Burayd ibn Mu'awiya al-'Ijli( ar, بُرَیدِ بْن معاویة العجلی) (before 148 AH / 765 AD) was a Shi'a jurists and a famous disciple of
Muhammad al-Baqir and later
Ja'far al-Sadiq. His name is included in the
Consensus companions The consensus companions or "As'hab al-Ijma'" ('' ar, اصحاب الاجماع'') are eighteen Muhaddith and Islamic scholars who had direct contact with Shia Imams and had great knowledge of religion. Shia scholars accept unquestioningly every ha ...
and was praised by al-Baqir and al-Sadiq.
Life
Burayd's father, Mu'awiya ibn Abi Hakim Hatim, was from a family of 'Ijli Arabs who immigrated to
Kufa. He started to study knowledge in his homeland. At the beginning he learned hadith from the Sunni sheikhs among them Abu Ishaq Ismail ibn Raja Zabeidi. At the beginning of the 2nd century, Burayd apparently had a trip or trips to
Medina, and there he took advantage of al-Baqir's study group and was considered one of his special companions. After the death of
Muhammad al-Baqir, he benefited from the presence of
Ja'far al-Sadiq for some time in Medina and became one of his special companions too. Among the children of Barid, Qasim and Musa were narrators and authors of Imamiyyah. Burayd died in 150 AH according to the narration of Ali Ibn Faddal, but
Najashi considered his death during the lifetime of al-Sadiq to be more correct.
Position
He became a key authority in the Shia jurisprudence (
) and one of the Companions of al-Baqir and al-Sadiq, and therefore, his name is included in the
Consensus companions The consensus companions or "As'hab al-Ijma'" ('' ar, اصحاب الاجماع'') are eighteen Muhaddith and Islamic scholars who had direct contact with Shia Imams and had great knowledge of religion. Shia scholars accept unquestioningly every ha ...
.
Al-Baqir praised him (along with Abu Basir Moradi, Muhammad bin Muslim, and
Zurarah ibn A'yun Zurarah ibn A'yun (about 690-768 AD) ( ar, زُرارة بن أعیُن) was a famous companion of Imam Baqir, Imam Sadiq, and Imam Kazim.
He evolved the theory that the knowledge of God is an obligation on every believer and cannot be attained wi ...
) as worthy of the paradise.
Also al-Sadiq lauded him (along with the other three mentioned above) for upholding and promoting the
Imami Madhhab, Al-Sadiq also said that the prophetic
hadiths would have been lost without them.
Contributions
Many narrators have learned from Burayd, among them famous names such as Hariz ibn 'Abd Allah al-Sijistani, Aban ibn Uthman, Hammad ibn Uthman, Yahya Halabi, Durust ibn Abi Mansur, Tha'laba ibn Maymun, Jamil ibn Saleh, Hisham ibn Salim al-Jawaliqi, Yunus ibn Abd al-Rahman,
Safwan ibn Yahya
Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr are seen. Among the Sunnis, Ahmad bin Hamad Hamadani also narrated from him.
Najashi has mentioned that there was a book by Burayd, narrated by Ali bin Uqbah Asadi, of which Ibn al-Ghadāʾirī (ابن الغضائري) had seen a copy (p. 112); However, this book has not been known in most of the Imami circles. Dozens of
hadiths quoted by Burayd have been recorded in
Imamiyyah
Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...
narrative sources, including
The Four Books.
Notes
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