Shia hadith scholars ( fa, رجال حدیث شیعه) are people who have quoted

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 ...

from

Shia Imams In Shia Islam, the Imamah ( ar, إمامة) is a doctrine which asserts that certain individuals from the lineage of the Prophets in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad are to be accepted as leaders and guides of the ummah after the Succession to M ...

directly or indirectly through intermediary, and their biographies are found in the books of scholars of rijal (Biographical evaluation) science, such as Ikhtiar Marifat al-Rijal, Fehrist Asma' Musannifi al-Shia, Ae'yan ol-Shia, Moe'jamo Rijal el-Hadith and Az-Zaree'a books. The basis for categorization in this list is the time of death of each person.

1st century AH narrators

1st century AH (622 CE – 719 CE): * Abu Rafe' *

Sulaym ibn Qays Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilālī al-ʿĀmirī ( ar, سليم بن قيس الهلالي العامري, died before 714, was one of the ''Tabi‘un'' and a companion of Ali towards the end of the latter's life. Sulaym was also a loyal companion of Ali ...

* Ali ibn Abi Rafe' *

Kumayl ibn Ziyad Kumayl bin Ziyad an-Nakha'i ( ar, كُميل بن زياد النخعي) was among the most loyal companions of Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib. Moreover, Kumayl occupies a prominent position in Shia Islam. Converting to Islam during the time of Islamic pr ...

* Rabi'at ibn Sami'e

2nd century AH narrators

2nd century AH (719 CE – 816 CE): *

Abu Hamza al-Thumali Thābit ibn Safiya famously known as Abū Hamzah al-Thumālī Thābit ibn Dīnār ( ar, أبو حمزة الثمالي) was a close companion of Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin. Life Abu Hamza al-Thumali was pious and righteous companion of Ali Zayn al-Ab ...

* Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Sharih Hazrami * Omar ibn Udhayna * Aban ibn Abi Ayyash * Asem ibn Homayd el-Hannat * Zayd ol-Zarad * Zayd ol-Narsi

Fourth stratum: Companions of Muhammad al-Baqir and Ja'far al-Sadiq

Muhammad al-Baqir Muḥammad al-Bāqir ( ar, مُحَمَّد ٱلْبَاقِر), with the full name Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, also known as Abū Jaʿfar or simply al-Bāqir () was the fifth Imam in Shia Islam, succee ...

was the fifth Imam in

Shia Islam Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, m ...

Ja'far al-Sadiq Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Ṣādiq ( ar, جعفر بن محمد الصادق; 702 – 765 CE), commonly known as Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (), was an 8th-century Shia Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian.. He was the founder of th ...

was the 6th Imam and founder of the Ja'fari school of jurisprudence according to

Twelver 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 ...

and

Isma'ili Isma'ilism ( ar, الإسماعيلية, al-ʾIsmāʿīlīyah) is a branch or sub-sect of Shia Islam. The Isma'ili () get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed spiritual successor (imām) to Ja'far al-Sa ...

Shi'ites. * Zurarah ibn A'yun (trustworthy and from 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 ...

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Muhammad bin Muslim Muḥammad ibn Muslim al-Thaqafī al-Kūfī (Arabic: محمد بن مسلم الثقفي الكوفي) (d. 150/767-768) was a prominent companion of Muhammad al Baqir and al-sadiq and one of the ''People of Consensus'' (Ashab al-ijma). The schola ...

(trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) *

Burayd ibn Mu'awiya al-'Ijli 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 companion ...

(trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) * Abu Basir Laith ibn Bakhtari Moradi (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) * Fozayl ibn Yassar (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) * Marouf ibn Kharrabouz (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) *

Aban ibn Taghlib Abu Sa'id Aban ibn Taghlib ibn Rubah al-Kindi (died 758 AD/141 AH) was an outstanding jurist-traditionist and an associate of Muhammad al-Baqir, but also of Zayn al-Abidin and Ja'far al-Sadiq. Al-Baqir is reported to have praised Aban as, "Sit in th ...

* Ziad ibn Isa ibn Obaideh al-Haza' * Bokayr ibn A'yan * Homarn ibn A'yan * Mohammad ibn Qayse Bajli * Ismail ibn Abdorrahman Jo'fi * Abu Basir Asadi *

Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju'fi Jābir ibn Yazīd al-Juʿfī ( ar, جابر بن یزید الجُعفی), died –750, was a Kufan transmitter of hadith and a companion of the Shi'a Imams Muhammad al-Baqir (677–732) and Ja'far al-Sadiq (–765).. His reputation among later Mus ...

* Soleiman ibn Khaled Aqta'

3rd century AH narrators

3rd century AH (816 CE – 913 CE): * Ahmad ibn Abi Nasr Bazanti * Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan * Sa'd ibn Abdullah Ash'ari

4th century AH narrators

4th century AH (913 CE – 1009 CE): *

Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Musa al-Nawbakhti Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b Mūsā an-Nawbakhtī (; born late 9th century and died between 912 and 922) was a Persian and leading Shī'ī theologian and philosopher in the first half of the 10th century. The Nawbakhtī family boasted a number ...

Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari ( ar, أبو جعفر محمد بن جرير بن يزيد الطبري), more commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (), was a Muslim historian and scholar from Amol, Tabaristan. Among the most prominent figures of the Islamic Golden Age, al-Tabari i ...

Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb ibn Iṣḥāq al Kulaynī ar Rāzī (Persian: ar, أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد ٱبْن يَعْقُوب إِسْحَاق ٱلْكُلَيْنِيّ ٱلرَّازِيّ; c. 250 AH/864 CE � ...

Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Jafar al-Numani Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monothe ...

* Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummiفهرست ابن ندیم 196، رجال نجاشی (ایران) 306 302، فهرست طوسی 157 156، روضات الجنات خوانساری 560 557، هدایت حسین، دائرة المعارف اسلامی، جلد دوم، (آلمانی) 388، اشتروتمان، دائرة المعارف اسلامی، جلد چهارم (آلمانی)، 380، مجله اسلام، جلد 21، 307، ذریعه، جلد دوم، 226، اعلام زرکلی 7/159، معجم المؤلفین کحاله 3/ .11

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Thiqa (trustworthy)

The science of rijal

The Science of Rijal as a Method in the Study of Hadith

ilm al-Rijal (Science of Men)

List of the Companions of Imam al-Sadiq (a)

List of the Companions of Imam al-Baqir (a)
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