List of the Companions of Imam al-'Askari (a)

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The list of the Companions of Imām al-ʿAskarī (a) contains people mentioned in Shiite sources as transmitters of hadiths from, deputies or companions of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a), the eleventh Shiite Imam. In Shiite sources, their number is said to be from 104 to 149.

Number

In Rijal al-Tusi, 104 people are mentioned as companions of Imam al-'Askari (a).[1] Their number is said to be 106 by Baqir Sharif Qurashi in his Hayat al-Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a),[2] and 149 by 'Aziz Allah 'Atarudi in his Musnad al-Imam al-'Askari (a).[3]

Ashab in Rijal al-Tusi

In his Rijal, al-Shaykh al-Tusi mentions the following people under "Ashab Abi Muhammad al-Hasan b. 'Ali b. Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Rida peace be upon them".

  1. Ahamd b. Muhammad al-Hudayni.
  2. Ahamd b. Muhammad al-Sayyari al-Basri
  3. Ahmad b. Ibrahim b. Isma'il b. Dawud Hamdun.
  4. Ahmad b. 'Abd Allah b. Marwan al-Anbari.
  5. Ibrahim b. 'Abda al-Naysaburi.
  6. Ahmad b. Hammad al-Mahmudi, Abu 'Ali
  7. Ahmad b, Hasan b. 'Ali b. Faddal.
  8. Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Fars al-Naysaburi.
  9. Ishaq b. Muhammad al-Basri, Abu Ya'qub.
  10. Ibrahim b. Yazid.
  11. Ahmad b. Yazid.
  12. Ahmad b. Hilal.
  13. Ahmad b. Ibrahim, Abu Hamid al-Maraghi.
  14. Ahmad b. Idris al-Qummi.
  15. Isma'il b. Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Isma'il al-Hashimi al-'Abbasi.
  16. Ibrahim b. 'Ali.
  17. Ibrahim b. Husayb al-Anbari.
  18. Ja'far b. Suhayl al-Sayqal, the deputy of Imam al-Hadi (a).
  19. Ja'far b. Ibrahim b. Nuh.
  20. Jabir b. Yazid al-Farsi, Abu Qasim.
  21. Husayn b. Ishkib al-Marwazi.
  22. Al-Hasan b. Ja'far al-Fafani.
  23. Al-Hasan b. Ahamd al-Maliki.
  24. Hamdan b. Sulayman al-Nayshaburi.
  25. Al-Hasan b. Musa al-Khashshab.
  26. Al-Hasan b. 'Ali b. Nu'man al-Kufi.
  27. Hafs b. 'Amr al-'Amari.
  28. Al-Husayn b. al-Hasan b. Aban.
  29. Al-Hasan b. al-Nadr Abu 'Awn al-Abrash.
  30. Al-Hasan b. Muhammad b. Baba.
  31. Hamza b. Muhammad.
  32. Dawud b. 'Amir al-Ash'ari al-Qummi.
  33. Sahl b. Ziyad.
  34. Sa'd b. 'Abd Allah al-Qummi.
  35. Shahawayh b. 'Abd Allah al-Jallab.
  36. Salih b. Abi Hammad.
  37. Salih b. 'Abd Allah al-Jallab.
  38. 'Ali b. Muhammad al-Samuri.
  39. 'Ali b. Bilal.
  40. 'Abd Allah b. Hamdawayh al-Bayhaqi.
  41. 'Amr b. Suwayd al-Mada'ini.
  42. 'Amaraki b. 'Ali b. Muhammad al-Bufaki al-Nayshaburi.
  43. 'Ali b. Shuja' al-Nayshaburi.
  44. 'Abdus al-'Attar.
  45. 'Ali b. Sulayman b. Dawud al-Riqqi.
  46. 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. Khalid al-Tayalisi al-Kufi.
  47. 'Ali b. Hasan b. Faddal.
  48. 'Ali b. 'Abd Allah b. Marwan al-Baghdadi.
  49. 'Ali b. al-Rayyan.
  50. 'Urwa al-Qummi.
  51. 'Ali b. Ramis.
  52. 'Umar b. Abi Muslim.
  53. 'Ali b. Zayd b. 'Ali al-'Alawi.
  54. 'Ali b. Muhammad b. Ilyas.
  55. 'Abd al-'Azim al-Hasani.
  56. 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad, Abu Muhammad al-Shami al-Dimashqi.
  57. 'Ali b. Ja'far b. 'Abbas al-Khuza'i al-Waqifi al-Marwazi.
  58. 'Umar b. Abi Muslim.
  59. Fadl b. Harith.
  60. Al-Fadl b. Shadhan.
  61. Qasim b. Hisham al-Lu'lu'i.
  62. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Mutahhar al-Baghdadi al-Yunusi.
  63. Muhammad b. 'ali al-Tustari.
  64. Muhammad b. Isa b. Ubayd al-Yaqtini.
  65. Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Katib.
  66. Muhammad Husayn b. Abi l-Khattab al-Kufi al-Zayyat.
  67. Muhammad 'Ali al-Qasri.
  68. Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Hamid al-'Attar al-Kufi.
  69. Muhammad b. Yahya al-Ma'adhi
  70. Muhammad b. Yazdad al-Razi.
  71. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Na'im, Abu 'Abd Allah al-Shadhani al-Naysaburi.
  72. Muhammad b. Hafs b. 'Umar b. 'Umari.
  73. Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Mahziyar.
  74. Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar.
  75. Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Qattan al-Qummi.
  76. Muhammad Salih b. Muhammad al-Hamadani.
  77. Muhammad b. Musa al-Sari'i.
  78. Muhammad b. Nusayr.
  79. Muhammad b. Yahya b. Ziyad.
  80. Muhammad b. al-Hasan Shammun.
  81. Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Dhira'.
  82. Muhammad b. Salih al-Armani.
  83. Muhammad b. Rabi' b. Suwayd al-Sa'i.
  84. Muhammad b. Musa b. Furat.
  85. Muhammad b. Salih al-Khath'ami.
  86. Harun b. Muslim b. Sa'dan.
  87. Ya'qub b. Manqush.
  88. Yusuf b. al-Sakht, Abu Ya'qub al-Basri.
  89. Ya'qub b. Ishaq al-Barqi.
  90. Yahya al-Basri.
  91. Abu Khalaf al-'Ijli.
  92. Abu Muhammad al-Iskafi, 'Ali b. Bilal.
  93. Abu al-Bakhtari al-Mu'addab.[4]

