Ibn Qulawayh ( fa, ابن قولویه) (died in

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, 978 or 979 AD) was a

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traditionalist and jurist. He is one of the authoritative traditionalists among the Shia.

Life

His official name was Ibn Qūlawayh (Qūlūya), Abu'l-Qasem Ja'Far b. Moḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. Mūsāb. Qūlawayh Qomī Baḡdādī Abdullah Ashari may have been among his teachers. It seems that he began his education in

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. He traveled to other places to study the

Hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

. He visited

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and resided there while he was ill. Many of his teachers were in Iraq such as Ibn Edris Qomi, Ali Ibn Babewayh Qomi, Ibn Valid Qomi, Ibn Oqdah, Abu Omar Kashi, Abdul Aziz Ibn Yahya Jaloudi, Ibn Homam Iskafi and his father Muhammad and his brother Ali.

Transmitters of Hadith

There are some bodies among transmitters of Hadith for Qulawayh like Ibn Abdoon, Ibn Ayyash Johari, Ibn Babawayh, Ibn Shazan Qomi, Ibn Nouh Sirafi, and Haroun Ibn Musa talakbari who are used by Qulawayh. About his reliability, we could say that Shaykh Mofid mentioned him as the reliable transmitter. Also Najasi And Tousi known him as reliable transmitter.

Works

He has many books on the subject of Jurisprudence and Hadith. His most known book is ''Kamil Al Ziyyarat'' which is published in Najaf by Abdul Hosein Amini. This book an important source of Imami in Praying. It shows the interest in traditions in that time. Qulawayh narrated many traditions from

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, Imam Kazim and Imam Sadiq and the chains of narrators. Many of his books are not available: * ''Al Arbaeen'' * ''History of months and its events'' * ''Praying'' * ''Witness'' * ''Qiyyam Al Layl va Navader''

Death

He may be buried in

or Kazemayn.

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