Ibrahim b. Mahziyar

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Ibrahim b. Mahziyar
Companion ofImam al-Jawad (a), Imam al-Hadi (a), and Imam al-'Askari (a)
TeknonymAbu Ishaq
Religious AffiliationShi'a Islam
Wellknown Relatives'Ali b. Mahziyar (brohter), 'Ali b. Ibrahim b. Mahziyar, Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Mahziyar
Birth~195/810-1
Death/Martyrdom~265/878-9
Professors'Ali b. Mahziyar, Salih b. Sindi, Faddala b. Ayyub, Ibn Abi 'Umayr
WorksAl-Bisharat


Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Mahzīyār al-Ahwāzī (Arabic: ابواسحاق ابراهیم بن مهزیار الاهوازی) is one of the Shi'a hadith narrators in the third/ninth centuries. He was the famous companion of Imam al-Jawad (a), Imam al-Hadi (a), and Imam al-'Askari (a). The scholars of 'ilm al-rijal consider him a reliable hadith transmitter, albeit they have different ideas about the level of his reliability in hadith transmission.

Lineage

There is not enough information about his life. We can only get some information about him from the sources of 'ilm al-rijal and hadith. His ancestors lived in Dawraq in Khuzestan.[1] His father was a Christian who converted to Islam.[2] His brother, 'Ali b. Mahziyar, is also one of the reliable Shi'a hadith transmitters.

Companion of Three Imams

He was the companion of Imam al-Jawad (a),[3] Imam al-Hadi (a),[4] Imam Hasan al-Askari (a), and according to some reports, Imam al-Mahdi (a). So it is estimated that he lived between 195/810-1 - 265/878-9. Ibn Babawayh has narrated a detailed hadith from Ibrahim which indicates that Ibrahim visited Imam al-Mahdi (a).[5] However, some have doubted the authenticity of this hadith.[6]

Trustworthiness

Al-Kashshi has narrated a hadith from Ibrahim's son, Muhammad, that shows that he had communication with Imam al-Mahdi's (a) agents.[7] There is another hadith suggesting that he was his brother's legatee;[8] and some rijal scholars consider this as a sign of his trustworthiness.[9] There is another hadith suggesting that he had been one of Imam al-'Askari's (s) agents,[10] and also some of rijal scholars, such as Mamaqani, considered this a sign of his trustworthiness and authenticity.[11]

Some believe, because Ibn Qulawayh has mentioned a hadith through Ibrahim in Kamil al-ziyarat, and because Ibn Qulawayh has said at the beginning of his book that he has only narrated from trustworthy narrators, Ibrahim can be considered trustworthy; however, al-'Allama al-Hilli believes that al-Kashshi's hadith is weak and has only praised him.[12]

Teachers

Apart from the hadiths that Ibrahim directly narrated from his contemporary Imams (a), he narrated other hadiths through:

Narrators

His name appears in the references of tens of Shi'a sources, to which great jurists like Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi referred. Following are some of narrators who narrated from him:

Works

Al-Bisharat is the only book which has been attributed to him.[13] It is probable that this book is his brother's book, which Ibrahim narrated from[14] and al-Najashi recorded it with the narrator's name as the author.

Notes

  1. ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl al-Najāshī, p. 253.
  2. ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl al-Najāshī, p. 253.
  3. ↑ Ṭūsī, Rijāl al-Ṭūsī, p. 374.
  4. ↑ Ṭūsī, Rijāl al-Ṭūsī, p. 383.
  5. ↑ Ṣadūq, Kamāl al-dīn, p. 445-453.
  6. ↑ Khoei, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 1, p. 307.
  7. ↑ Kashshī, Rijāl al-Kashshī, p. 531-532.
  8. ↑ Kulaynī, Furūʿ al-Kāfī, vol. 4, p. 310.
  9. ↑ Nūrī, Mustadrak al-Wasāʾil, vol. 3, p. 550.
  10. ↑ Kulaynī, al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 518.
  11. ↑ Māmaqānī, Tanqīḥ al-maqāl, vol. 1, p. 37.
  12. ↑ Hillī, Khulāsat al-aqwāl, vol. 1, p. 51.
  13. ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl, vol. 2, p. 74-75.
  14. ↑ Ṭūsī, Fihrist, p. 265-266.

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