Abi Talib.
- Isma'il b. 'Abd al-Khaliq.
- Ahmad b. Hamawayh.
- Bishr b. Ghalib al-Asadi al-Kufi.
- Bakr b. Aws Abu Manhal al-Ta'i al-Basri.
- Bukayr b. 'Abdullah b. al-Ashaj (d. 127 AH).
- Bard al-Iskaf.
- Thabit b. 'Abdullah b. al-Zubayr b. al-'Awwam.
- Thabit b. Hurmuz al-Farisi, Abu al-Miqdam al-'Ijli al-Haddad.
- Abu Hamza al-Thumali (d. 150 AH).
- Thabit b. Aslam al-Banani (d. 127 AH).
- Thuwayr b. Abi Fakhita.
- Thuwayr b. Yazid al-Shami.
- Jabir b. 'Abdullah al-Ansari (d. 79 AH).
- Imam al-Sadiq (a) (d. 148 AH).
- Ja'far b. Ibrahim al-Ja'fari al-Hashimi al-Madani.
- Ja'far b. Ayyas Abu Bishr al-Nasri.
- Ju'ayd al-Hamdani al-Kufi.
- Jahm al-Hilali al-Kufi.
- Jabir b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr.
- Hasan b. 'Ali b. Abi Rafi', and Abu Rafi' was named Aslam.
- Hasan b. Rawah al-Basri.
- Hasan b. Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a).
- Husayn b. 'Abdullah b. Damra al-Sulami.
- Husayn b. 'Ali b. al-Husayn b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a).
- Hakam b. 'Utayba Abu Muhammad al-Kindi al-Kufi.
- Habib b. Abi Thabit.
- Hamid b. Muslim al-Kufi; he is possibly Hamid b. Muslim al-Azdi.
- Hurr b. Ka'b al-Azdi al-Kufi.
- Hattan b. Khifaf Abu Juwayriyya al-Jurmi.
- Husayn b. 'Amr al-Hamdani al-Kufi al-Mash'ari.
- Hakim b. Jubayr b. Mut'im b. 'Adi b. 'Abd Manaf al-Qurashi al-Madani.
- Hafs b. 'Umar al-Ansari al-Kufi.
- Habib b. Hassan b. Abi Ashras al-Asadi, their client; he narrated from him and from Abu Ja'far and Abu 'Abdullah (a).
- Hamid b. Nafi' al-Hamdani.
- Harith b. Fudayl al-Madani.
- Hakim b. Hakim b. 'Ibad b. Hunayf al-Ansari.
- Hudhaym b. Sufyan al-Asadi al-Kufi.
- Hasan b. 'Ammara al-Kufi.
- Hakim b. Suhayb al-Sayrafi al-Kufi, Abu Sudayr.
- Harith b. Jarud al-Taymi.
- Hassan 'Amiri.
- Hudhaym b. Sharik al-Asadi.
- Habib al-Sijistani.
- Khashram b. Yasar al-Madani.
- Dawud al-Sarmi.
- Razin.
- Rabi'a, teacher of Abu Hanifa b. 'Uthman.
- Razin b. 'Ubayd al-Saluli al-Kufi.
- Rushayd al-Hajari.
- Rabi'a b. Abi 'Abd al-Rahman.
- Rabah b. 'Ubayda al-Hamdani.
- Rabi'a b. 'Uthman al-Taymi al-Qurashi al-Madani.
- Zayd b. 'Ali b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a).
- Zayd b. Hasan b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a), Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi.
- Ziyad b. Suqa al-Juriri.
- Zayd al-'Ami al-Basri.
- Zayd b. Aslam al-'Adawi.
- Sa'id b. al-Musayyib b. Hazn, Abu Muhammad.
- Sa'id b. Jubayr.
- Sa'id b. 'Uthman.
- Sudayr b. Hakim b. Suhayb.
- Sirri b. 'Abdullah b. Harith b. 'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib.
- Sulaym b. Qays al-Hilali.
- Salim b. Abi Ja'd al-Ashja'i.
- Salim, client of 'Amr b. 'Abdullah.
- Salama b. Kuhayl, Abu Yahya al-Hadrami al-Kufi.
- Sa'd b. Sa'id b. Qays b. 'Amr b. Sahl al-Ansari.
- Salama b. Dinar.
- Salama b. Thabit b. Shurayt b. Anas, Abu Firas al-Ashja'i.
- Sammak b. Harb al-Dhuhli, Abu Mughira.
- Sulayman b. Abi Mughira al-'Absi.
- Salim b. Abi Hafsa.
- Sa'id b. Marzban, Abu Sa'id al-Kufi.
- Sa'd b. Tarif al-Hanzali al-Iskaf; he also narrated from Asbagh b. Nabata, and he is reliable in hadith (sahih al-hadith).
- Sa'd b. Abi Sa'id al-Maqburi.
- Sa'id b. Harth al-Madani.
- Sa'id b. Marjana al-Madani.