Reliable Transmitters of Hadiths

Some people among companions of Imam al-'Askari (a) are referred to in Rijal al-Tusi as reliable (thiqa):

  1. Ahmad b. Ishaq al-Ash'ari al-Qummi.
  2. Dawud b. al-Qasim b. Ishaq.
  3. Ishaq b. Isma'il al-Naysaburi.
  4. Dawud b. Abi Zayd al-Naysaburi.
  5. Sanadi b. Rabi'.
  6. Uthman b. Sa'id al-'Amri.
  7. 'Ali b. Ja'far.
  8. 'Abd Allah b. Ja'far al-Himyari al-Qummi.
  9. Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Bilal.
  10. Muhammad b. Abi al-Sahban al-Qummi.
  11. Muhammad b. Bilal.[5]

Deputies

In the book, Sazman-i wikalat (the organization of deputyship), 21 people are introduced as deputies of Imam al-'Askari (a).[6]

  1. Uthman b. Sa'id al-'Amri.
  2. Muhammad b. Uthman al-'Amri.
  3. Ahmad b. Ishaq al-Qummi
  4. Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Qattan al-Qummi.
  5. Qasim b. 'Ala' Adharbayjani.
  6. 'Ali b. Ja'far.
  7. Ibrahim b. 'Abda.
  8. 'Ayyub b. Nab.
  9. Al-Husayn b. al-Nadr al-Qummi.
  10. Aba Saddam.
  11. Al-Khayran the Servant.
  12. 'Ayyub b. Nuh.
  13. 'Urwa b. Yahya al-Dihqan.
  14. Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Bilal.
  15. Ibrahim b. Mahziyar.
  16. Ali b. Mahziyar al-Ahwazi.
  17. Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Hamadani.
  18. Muhammad b. Salih al-Hamadani.
  19. Muhammad b. Ja'far al-Asadi al-Razi.
  20. Ahmad b. Hilal al-Karkhi al-'Abarta'i.
  21. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Hammad al-Marwazi al-Mahmudi.[7]

Deviants

  1. Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Shari'i
  2. Al-Shalmaghani; one of the companions of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a) and one of Shi'a narrators (muhaddiths) during the Minor Occultation period in Baghdad. He was in charge for dealing with some Shi'a's issues for a short time during the absence of al-Husayn b. Ruh -the third deputy of Imam al-Mahdi (a). It is said that his envy of al-Husayn b. Ruh's status made him reject and abandon Shi'a beliefs.
  3. Ahmad b. Hilal al-Karkhi (b. 180/796 – d. 267/880) was among the companions of Imam al-Hadi (a) and Imam al-'Askari (a) who denied the Special Deputyship of Muhammad b. 'Uthman during the Minor Occultation and thus was cursed in the letter of Imam al-Mahdi (a).

