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Muhammad Ibn-e Muhammad Ibn-e
Ash'ath
Birth
Abū Alī, Muhammad son of Muhammad son of Ash'ath Kūfī is one of the Shi'a
narrators in the fourth century Hegira.
Muhammad was born in Kūfah city, where was famous for being the residence
of Shi'a great narrators and affectionate followers of Imam Alī (A.S.).
Since childhood he was grown up with cordial love toward
Imam Alī and his infallible descendants (A.S.) and Ahl-ul-Bayt (the household of
the Holy Prophet of Islam S.A). Soon he himself became a narrator of Hadiths
(Traditions from the Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (S.A.) and his
descendents).
Trip to Egypt
Muhammad went to Egypt
and resided in "Thaqīfe Jawād" district. At that time Egypt was undergoing great
revolutionary changes. Fātīmīyyīn' descendants of Hazrate Fātīma (A.S.),
esteemed daughter of the Holy prophet of Islam, and his Ahl-ul-Bayt(A.S.) - had
sovereignty over the country, and people could easily demonstrate their cordial
affection towards them.
Muhammad resided there
and participated in classes
held by Mūsā, son of Ismael, son of Imām Mūsā Al-Kāzim (A.S.), and took
advantage of that great dignitary.
Narration
In Egypt, he decided to narrate the book Al-Ja'farīyat'. Most of narrations of this book were
narrated through Mūsā son of Ismael from his infallible ancestors.
Later, this book was considered as one of the reliable 400
narration reference books of Shi'a, and its narrations were highly welcomed by
Shi'a Ulamā and jurisprudents.
Sayings of the great
men
Allāmah Hellī in his book Kholāsah', and Najāshī' in his Rijāl' have
stated: "Muhammad son of Muhammad son of Ash'ath is a Shi'a from Kūfah and a
reliable dignitary. He went to Egypt to live there."
The
author of Rīyādh-ul-Ulamā' has remarked: "Abū Alī, Muhammad son of Ash'ath
Kandī Kūfī is one of the ancient Shi'a narrators. He has compiled the book of
narrations titled Riwāyat-ul-Abnā An-il-Ābā' Min Āl-ir-Rasūl (S.A.)' (that
means: Narrations cited by sons from their fathers, from the noble family of
Holy Prophet of Islam S.A.)." It seems that this book was later titled as
Al-Ja'farīyāt'.
Sayings of Sunni
Scholars
Ibn-e
Uday said about him: "In Egypt I used to write down his narrations. His belief
in Shiism was so strong that made him to show us a book, which included 1000
Hadiths; he claimed that he narrated them from Mūsā, son of Ismael, son of Imām
Mūsā Al-Kāzim (A.S.), and that they had narrated from their fathers."
His
teachers
In
addition to Mūsā son of Ismael son of Imām Mūsā Al-Kāzim (A.S.), he enjoyed
taking advantage of other teachers as-
Mu'ammal Ibn-e Wahhāb
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Alī Ibn-e Zeid Farāyezī
-
Hārūn Ibn-e Sa'īd Īlī
-
Abū Yahyā Muhammad Ibn-e Barīd Muqarī
-
Muhammad Ibn-e Khalaf Ibn-e Umar
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Muhammad Ibn-e Awīr Īlī
-
Ismael Ibn-e Ishāq Ibn-e Sahl-e Umawī
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Mūsā Ibn-e Ibrāhīm Ibn-e Imām Mūsā (A.S.).
His
pupils
A large number of
scholars took advantage of his teachings, as-
Abū Muhammad Sahl Ibn-e Ahmad Ibn-e Abdullāh Ibn-e Sahl
Dībājī
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Abulfadhl Sheybānī
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Abul-Hasan Alī Ibn-e Ja'far Ibn-e Himād
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Abdullāh Ibn-e Mufadhal Ibn-e Muhammad Ibn-e Hilāl
-
Ibrāhīm Ibn-e Muhammad Ibn-e Muhammad Ibn-e Abdullāh Qurashī
-
Abū Muhammad Abdullāh Ibn-e Mohammad Ibn-e Abdullāh Ibn-e Uthmān
known as Ibn-ul-Saqqā'
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Abul-Hasan Muhammad Ibn-e Dawūd Ibn-e Suleimān
Kātib
His
compilations
Besides "Al Ja'farīyāt", as "Najāshī indicates, Muhammad has written a
book about Hajj pilgrimage rites' but this book is not available now. His
only present compilation is "Al Ja'farīyāt" which will be introduced
later.
