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boasted and said with an eloquent tongue:’ Were it not for the two years, al- Nu’man would perish.”’ He meant the two years when he studied under Imam al- Sldiq, peace be on him. Mlhik Bin Anas: Among them was Mlhik b. Anas al- Madany. He founded one of the Sunni four doctrines. In his book al- Fihrast, b. al- Nadim says:” He was b. (the son of) AbU ‘Amir. He was from Himyar. He is regarded as one of banü (the sons of) TamTm b. Murra from Quraysh.” Also he says:” It was said to Ja’far b.

Sulayman al- Abbasy, the governor of Medina:’ He (MIlik) has no belief in your homage.”’ So, he sent for him. He unclothed him, extended him, and whipped him. He broke his shoulder. For this reason, he (Mâlik) died in the year 179 (A.H.), at the age of 48. Bin KhilikSn has mentioned a similar story. It is known and famous that Mahik learned from Abti Abd Allah (i.e. at-Sâdiq), peace be on him. Many authors have mentioned that he studied under al- Sâdiq.

Some of them are: al- Nawawy in his book al-Tahdhib,al- Shiblanjy in Ntirul Absâr, al- Sibt in Tadhkirat al- Khawas, al- Shfi’y in Matâhib al- Sa’ül, b. Hajar in al- Sawâ’iq, Shaykh Sulayman in al- Yanâbi’, AbU al- Na’Tm in al- Hulya, b. al- Sâbagh in al- Fusfll, and the like. Sufyin al- Thawry: Sufyan b. Sa’id b. Masriiq al- Thawry al- Kflfi was among them. He came to Baghdad several times. He reported many things on the authority of al- Sâdiq, peace be on him.

Al- Sadiq entrusted many valuable things to Sufyan’s care, as we have already mentioned in al- Sadiq’s Commandments. Sufyân debated al- Sâdiq about renouncing worldly pleasures, as we have already mentioned. He moved to Basrah and died in it in the year 161(A.H.). He was born in ninety and some (A.H.). It was said that he took part in the battle of Zayd, the martyr. He was in the police of Hisham b. Abd al- Malik.

His learning from al- Sadiq, peace be on him, has been mentioned in the foregoing references. Also the ShT’te biographers have mentioned him with the narrators of al- Sâdiq, peace be on him. Sufyin Bin ‘Uyayna: Sufyan b. ‘Uyayna b. AbO ‘Umran al- Kufi al- Makky was one of them. He was born in Kufa in the year 107 (A.H.), and died in Mecca in the year 198 (A.H.). He came to Kuf’k when heaWas young during the lifetime of Abe HanTfa.

Hiaiearning from al- Sadiq, peace be on him, has been mentioned in the previous references. The ShT’te biographers have also mentioned that. Yahya Bin Sa’id al- Ansiry: Among them was Yahya b. Sa’Td b. Qays al- Ansary.