Others

  1. Ibrahim b. Mahziyar; one of the Shi'a hadith narrators in the 3rd/9th century. He was the famous companion of Imam al-Jawad (a), Imam al-Hadi (a), and Imam al-'Askari (a).
  2. Ibn Abi l-Khattab; (d. 262/876), was an Iranian Shi'a muhddith and a companion of Imam al-Jawad (a), Imam al-Hadi (a), and Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari.
  3. Al-Hasan b. Musa al-Khashshab; a Shiite transmitter of hadiths in the 2nd/8th and 3rd/9th centuries. Although he counts as a companion of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a), he never transmitted a hadith directly from him. Most of his hadiths are concerned with fiqh and are indirectly transmitted from Imam al-Sadiq (a).
  4. Dawud b. al-Qasim b. Ishaq; known as Abū Hāshim al-Ja'farī and Dāwūd b. al-Qāsim al-Jaʿfarī (d. 261/875) was a companion of four Shiite Imams (a): Imam al-Rida (a), Imam al-Jawad (a), Imam al-Hadi (a), and Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a).
  5. Sahl b. Ziyad al-Adami; (d. about 255/868) is a Shi'a hadith narrator who has narrated a lot of hadiths. He was expelled from Qom accused of Ghuluww. He is among the companions of Imam al-Jawad (a), Imam al-Hadi (a), and Imam al-'Askari (a).
  6. Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar; an Imami hadith scholar and jurist, and a contemporary and companion of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a). The famous book Basa'ir al-darajat, a hadith collection on the theme of imamate, is attributed to him.
  7. 'Ali b. al-Rayyan b. al-Salt; an eminent Shi'a scholar and hadith transmitter of the 3rd/9th century. He was a companion of Imam al-'Askari (a).
  8. Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Qattan al-Qummi; a prominent deputy and assistant of the 'Uthman b. Sa'id and Muhammad b. 'Uthman, the first and the second deputies of Imam al-Mahdi (a) during the Minor Occultation. According to al-Shaykh al-Tusi, he was a companion of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a) and had also met Imam al-Hadi (a).
  9. Ahmad b. Ishaq al-Ash'ari al-Qummi; (d. between 260/874 and 263/876-7) was a Shi'a scholar in hadith and fiqh in 3rd/9th century and met four Imams (a). He was among the companions of Imam al-Jawad (a) and Imam al-Hadi (a) and an agent of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a) and also among those who saw Imam al-Mahdi (a) in childhood.
  10. Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Mahziyar al-Ahwazi

Notes

  1. ↑ Ṭūsī, Rijāl Ṭūsī, p. 397.
  2. ↑ Qarashī, Ḥayāt al-Imām al-Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī (a), p. 165-208.
  3. ↑ ʿAṭārudī, Musnad al-Imām al-ʿAskarī (a), p. 291.
  4. ↑ Ṭūsī, Rijāl Ṭūsī, p. 397.
  5. ↑ Ṭūsī, Rijāl Ṭūsī, p. 397.
  6. ↑ Jabbārī, Sāzmān-i wikālat, p. 429.
  7. ↑ Jabbārī, Sāzmān-i wikālat, p. 429.

References

  • ʿAṭārudī, ʿAzīz Allāh. Musnad al-Imām al-ʿAskarī (a). Qom: Al-Muʾtamar al-ʿālamī li l-Imām al-Riḍā (a), 1410 AH.
  • Jabbārī, Muḥammad Riḍā. Sāzmān-i wikālat. 1st edition. Qom: Muʾassisa-yi Āmūzishī wa Pazhūhishī-yi Imām Khomeiniī, 1382 Sh.
  • Qarashī, Bāqir Sharīf al-. Ḥayāt al-Imām al-Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī (a). Qom: Mihr-i dildār, 1429 AH.
  • Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. Ḥasan. Rijāl Ṭūsī. 1st editin. Qom: Muʾassisa-yi Nashr-i Islāmī, 1415 AH.
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