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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Abu 'Amr Muhammad b. 'Umar b. 'Abd al-Aziz is known as al-Kashshi. He is attributed to Kashsh (a city in Transoxiana near Qarshi and known as Sabz). It is located today in south of Uzbekistan. | Abu 'Amr Muhammad b. 'Umar b. 'Abd al-Aziz is known as al-Kashshi. He is attributed to Kashsh (a city in Transoxiana near Qarshi and known as Sabz).<ref>Dihkhudā, ''Lughatnāmah'', under the word "کشّ".</ref> It is located today in south of [[Uzbekistan]]. | ||
Al-Kashshi lived in the first half of the 4th/[[10th century]] and was contemporary with [[al-Kulayni]]. He had almost the same teachers and students as al-Kulayni. His death is said to be in about [[340]]/951-2. | Al-Kashshi lived in the first half of the 4th/[[10th century]] and was contemporary with [[al-Kulayni]]. He had almost the same teachers and students as al-Kulayni.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''Ikhtīyār maʿrifat al-rijāl'', p. 4.</ref> His death is said to be in about [[340]]/951-2.<ref>Ḥusaynī Dashtī, ''Maʿārif wa maʿārīf'', vol. 8, p. 516.</ref> | ||
==Significance in the Transmission of Hadiths== | ==Significance in the Transmission of Hadiths== | ||
Shi'a sources of [[rijal]] take al-Kashshi to be a [[thiqa|reliable]] person who knew about hadiths and rijal. However, it is said that he also transmitted hadiths from unreliable transmitters. | Shi'a sources of [[rijal]] take al-Kashshi to be a [[thiqa|reliable]] person who knew about hadiths and rijal. However, it is said that he also transmitted hadiths from unreliable transmitters.<ref>Ṭūsī, al-Fihrist, p. 141; Ṭūsī, Rijāl, p. 497; Ḥillī, Khulāṣat al-aqwāl, p. 146; Najāshī, Rijāl, p. 372 quoted from Abū ʿAlī Ḥāʾirī, ''Muntahī l-maqāl'', vol. 6, p. 144.</ref> | ||
==Denomination== | ==Denomination== | ||
Shiite scholars of rijal have characterized al-Kashshi with respect to his denomination as "hasan al-i'tiqad" (with good beliefs) and "mustaqim al-madhhab" (on the straight denomination) which imply that he was a [[Shi'a]]. According to [[al-Najashi]], al-Kashshi studied in the house of [[al-'Ayyashi]] where Shi'as met. | Shiite scholars of rijal have characterized al-Kashshi with respect to his denomination as "hasan al-i'tiqad" (with good beliefs) and "mustaqim al-madhhab" (on the straight denomination) which imply that he was a [[Shi'a]].<ref>Ṭūsī, al-Fihrist, p. 141; Ṭūsī, Rijāl, p. 497; Ḥillī, Khulāṣat al-aqwāl, p. 146 quoted from Abū ʿAlī Ḥāʾirī, ''Muntahī l-maqāl'', vol. 6, p. 144.</ref> According to [[al-Najashi]], al-Kashshi studied in the house of [[al-'Ayyashi]] where Shi'as met.<ref>Najāshī, Rijāl, p. 372 quoted from Abū ʿAlī Ḥāʾirī, ''Muntahī l-maqāl'', vol. 6, p. 144.</ref> | ||
==Teachers== | ==Teachers== | ||
[[Al-'Ayyashi]] is the only person who is mentioned as al-Kashshi's teacher. However, some people from whom al-Kashshi transmitted hadiths can count as his teachers. | [[Al-'Ayyashi]] is the only person who is mentioned as al-Kashshi's teacher.<ref>Najāshī, Rijāl, p. 372; Ṭūsī, Rijāl, p. 497; Ḥillī, Khulāṣat al-aqwāl, p. 146 quoted from Abū ʿAlī Ḥāʾirī, ''Muntahī l-maqāl'', vol. 6, p. 144.</ref> However, some people from whom al-Kashshi transmitted hadiths can count as his teachers. | ||
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==Work== | ==Work== | ||
Al-Kashshi is the author of ''Ma'rifat al-naqilin 'an al-a'immat al-sadiqin'', known as ''[[Rijal al-Kashshi]]'', which provides biographies of both Shiite and non-Shiite transmitters of hadiths. The book was summarized by [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] under ''[[Ikhtiyar ma'rifat al-rijal]]''. What is available today is the summary, rather than the original work. | Al-Kashshi is the author of ''Ma'rifat al-naqilin 'an al-a'immat al-sadiqin'', known as ''[[Rijal al-Kashshi]]'', which provides biographies of both Shiite and non-Shiite transmitters of hadiths. The book was summarized by [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] under ''[[Ikhtiyar ma'rifat al-rijal]]''. What is available today is the summary, rather than the original work.<ref>Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 10, p. 27-28.</ref> | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||