Ibn Abi l-Khattab
| Full Name | Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abi l-Khattab Zayd al-Zayyat al-Hamdani al-Kufi |
|---|---|
| Companion of | Imam al-Jawad (a), Imam al-Hadi (a), and Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a) |
| Teknonym | Abu Ja'far |
| Well Known As | Ibn Abi l-Khattab |
| Lineage | Ash'ariyyun |
| Wellknown Relatives | 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Ash'ari al-Qummi |
| Death/Martyrdom | 262/875-6 |
| Works | Kitab al-tawhid,Kitab al-ma'rifa wa al-bada',Kitab al-radd 'ala ahl al-qadar |
Abū Jaʿfar, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Abī l-Khaṭṭāb Zayd Zayyāt al-Ḥamdanī al-Kūfī(Arabic: ابوجعفر، محمد بن الحسین بن ابي الخطاب زید الزیّات الهمداني الکوفي) (d. 262/875-6), known as Ibn Abī l-Khaṭṭāb (إِبْن أَبي الخَطّاب), was an Iranian Shi'a muhddith.
Name and Family
He was a descendant of 'Abd al-'Aziz b. al-Muhtadi b. Muhammad b. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Ash'ari al-Qummi.
Al-Kulayni mentioned his name in various points of al-Kafi as Muhammd b. al-Husayn. Also, Ibn Qulawayh mentioned his name as Muhammd b. al-Husayn b. Abi l-Khattab.[1]
Al-Najashi mentioned his name, title, nickname, his father's name and his lineage as follows: "Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abi l-Khattab Abu Ja'far al-Zayyat al-Hamdani".[2]
Also, al-Hilli mentioned his name like al-Najashi did, except that he –apparently by mistake- mentioned "Abi l-Husayn" instead of "al-Husayn";[3] but what the majority of early and later authors has emphasized is al-Njashi's statement.
Reliability
Al-Najashi believes that his narrations are authentic and says: "he was a reliable, prominent and elite Shi'a narrator. He narrated many hadiths and wrote nice books."[4]
Companionship of Three Imams (a)
According to Mamaqani, he was a companion of three Imams i.e. Imam al-Jawad (a), Imam al-Hadi (a), and Imam al-'Askari (a). His chain of narrators reaches previous Imams to Imam 'Ali (a) by three to six persons.[5]
Lifespan
Considering his numerous narrations and experiencing three Imams (a), some sources counted him as an aged narrator of his time.[6] Aqa Buzurg Tihrani believed that he lived about 100 years.[7]
Works
- Kitab al-tawhid
- Kitab al-ma'rifa wa l-bada'
- Kitab al-radd 'ala ahl al-qadar
- Kitab al-imama
- Kitab al-lu'lu'a
- Kitab wasaya l-A'imma (a)
- Kitab al-Nawadir[8]
It has been reported from Ibn Abi l-Khattab, himself, that he also had other works.[9]
Notes
- ↑ Ibn Qūlawayh, Kāmil al-zīyārāt, p. 37.
- ↑ Najāshī, al-Rijāl, p. 236.
- ↑ Ḥillī, Kitāb al-Rijāl, p. 285.
- ↑ Najāshī, al-Rijāl, p. 236
- ↑ Mamaqānī, Tanqīḥ al-maqāl fī ʿilm al-rijāl, p. 106.
- ↑ Mamaqānī, Tanqīḥ al-maqāl fī ʿilm al-rijāl, p. 106.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa ilā taṣānīf al-shīʿa, vol. 2, p. 334.
- ↑ Najāshī, al-Rijāl, p. 236.
- ↑ Khoeī, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 15, p. 291.
References
- Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, Muḥammad Muḥsin. Al-Dharīʿa ilā taṣānīf al-shīʿa. Edited by ʿAlī Naqī Munzawī and Aḥmad Munzawī. Beirut: 1403 AH.
- Ḥillī, al-Ḥasan b. Yūsuf al-. Rijāl. Edited by Jalāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Armawī. Tehran: 1342 Sh.
- Ibn Qūlawayh, Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad. Kāmil al-zīyārāt. Edited by ʿAbd al-Ḥusayn Amīnī. Najaf: Dār al-Murtaḍawīyya, 1356 AH.
- Khoeī, Sayyid Abū l-Qāsim al-. Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth. Beirut: 1403 AH.
- Kulaynī, Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-. Uṣūl al-Kāfī. Edited by ʿAlī Akbar Ghaffārī. Beirut: 1401 AH.
- Mamaqānī, ʿAbd Allāh b. Ḥasan. Tanqīḥ al-maqāl fī ʿilm al-rijāl. Najaf: 1350 AH.
- Najāshī, Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-. Al-Rijāl. Mumbai: 1317 AH.
- Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. Al-Fihrist. Edited by Maḥmūd Rāmyār. Mashhad: 1351 Sh.