- Sulayman Abu 'Abdullah b. Sulayman al-'Absi al-Kufi.
- Salam b. Mustanir al-Ju'fi al-Kufi.
- Sa'id Abu Khalid al-Sayqal.
- Sa'd b. Hakim.
- Shayba b. Na'mama al-Dabbi al-Basri.
- Sharhabil b. Sa'd.
- Salih b. Kaysan al-Madani.
- Salih b. Abi Hassan al-Madani.
- Salih b. Khawwat b. Jubayr al-Ansari al-Madani.
- Salih b. Salih b. Khawwat b. Jubayr al-Ansari.
- Safwan b. Sulaym al-Zuhri al-Madani.
- Suhayb Abu Hakim al-Sayrafi al-Kufi, a Tabi'i.
- Dahhak b. Muzahim al-Khorasani.
- Dahhak b. 'Abdullah al-Mashriqi.
- Talha b. Nadr al-Madani.
- Tariq b. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Ahmasi al-Bajali al-Kufi.
- Tawus b. Kaysan, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Yamani (Tawus al-Yamani).
- Talha b. 'Amr al-Madani.
- Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali.
- 'Abdullah b. 'Ali b. Husayn.
- 'Abdullah b. 'Aqil b. Abi Talib al-Hashimi al-Madani.
- 'Abdullah b. Sulayman al-'Absi al-Kufi.
- 'Abdullah b. Dinar.
- 'Abdullah Mustawrid al-Madani al-Hashimi.
- 'Abdullah b. Abi Mulayka al-Makhzumi al-Makki.
- 'Abdullah b. 'Ata al-Hashimi.
- 'Abdullah b. Hurmuz al-Makki.
- 'Abdullah b. Abi Bakr b. 'Amr b. Hazm al-Ansari.
- 'Abdullah b. 'Ubayda al-Zuhri.
- 'Abdullah b. Dhakwan, Abu Zinad.
- 'Abdullah b. Zubayd al-Hashimi.
- 'Abdullah b. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Madani.
- 'Abdullah b. Ja'far al-Madani.
- 'Abdullah b. Sa'id b. Abi Hind al-Madani.
- 'Abdullah b. Shubruma al-Dabbi al-Kufi.
- 'Abdullah b. Muhammad b. 'Amr b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib al-Hashimi al-Madani.
- 'Ubaydullah b. 'Ali b. Abi Rafi' Aslam.
- 'Ubaydullah b. Mughira al-'Absi al-Kufi.
- 'Ubaydullah b. Abi Wushaym al-Kufi.
- 'Ubaydullah b. Muslim al-'Umari al-Kufi.
- 'Ubaydullah b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Mawhab al-Madani.
- 'Abdullah b. Abi Ja'd.
- 'Amir b. Wathila al-Kinani, Abu Tufayl, one of the companions of Amir al-Mu'minin (a).
- 'Amir b. Samt.
- 'Ali b. Thabit.
- 'Isa b. 'Ali.
- 'A'idh al-Ahmasi.
- 'Imran b. Mitham al-Tammar.
- 'Abdullah b. Muhammad al-Ju'fi.
- 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Ata b. Abi Riyah.
- 'Abdullah b. 'Ata b. Abi Riyah.
- 'Uqba b. Bashir.
- 'Abd al-Rahman Qasir.
- 'Abd al-Mu'min.
- 'Ammara al-Ansari.
- 'Abdullah al-Barqi.
- 'Abd al-Ghaffar b. Qasim.
- Furat b. Ahnaf al-'Abdi.
- Fulayh b. Bukayr al-Shaybani.
- Farazdaq.
- Qasim b. 'Awf al-Shaybani.
- Qasim b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr.
- Qasim b. 'Abd al-Rahman.
- Abu Sadiq Kaysan b. Kulayb.
- Kankar Abu Khalid al-Kabuli.
- Muhammad b. Jubayr b. Mut'im.
- Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Husayn b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a).
- Minhal b. Amr al-Asadi.
- Muslim b. 'Ali Batin.
- Muhammad b. Shihab al-Zuhri.
- Muhammad b. 'Umar b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib.
- Malik b. 'Atiyya.
- Muhammad b. Qays al-Ansari.
- Mundhir al-Thawri.
- Maymun al-Qaddah.
- Maymun al-Ban.
- Ma'ruf b. Kharrabudh.
- Yahya b. Umm al-Tawil al-Mut'imi.
- Abu Maryam.
- Umm al-Bara; it is said that she is the same as Hababa al-Walibiyya.[4]
Notes
References
- Tusi, Muhammad b. Hasan al-. Rijal al-Tusi. Qom: Islamic Publishing Institute, First Edition, 1415 AH.
- Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir al-. Bihar al-Anwar. Beirut: Al-Wafa Institute, 1403 AH.
- Mufid, Muhammad b. Muhammad al-. Al-Ikhtisas. Qom: Islamic Publishing Institute, 1414 AH.