Safwan bin Yahya al-Bajali is one of the companions of three Shia Imam,

Muhammad al-Jawad Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad ( ar, محمد بن علي الجواد, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Jawād, – 29 November 835) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the ninth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Rida. ...

Ali al-Ridha Ali ibn Musa al-Rida ( ar, عَلِيّ ٱبْن مُوسَىٰ ٱلرِّضَا, Alī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā, 1 January 766 – 6 June 818), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the e ...

and

Musa al-Kadhim Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kazim ( ar, مُوسَىٰ ٱبْن جَعْفَر ٱلْكَاظِم, Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar al-Kāẓim), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan, Abū ʿAbd Allāh or Abū Ibrāhīm, was the seventh Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, after hi ...

Shaykh Tusi Shaykh Tusi ( fa, شیخ طوسی), full name ''Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Hassan Tusi'' ( ar, ابو جعفر محمد بن حسن طوسی), known as Shaykh al-Taʾifah ( ar, links=no, شيخ الطائفة) was a prominent Persian scholar of the ...

and

Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najashi Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Najāshī (c. 982–1058), often simply referred to as al-Najāshī, was a Twelver Shi'ite scholar mainly known for his work on the subject of biographical evaluation (, Islamic science dealing with the reli ...

describe him as one of the most reliable and authentic narrators of

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 ...

s. It is said that Safwan would offer one hundred and fifty

Rakat A Rak'ah ( ar, ركعة ', ; plural: ') is a single iteration of prescribed movements and supplications performed by Muslims as part of the prescribed obligatory prayer known as salah. Each of the five daily prayers observed by Muslims consis ...

during night and fasted for three months every year.

His piety

It is said that one day a man asked him to carry two dinar for him and deliver them to his family in

Kufa Kufa ( ar, الْكُوفَة ), also spelled Kufah, is a city in Iraq, about south of Baghdad, and northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River. The estimated population in 2003 was 110,000. Currently, Kufa and Najaf ...

. Safwan said "My camels are hired and I have to take the permission of the tenants." It is also said that he made a promise to two of his pious friends that if they died before him, he would do for them what they do for themselves of good deeds and charity, as long as he is alive and did so.

His jurisprudence

Safwan is known as one of famous jurisprudents of his time. He wrote about thirty books including the books of Wudu, Prayer, Fasting, the Hajj, Zakat, Marriage, Divorce, Obligations, Recommendations, Buying and Selling, Setting slaves free and Management, Good tidings and others. He dies in 210 AH in Medina and was buried in

Al-Baqi' ''Jannat al-Baqīʿ'' ( ar, ٱلْبَقِيْع, "The Baqi'") is the oldest and the first Islamic cemetery of Medina in the Hejazi region of present-day Saudi Arabia. It is located to the southeast of the Prophet's Mosque, which contains the g ...

References

* {{cite book, last=Sharif al-Qarashi, first= Bāqir, year=2005, title=The Life of Imam Muhammad Al-Jawad, others=Translated by Abdullah al-Shahin, location=Qum, publisher=Ansariyan Publications, url={{google books , plainurl=y , id=T4eKMQAACAAJ, isbn=978-964-438-653-4 Shia hadith scholars Burials at Jannat al-Baqī

His piety

His jurisprudence

See also

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