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Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani described him as, "al-Hashimi al-'Alawi, Abu 'Abd Allah al-Madani al-Sadiq (a)" He also wrote, "Ibn Habban said, 'he (a) was among great men of the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] in [[fiqh]], knowledge and virtues.'"<ref>Al-'Asqalani, ''Tahdhib al-tahdhib'', vol.2 pp.103-104</ref> | Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani described him as, "al-Hashimi al-'Alawi, Abu 'Abd Allah al-Madani al-Sadiq (a)" He also wrote, "Ibn Habban said, 'he (a) was among great men of the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] in [[fiqh]], knowledge and virtues.'"<ref>Al-'Asqalani, ''Tahdhib al-tahdhib'', vol.2 pp.103-104</ref> | ||
The [[Sunni]] scholar, Ibn Hajar al- | The [[Sunni]] scholar, Ibn Hajar al-Haytami said, "People narrated so much from his knowledge that his fame reached all cities. Great leaders such as Yahya b. Sa'id, Ibn Jurayh, Malik, Sufyan b. 'Uyayna, Sufyan al-Thuri, [[Abu Hanifa]], Shu'ba b. al-Hajjaj and Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani narrated from him."<ref>Al-Haytami, ''al-Sawa'iq al-muhriqa'', p.201</ref> | ||
Even though Imam al-Sadiq (a) has a great credit among Sunni scholars as a religious personality, his opinions in fiqh have not been credited even as a common fiqh scholar before them. In comparative fiqh, compilations where opinions of many fiqh scholars previous to Imam al-Sadiq (a) such as al-Awza'i, Sufyan al-Thuri, Rabi'at al-Ra'y, Layth b. Sa'd, and Ibn Mubarak and alike are mentioned in addition to opinions of the four leaders of Sunni schools, unexpectedly there is no mentioning of Imam al-Sadiq's (a) opinions even as a scholar and this has been mentioned by some twelver Shi'a scholars such as [[al-Sharif al-Murtada]] as a criticism on Sunni scholars. He pointed out, "How is that you do not mention Imam al-Sadiq's (a) opinions beside Abu Hanifa and [[al-Shafi'i]] and even at the level of the opinions of [[Ahmad b. Hanbal]], Dawud al-Zahiri, and [[Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari]]?"<ref>Al-Sharif al-Murtada, ''al-Intisar'', p.77</ref> | Even though Imam al-Sadiq (a) has a great credit among Sunni scholars as a religious personality, his opinions in fiqh have not been credited even as a common fiqh scholar before them. In comparative fiqh, compilations where opinions of many fiqh scholars previous to Imam al-Sadiq (a) such as al-Awza'i, Sufyan al-Thuri, Rabi'at al-Ra'y, Layth b. Sa'd, and Ibn Mubarak and alike are mentioned in addition to opinions of the four leaders of Sunni schools, unexpectedly there is no mentioning of Imam al-Sadiq's (a) opinions even as a scholar and this has been mentioned by some [[twelver Shi'a]] scholars such as [[al-Sharif al-Murtada]] as a criticism on Sunni scholars. He pointed out, "How is that you do not mention Imam al-Sadiq's (a) opinions beside Abu Hanifa and [[al-Shafi'i]] and even at the level of the opinions of [[Ahmad b. Hanbal]], Dawud al-Zahiri, and [[Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari]]?"<ref>Al-Sharif al-Murtada, ''al-Intisar'', p.77</ref> | ||
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