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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam Al-sadiq His Narrators The narrators of Abfl Abd Allah (al- Sldiq), peace be on him, were over four- thousand, as we have already mentioned. In his book al- Irshad, Shaykh al- Muffd, may Allah rest his soul in peace, has said:” The traditionalists have collected the names of his reliable narrators. They were four- thousand men.”[1] Bin Sharash1lb has mentioned that b. ‘Uqda has collected the names of the narrators.

Other authors have mentioned that b. ‘Uqda has mention a report for every one of them. Al- Tibrisy has mentioned their number in his book A’lim Al- Wara, and researcher al-Hilly in his book Al- Mu’tabar. Shaykh al- TUsy, may his grave be fragrant has mentioned their names in his book al- Rijal. The great number of the narrators did not increase the greatness and importance of al- Sadiq. However, their greatness and importance increased because they reported on his authority.

Yes, this indicates that he had a lofty position in knowledge. Besides, the seekers of knowledge and virtue from different sects have agreed on his outstanding merit. The Sunni Great Figures: Many Sunni great figures and Imams learned from al- Sâdiq, peace be on him. They did not learn from him as the pupil learns from the teacher.

Rather, they learned from him because they agreed on his Imamate, his greatness and his supremacy as Shaykh Sulayman has said in his book al-Yanâbi’ and al- Nawawy in his book Tahdhib Al- Asma’ Wal Lughfit. Also, in his book matalib Al- Sa’fll, aI- Shafi’y says:” They regarded their learning from him as a laudable deed to honor them and as a virtue they learned.” The following are some of those Sunni great figures: Abu HanTfa: Abu HanTfa al- Nu’man b. Thabit b. Zouyt was among them.

He was a master. He was from Kabul. He was born in Kufa. There he grew up and studied. He had a theological center in Kufa. Then he moved to Baghdad. There he died in the year 150 (A.H.). His grave is well- known in Baghdad. He founded one of the Sunni four doctrines, His doctrine is very famous. Every one knows that he (Abn Hanlfa) studied under al- Sftdiq, peace be on him. This has been mentioned by: al- Shiblanjy in his book Nflr al-Absir, b.

Hajar in his book al- Sawi’iq, Shaykh Sulaymln in his book al-YanftbT’, b. al- Sabbagh in his book al- FusOl, and the like. Moreover, in his book, p.8, al- ALüsy says:” And this is Abfi Hantfa, a Sunni figure, 1 Al- Mufid, al- Irshad, 271.