Draft:Ubayd Allah b. Abi Rafi
| Full Name | 'Ubayd Allah b. Abi Rafi' |
|---|---|
| Companion of | Imam Ali (a) |
| Religious Affiliation | Shi'a |
| Wellknown Relatives | Abu Rafi' (father), 'Ali b. Abi Rafi' (brother) |
| Place(s) of Residence | Kufa |
| Professors | Abu Rafi', Abu Hurayra |
| Works | Qadaya Amir al-Mu'minin |
ʿUbayd Allāh b. Abī Rāfiʿ was a prominent figure among the Successors (Tābiʿūn); his father was a freed slave (mawlā) of the Prophet of Islam (s).[1] According to Sheikh al-Mufid, he was a distinguished Shi'a and a close companion of Imam Ali (a). 'Ubayd Allah served as the treasurer (administrator of the bayt al-māl) for Imam Ali (a) in Kufa and acted as the Imam's scribe; he also accompanied the Imam in all of his battles.[2] Historical and hadith sources famously record the incident in which Imam Ali (a) reprimanded him for lending a necklace from the treasury to one of the Imam's daughters as a guaranteed loan.[3] He was the brother of 'Ali b. Abi Rafi'.[4]
Sheikh al-Tusi attributes the works Qaḍāyā Amīr al-Muʾminīn and Tasmiyat man shahid maʿa Amīr al-Muʾminīn ʿalayhi al-salām al-Jamal wa Ṣiffīn wa al-Nahrawān min al-Ṣaḥāba raḍī Allāh ʿanhum to 'Ubayd Allah b. Abi Rafi'.[5]
Scholars widely posit that 'Ubayd Allah was the first figure in the history of Islam to author a treatise on the Science of Rijal.[6]
'Ubayd Allah is regarded as Thiqah (trustworthy) in Shi'a biographical scholarship. He transmitted narrations from his father Abu Rafi',[7] Imam Ali (a), and Abu Hurayra.[8] Al-Barqi, in his Rijal, classifies him among the elite companions of Imam Ali (a).[9] He also served as the Imam's envoy, tasked with reading a specific epistle to the Thiqat Amir al-Mu'minin (the trustworthy companions of the Commander of the Faithful) composed following the Battle of Nahrawan. This document contained a critique of the Three Caliphs' conduct, an account of the tragic events following the passing of the Messenger of God (s), and a refutation of the baseless pretexts employed to marginalize the Imam (a) from the caliphate and the political sphere.[10]
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Notes
- ↑ Ibn Athīr, Usd al-ghāba, 1970, vol. 1, p. 71; Ṭūsī, Rijāl al-Ṭūsī, p. 83.
- ↑ Amīnī, Tarjuma-yi aʿlām-i Nahj al-balāgha, 1359 Sh, p. 32; Mufīd, Al-Ikhtiṣāṣ, p. 4.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, Al-Tahdhīb, 1365 Sh, vol. 10, p. 151; Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa, 1416 AH, vol. 28, p. 292.
- ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl, 1397 AH, p. 4.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, Al-Fihrist, 1417 AH, p. 175.
- ↑ This claim requires a source.
- ↑ Khūʾī, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 1, p. 160.
- ↑ This claim requires a source.
- ↑ Khūʾī, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 12, p. 70.
- ↑ Ibn Ṭāwūs, Kashf al-mahajja, 1375 Sh, pp. 236-237; Muḥaddithī, Farhang-i Ghadīr, 1387 Sh, pp. 178-179.
References
- Amīnī, Muḥammad Hādī. Tarjuma-yi aʿlām-i Nahj al-balāgha. Translated by Abū l-Qāsim Imāmī. Tehran, Bunyād-i Nahj al-balāgha, 1359 Sh.
- Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa ilā taḥṣīl masāʾil al-sharīʿa. Qom, Muʾassasat Āl al-Bayt ʿalayhim al-salām li-Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth, 1416 AH.
- Ibn Athīr, ʿAlī b. Muḥammad. Usd al-ghāba fī maʿrifat al-ṣaḥāba. Beirut, Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1970.
- Ibn Ṭāwūs, ʿAlī b. Mūsā. Kashf al-mahajja yā fānūs. Translated by Asad Allāh Mubashshirī. Tehran, Daftar-i Nashr-i Farhang-i Islāmī, 1375 Sh.
- Khūʾī, Sayyid Abū l-Qāsim al-. Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth. N.p., Muʾassasat al-Khūʾī al-Islāmiyya, n.d.
- Mufīd, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-. Al-Ikhtiṣāṣ. Researched by ʿAlī Akbar Ghaffārī and Maḥmūd Muḥarramī Zarandī. Qom, Kungira-yi Shaykh Mufīd, 1413 AH.
- Muḥaddithī, Javād. Farhang-i Ghadīr. Qom, Nashr-i Maʿrūf, 1387 Sh.
- Najāshī, Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-. Rijāl al-Najāshī. Researched by Sayyid Mūsā Shubayrī Zanjānī. Qom, Muʾassasat al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1418 AH.
- Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. Ḥasan al-. Al-Fihrist. Edited by Maḥmūd Rāmyār. Mashhad, Mashhad University, 1351 Sh.
- Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. Ḥasan al-. Al-Tahdhīb. Edited by Ḥasan Kharsān. Tehran, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 1365 Sh.
- Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. Ḥasan al-. Rijāl al-Ṭūsī. N.p., n.d.
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