The Sunni great figures had great confidence in him though...

The Sunni great figures had great confidence in him though they regarded him as a ShT’te. Some of them were Ahmad, Abu Hatam, al- Nisa’y, b. ‘Uday, b. ‘Jlan, al- Hakim, al- ‘Aqily, b. Sa’d, b. Hajar, b. Hayyin, b. Maymunu, and al- Dhahaby in his book Mlzan at-I’tidâl. Also they regarded him as one of the successors. This is enough evidence for his irrefutable merit. Aban Bin ‘Uthman: His real name was Aban b. ‘Uthman al- Ahmar al- Bajaly al- Kuff.

He sometimes lived in Kufa and sometimes in Basrah. The people of Basrah learned from him such as Abu ‘Ubayda Mu’ammar b. al- Muthanna, and Abe Abd Allah Mohammed b. Salam. They told many things about him in the fields of poetry, lineage, and the days (i.e. the battles). Aban b. ‘Uthmân reported traditions on the authority of al- Sadiq and at-Kâzim, peace be on them. He had a good big book. Aban was among the six companions of Abe Abd Allah (al- Sadiq), peace be on him. They were JamTl b.

Darraj, Abd Allah b. Maskan, Abd Allah b. Bukayr, Hammad b. ‘Isa, Hammad b. ‘Uthman, and Ab&i b. ‘Uthman. Ishiq al- Sayrafy: His real name was Ishaq b. Ammar b. Hayyan al- Sayrafy al- Kufi. He was among the reliable narrators who reported traditions on the authority of al- Sadiq his son al- Kfizim, peace be on them, his brothers Yflnus, Yousif, and Ismâ’il, and his nephews ‘Ati and BashTr (the two sons of Isma’Tl), who were among the great figures who reported traditions.

When al- Sadiq saw him and his brother IsmS’Il, he said:” He (Allah) may gather them for peoples.” He meaiitthis world and the NEXT one. That is because they were rich enough to help their companions. Al- Sikflny: His real name was Ismâ’Tt b. Abu Zyyad al- Sikiiny. al- Sikiiny was a part of the Arabs of the Yemen. It was said that he was a judge in Mousil. He was a reliable reporter. Our companions (i.e. the ShT’te jurisprudents) have agreed to act on his report.

Some biographers have mentioned that he was Sunni, but this is not established. He reported many traditions in the field of Islamic jurisprudence. Alt these traditions are in force when they are reported on his authority in a correct method. Isma’il al- Sayrafy: His real name was Ismâ’il b. ‘Ammar b. Hayyân al- Sayrafy al- Kufi He was the brother of Ishâq al- Sayrafy.

We have mentioned that when al-Sadiq, peace be on him, saw them, he said:” He (Allah) may gather them to peoples.” In al- Kafi there is an authentic tradition. This tradition, which was reported on the authority ‘Ammâr b.