List of the Companions of Imam al-Kazim (a)
Al-Shaykh al-Tusi counted the number of narrators and companions of Imam al-Kazim (a) as 272 people, including:
Narrators
People of Consensus
- Al-Hasan b. Mahbub; (d. 224/839), a companion of Imam al-Kazim (a), Imam al-Rida (a), and Imam al-Jawad (a).
- Zurara b. A'yan; (b. c 70/690 - d. 150/767) was one of the greatest Shi'a faqihs and theologians, and among the close companions of Imam al-Baqir (a), Imam al-Sadiq (a), and Imam al-Kazim (a).
- Hammad b. 'Isa al-Juhani; (d. 209/824-825) was an Imami hadith scholar and jurist.
- Hammad b. 'Uthman; (d. 190/805-6), a Shi'a Hadith scholar, narrator, and jurist.
- 'Abd Allah b. Muskan; (d. before 183/799) known as Ibn Muskan was a companions of Imam al-Sadiq (a) and Imam al-Kazim (a). He lived in Kufa.
- Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr al-Bazanti; (b. 152/769 - d. 221/836), one of the early Imami scholars in Kufa, and a companion of Imam al-Kazim (a), Imam al-Rida (a), and Imam al-Jawad (a),
- 'Abd Allah b. al-Mughira; a companion of Imam al-Kazim (a) and Imam al-Rida (a). He was a mawla of the clan of Banu Nawfal and a Kufan noble.
- Muhammad b. Abi 'Umayr; (d. 217/832-3) known as Ibn Abi Umayr was a grand Twelver hadith narrator.
- Yunus b. 'Abd al-Rahman; (d. 208/823-24) one of the companions of Imam al-Kazim (a) and Imam al-Rida (a).
- Safwan b. Yahya; (d. 210/825-6) a companion of Imam al-Kazim (a), a deputy of Imam al-Rida (a), and Imam al-Jawad (a).
- Hasan b. 'Ali b. Faddal; (d. 224/839) a reliable (Thiqa) Shi'a narrator and a companion of Imam al-Kazim (a) and Imam al-Rida (a).
- Faddala b. Ayyub; a companion of Imam al-Kazim (a) and Imam al-Rida (a) and a reliable Shiite narrator of hadiths.
- 'Uthman b. 'Isa al-Rawwasi; (alive before 203/818-19) was a companion and a representative of Imam Musa al-Kazim (a) who refused to return the money and property in his hands to Imam al-Rida (a), claiming that Imam Musa al-Kazim (a) was still alive.
- Jamil b. Darraj; (b. before 128/746, d. ?), an outstanding Shi'a hadith transmitter, hadith scholar, and faqih.
- Muhammad b. muslim; (d. 150/767-768) was a prominent companion of Imam al-Baqir (a) and Imam al-Sadiq (a).
- Abu Basir al-Asadi; an Imamiyya figure in Kufa and a companion of Imam al-Baqir (a) and Imam al-Sadiq (a). He is also said to have been a companion of Imam Musa al-Kazim (a).
Others
- Hisham b. al-Hakam; a Shi'a theologian of the 2nd/8th century and one of the companions of Imam al-Sadiq (a) and Imam al-Kazim (a).
- Hisham b. Salim al-Jawaliqi; a student and companion of Imam al-Sadiq (a) and Imam al-Kazim (a). His expertise in theology was more than in jurisprudence.
- Tha'laba b. Maymun; a Shi'a scholar in fiqh and hadith and among the companions of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (a) and Imam Musa al-Kazim (a).
- Safwan b. Mihran al-Jammal; He appears in the chains of transmitters of many hadiths, ziyarahs, and supplications, such as Ziyarah al-Arba'in, Ziyarah al-Warith, and Supplication of 'Alqama.
- Khalaf b. Hammad; a Shi'a narrator in the 2nd/8th and 3rd/9th centuries and one of the companions of Imam al-Kazim (a). Except Ibn al-Ghada'iri, other Shi'a scholars of rijal have considered Khalaf reliable.
- Dawud b. Kathir al-Raqqi; a companion of Imam al-Sadiq (a), Imam al-Kazim (a), and Imam al-Rida (a). He transmitted many hadiths concerning theology, fiqh, the exegesis of the Qur'an, and ethics.
- 'Ali b. Yaqtin; a faqih and theologian among the companions of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (a) and Imam Musa al-Kazim (a) and a reliable vizier of Abbasid Dynasty.
- Dawud b. al-Nu'man; a Twelver Shi'a transmitter of hadith in the 2nd/8th century whose name is among those who transmitted hadiths from Imam al-Sadiq (a), Imam al-Kazim (a), and Imam al-Rida (a).
- Zakariyya b. Idris
- Aban b. 'Uthman; (fl. 2nd/8th century), was a companion of Imam al-Sadiq (a) and Imam al-Kazim (a). He was familiar with Arabic history, literature, and genealogy. He wrote a book on the biography of the Holy Prophet (s).
- Dawud b. Farqad
- Sa'ida (concubine of Imam al-Sadiq (a)); mong the women of virtues and a concubine of Imam al-Sadiq (a) who was later freed by him (a). She had an honorable position in the eyes of Imam (a). According to Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin, she might be the same Sa'ida, the companion of Imam al-Kazim (a).
- Durust b. Abi Mansur; a companion of Imam al-Sadiq (a) and Imam al-Kazim (a). He also has narrated hadith from the eminent Shi'a muhaddiths. Some members of people of consensus such as: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Bazanti, al-Hasan b. Mahbub, 'Abd Allah b. Bukayr, and Yunus b. 'Abd al-Rahman have narrated hadith from him.
Waqifiyya
- 'Ali b. Abi Hamza al-Bata'ini; (d. circa 200/815) is a companion of Imam al-Sadiq (a) and Imam al-Kazim (a) and one of the heads of Waqifiya.
- 'Uthman b. 'Isa al-Rawwasi
- Muhammad b. Abi Mansur al-Wasiti
- Ziyad b. Marwan al-Qandi
- Dawud b. al-Husayn; a Shi'a hadith transmitter of the 2nd/8th century. There is disagreement about his reliability among the rijal scholars. Al-Najashi said he was Thiqa (reliable) and al-Shaykh al-Tusi and Ibn 'Uqda mentioned that he was a Waqifi.
Companions (those who did not narrate)
- Khalid b. Madd al-Qalanisi; an Imami transmitter of hadiths and a companion of Imam al-Sadiq (a) and Imam al-Kazim (a).
- Ibn Udhayna; a companion of Imam al-Sadiq (a) and Imam al-Kazim (a). Most hadiths narrated by him are concerned with the rulings of fiqh (jurisprudence). However, he has also narrated hadiths regarding issues of kalam, such as imamate.
- Ishaq b. Ja'far; well-known as al-Mu'taman, was the son of Imam al-Sadiq (a). He was a virtuous, benefactor, devotee, and pious man. Many hadiths has been narrated from him. He believed in Imamate of his brother, Imam al-Kazim (a) and also nephew, Imam al-Rida (a).
- Sayf b. 'Amira; a companion of Imam al-Sadiq (a) and Imam al-Kazim (a) from Kufa. He composed an elegiac poem about Imam al-Husayn (a) and wrote a collection of hadiths.
- Al-Sayyid Isma'il Al-Himyari; (b. 105/723-24, d. 179/795-96) known as al-Sayyid al-Himyari was among famous Shi'a poets who composed many poems in defense of Shi'a.