List of Teachers of al-Najashi

Abu l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Najāshī al-Asadī (Arabic: ابوالعباس احمد بن علی بن احمد بن العباس النَجاشی الأسدی) (b. 372/982 - d. After 463/1071), famously known as al-Najāshī (Arabic: النجاشی), is one of the great Shi'a scholars of biographical evaluation ('ilm al-rijal) from the 4th/10th century and the beginnings of the 5th/11th century.

Al-Najashi was taught by great scholars such as al-Shaykh al-Mufid, al-Shaykh al-Saduq, al-Sayyid al-Murtada, al-Sayyid al-Radi, and Ibn al-Ghada'iri. Besides these figures, following are some of his teachers:

• 'Ali b. Ahmad b. al-'Abbas al-Najashi, His father,
• Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Imran, known as Ibn al-Jundi. Aqa Buzurg Tihrani considers him al-Najashi's first teacher,
• Ahmad b. Musa, known as Ibn Salat al-Ahwazi
• Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Wahid b. Ahmad al-Bazzaz, known as Ibn 'Abdun or Ibn Hashir,
• Ahmad b. 'Ali b. 'Abbas al-Sirafi, known as Ibn Nuh al-Sirafi,
• Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Mukhallad
• Al-Qadi Abu 'Abd Allah al-Ju'fi
• Abu l-Husayn b. Muhammad b. Abi Sa'id
• Hasan b. Ahmad b. Ibrahim
• Hasan b. Ahmad b. Muhammad, known as Ibn Haytham 'Ijli
• Hasan b. Muhammad b. Yahya al-Fahham
• Abu 'Abd Allah Husayn b. 'Ubayd Allah al-Ghada'iri
• Husayn b. Ahmad b. Musa
• Husayn b. Ja'far b. Muhammad al-Makhzumi, known as Ibn Khimri
• Salama b. Dhikha' Abu al-Khayr Musili
• 'Abbas b. 'Umar b. 'Abbas, known as Ibn Abi Marwan
• 'Abd al-Wahid b. Mihri
• 'Abd al-Salam b. Husayn al-Adib
• 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah, known as Abu Muhammad Hidha' Da'laji
• 'Uthman b. Hatam Mintab al-Taghlibi
• 'Uthman b. Ahmad al-Wasiti
• 'Ali b. Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Qummi, known as Ibn Abi Jayyid
• Abu l-Qasim 'Ali b. Shibl b. Asad
• Abu l-Hasan Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Qummi
• Muhammad b. Ja'far al-Adib, known as Abu l-Hasan al-Tamimi
• Muhammad b. 'Uthman b. Hasan, known as Nasibi Ma'dil
• Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Shadhan al-Qazwini
• Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Ya'qub, known as Abu l-Farah al-Qana'i al-Katib

References

• Najashi, Ahmad b. 'Ali al-. Rijal. Qom: Jami'a-yi Mudarrisin, 1416 AH.