His being a Shia does not add any clarification.

His being a Shia does not add any clarification. He died in 68 A.H. Shia Exegetes From Tabi’ites and After Maitham bin Yahya at-Tammar who was a Shia scholastic and speaker in Kufa was a Tabi’ite. Similarly, Sa’id Bin Jabir was Tabi’ite. He wrote a book on the explanation of the Quran which is often quoted by other exegetists. As-Suyuti has treated it to be a thorough and dependable book and has quoted Qitadah the Sa’id as the most informed of the Tabi’ites in a matter of Tafsir.

Similarly, Ibn-Nadim has also mentioned his Tafsir in his Al-Fahrist, while discussing the books written in this field. He does not mention any other Tafsir written before it. The evidence of his being a Shia is given by Allama al-Hilli in al-Khullasah as well as al-Kishi in his Biographical Dictionary. He has also said that the only reason for his being killed by Hajjaj was that he was a Shia. He was martyred in 94 A.H.

Abu Saleh Miran al-Basri, a pupil of Ibn Abbas was a Tabi’ite, is counted among the prominent scholars of the Holy Quran. His being repeatedly quoted by Muhammad Bin As-Sa’ib Al-Kalbi in his exegesis is proof of his being a Shia. Another evidence of this effect is the trust that al-Mufid has posed in him, in his book Al-Kafi’ah fi Ibtale Tawbat al-Khatiah, after quoting a tradition from his relating to Ibn Abbas. He died after the lapse of the first-century hijrah.

Tawus al-Yamani, a pupil of Ibn Abbas, was a Tabi’ite. Ibn Taimiyyah has declared him to be the most well-informed of all’ in his exegesis, while Ibn Qutaibah has declared him to be Shia. Shaikh Tusi has counted him among the companions of Imam Ali ibn al-Husain (PBUH) and has said that he was always attached to him. He died in 106 A.H. Among them is Imam Muhammad Baqir (PBUH).Ibn-Nadim has mentioned a book of his while writing about the exegesis of the Holy Quran.

He has been quoted by Abul Jarud and Ziyad bin al-Mundhir, head of the Zaidite-Jarudite sect. The most dependable Shia writers have quoted him through Abul Jarud. He passed away in 114 A.H. Jabir bin Yazid al-Ja’fi wrote a book on Tafsir and has been mentioned by An-Najashi and Ash-Shaikh in Fahrist. He died in 127 A.H. Siddi al-Kabir Isma’il bin Abdur Rahman Abu Muhammad al-Qorashi was a Tabi’ite and was the author of a famous book on Tafsir which has often been quoted by exegetists.

As-Suyuti declares his exegesis to be one of the most dependable ones.