They did their best to precisely do the Islamic precepts and...

They did their best to precisely do the Islamic precepts and to spread the science of Islamic jurisprudence of , peace be on them. As such group was among the narrators of hadith, the hadith has been divided, according to their viewpoint, into: authentic hadith, good hadith, weak hadith, and trustworthy [1] Al-Anwar al-Bahiya, p. 91. hadith.

Any way, many companions of Imam Musa played an important role in writing books and publishing Islamic civilization, to the extent that they filled the Arab and Islamic Library in their time with their valuable writings. This shows that they spared no effort to hoist the flag of knowledge, to set right morals, and to correct the opinions. Ahmed b.

Khalid has mentioned that the number of the companions of Imam Musa was a hundred and sixty.[1] This is a manifest mistake if he wanted to limit them, for the result of the scrutiny is that most of those who attained the school of Imam al-Sadiq, peace be on him, continued after his death their studies under Imam Musa al-Kazim.

Perhaps, by this number, al-Barqi meant those great figures from among them excluding that inferior to them in the ranks of the science of Islamic jurisprudence, hadith, and knowledge. We will mention the biographies of some of Imam Musas companions and the narrators of his traditions. We have alphabetically ordered them; they are as follows: 1. Aban Bin Uthman Aban b.

Uthman al-Lului, known as al-Ahmar al-Bajali, lived in Kufa and Basrah; he narrated (traditions) on the authority of Abu Abd Allah al-Sadiq and his son al-Kazim. Abu Amru al-Kashi has mentioned that the Shia have unanimously agreed on the authenticity of the traditions correctly reported from him, and they have acknowledged his ability in the science of Islamic jurisprudence.[2] Among the Basris who studied under him are Abu Ubayda b. Muammar b. al-Muthanna, Abu Abd Allah b.

al-Muthanna, Abu Abd Allah Muhammed b. Salam al-Jahmi. He wrote a book in which he has gathered: the beginning (al-mabda), the return (al-maad), the resurrection, (al-mabath), the campaigns (al-magazi), the shelter (al-saqifa), and apostasy (al-ridda).[3] Ibn Hayyan has mentioned in (his book) al-Thiqat and said: He makes mistakes and errs (in narrating traditions). He was given the kunya of Abu Abd Allah. He lived in Basrah and Kufa. He was an author and a genealogist. Abu Ubayda and Muhammed b.

Salam al-Jahmi studied under him.