So, I (al-Arqat) asked him: ‘After the burial, is there a prayer over the dead?

So, I (al-Arqat) asked him: ‘After the burial, is there a prayer over the dead?’ ‘No,’ he replied, ‘only supplication.’” Ibn Idris reported: “When Abu ‘Ubayda had died, his wife came to Abu ‘Abd Allah (al-Sadiq), peace be on him. She wept, and she then said to him: ‘Abu ‘Ubayda died a stranger!’ Abu ‘Abd Allah, peace be on him, said: ‘No! Abu ‘Ubayda is not a stranger. He belongs to us, the members of the House (ahl al-Bayt).[^11] Zyyad bin ‘Isa He was from Kufa. He sold fine cloth.

He was among the companions of Imam al-Baqir, peace be on him.[^12] Zyyad bin al-Mundhir He was given the kunya of Abu al-Jarud. He was called al-Hamadani, al-Kharifi, al-A’ma (the blind one). He said : “I was born blind. I have never seen the world.”[^13] He reported on the authority of Imam al-Baqir, peace be on him, and of Abu ‘Abd Allah (al-Sadiq), peace be on him. He has an origin (book), and he has the Book of al-Tafsïr. He learned the book from Imam al-Baqir. His doctrine was Zaydi.

The Zaydi Jarudis are ascribed to him.[^14] He has been dispraised in many traditions. Abu Usama reported on the authority of Abu ‘Abd Allah (al-Sadiq), peace be on him, who said: “Abu al-Jarud will not die but astray.” Abu Basïr reported on the authority of Abu ‘Abd Allah (al-Sadiq), peace be on him, who said: “ Kathïr al-Nawa, Salim bin Abï Hafs, and Abu al-Jarud are liars and unbelievers. May Allah curse them.” Imam al-Khu’i regarded this tradition as weak.

He regarded Abu al-Jarud as reliable. For Abu al-Jarud has been mentioned in the chain of the authorities of “Kamil al-Zyyarat”. His author, Mohammed b. Ja‘far b. Qolwayh, testified the truthfulness of all the narrators of his book. Besides, in “al-Risala al-Adadiya”, shaykh al-Mufïd said: “He (Abu al-Jarud) was among the main figures, from whom (the people) took the lawful, the unlawful, religious opinions, and legal precepts, whom no one slanders and dispraises. In his Tafsïr, ‘Ali b.

Ibrahim testified the truthfulness of all those who have been mentioned in his chain of authorities. He (Zyyad) reported on the authority of Abu Ja‘far (al-Baqir), peace be on him. Kuthayr b.

Abbas reported on his authority the explanation of the words of Him, the Exalted: “When the angels said: O Mariam, surely Allah gives you good news with a Word from Him (of one) whose name is the Messih, ‘Isa son of Mariam.” Imam al-Khu’i added: [Then Shaykh al-Saduq said:] “My father related to us on the authority of Mohammed b. al-Husayn b.