Shia hadith scholars () are people who have quoted hadith from Shia Imams directly or indirectly through intermediary, and their biographies are found in the books of scholars of rijal (Biographical evaluation) science, such as Ikhtiar Marifat al-Rijal, Fehrist Asma' Musannifi al-Shia, Ae'yan ol-Shia, Moe'jamo Rijal el-Hadith and Az-Zaree'a books. The basis for categorization in this list is the time of death of each person.
1st century AH narrators
1st century AH (622 CE – 719 CE):
Abu Rafe'
Sulaym ibn Qays
Ali ibn Abi Rafe'
Kumayl ibn Ziyad
Rabi'at ibn Sami'e
2nd century AH narrators
2nd century AH (719 CE – 816 CE):
Abu Hamza al-Thumali
Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Sharih Hazrami
Omar ibn Udhayna
Aban ibn Abi Ayyash
Asem ibn Homayd el-Hannat
Zayd ol-Zarad
Zayd ol-Narsi
Fourth stratum: Companions of Muhammad al-Baqir and Ja'far al-Sadiq
Muhammad al-Baqir was the fifth Imam in Shia Islam, Ja'far al-Sadiq was the 6th Imam and founder of the Ja'fari school of jurisprudence according to Twelver and Isma'ili Shi'ites.
Zurarah ibn A'yun (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) Muhammad bin Muslim (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) Burayd ibn Mu'awiya al-'Ijli (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) Abu Basir Laith ibn Bakhtari Moradi (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) Fozayl ibn Yassar (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) Marouf ibn Kharrabouz (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) Aban ibn Taghlib Ziad ibn Isa ibn Obaideh al-Haza' Bokayr ibn A'yan Homarn ibn A'yan Mohammad ibn Qayse Bajli Ismail ibn Abdorrahman Jo'fi Abu Basir Asadi Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju'fi Soleiman ibn Khaled Aqta'
3rd century AH narrators
3rd century AH (816 CE – 913 CE):
Ahmad ibn Abi Nasr Bazanti
Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan
Sa'd ibn Abdullah Ash'ari
4th century AH narrators
4th century AH (913 CE – 1009 CE):
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Musa al-Nawbakhti
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Jafar al-Numani
Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi
See also
The science of rijal
Timeline of Islamic history
List of expeditions of Muhammad
Quranic timeline
Zakaria ibn Idris Ash'ari Qomi
References
External links
Thiqa (trustworthy) The science of rijal The Science of Rijal as a Method in the Study of Hadith ilm al-Rijal (Science of Men) List of the Companions of Imam al-Sadiq (a) List of the Companions of Imam al-Baqir (a)