Imam Shafi complements him saying that if it had not been...

Imam Shafi complements him saying that if it had not been for SHOABA there would have been no knowledge of traditions in Iraq. Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal regards him as the embodiment of the Muslim Ummah. • HAFS BIN GHIYAS Because of his knowledge, he rose to the position of the Qazi (Chief Justice) in Baghdad and Kufa. He could quote three to four thousand traditions that he had heard and committed to memory from his student days in the Institute of Imam Sadiq (A.S).

●IBRAHIM BIN MlIHAMMAD MADAM He was an author of several books from which Imam Shafai copied several narrations since the latter was Ibrahim's student. • IBRAHIM BIN SAAD ZOHRI He later became a teacher of Ahmad Bin Hanbal who started his own Madhab, the followers of which came be known as Hanbalis. • SAEED BIN MUSLIMAH He became the teacher of Imam Shafai, the founder of the Shafai school of thought. • ABDUL MALEK BIN AAYUN He was an expert in astronomy.

●ISHAQ BIN AMMAR He specialized in the Biography of the Prophet and his work is regarded as highly reliable by the scholars of Biography. • MUHAMMAD BIN MUSLIM He obtained sixteen thousand traditions from Imam Sadiq (A.S). There were times when Imam Abu Hanifa would send his students to seek solutions of problems from Muhammad, such a great authority he was! • JABIRBIN HAYYAN AL AZADI In the West he is known a GEBER.

Imam Jafer Sadiq (A.S) taught him Chemistry - the discipline in which he is believed to have written at least 100 books of which 22 are still existing. His published works include: KITAB AL REHMAN (Book of Mercy) KITAB AL TAJM1 (Book of concentration), AL ZILAKAL SHARK1 (Book of Eastern Mercury, Book of the Kingdom, Book of Balances). His books on Chemistry have been translated into several European languages, and have influenced tremendously the development of modem chemistry.

The Encyclopedia Speculum Naturale described Jabir in these words "The influence of GABER is very pronounced." Max Meyerhof has this to say about Jabir: "His influence may be traced throughout the whole historic course of European alchemy and Chemistry." Later chemicalscientists such as Al Tugharia and Abu Al-Qasim Al Iraqi who flourished during the 12th and 13th centuries respectively regarded Jabir as~ "Master" Whereas the scholars of the world regard Jabir as their "Master", he regards Imam Sadiq (A.S) as the best teacher that he has ever had!

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