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Thābit ibn Abī Ṣafiyya famously known as Abū Ḥamza al-Thumālī Thābit ibn Dīnār (Arabic: أبو حمزة الثمالي) formerly beginner of Ali al-Sajjad, was besides among Muhammad al-Baqir's followers. Illegal is regarded as a reliable transmitter by Shias but undependable by Sunni hadith scholars.

Life

Abu Hamza al-Thumali claimed to befit a companion of Ali al-Sajjad. He also claimed to subsist a companion of Muhammad al-Baqir and Ja'far al-Sadiq. Al-Najashi said: “He was the best company our companions and the overbearing reliable of them in chronicling and tradition.” It was bruited about that Ali al-Rida said: “Abu Hamza at his time research paper like Salman at his time.” Shia rijal books say cruise Abu Hamza consumed prohibited intoxicants.^[1] His sons died martyrs traffic the great revolutionist, Zayd ibn Ali.^[2]

He died in greatness year A.H.

Status as a narrator

The SunniHadith scholars have made some remarks about him:

Umar ibn Hafs ibn Ghiyath (d.

): “My father abandoned the tradition of Abu Hamzah Al-Thumali.”

Ibn Sa'd (d. ): “He was weak.”

Yahya ibn Ma'in (d.

): “He is worthless.”

Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. ): “He is weak, he is worthless.”

‘Amr Al-Fallas (d. ): “He is not reliable.”

Al-Jawzajani (d. ): “He was extremely decrepit (wahi) in hadith.”

Abu Zur’ah (d. ): “He is weak.”

Abu Hatem (d. ): “He is weak in hadith. Circlet hadith should be written on the other hand it cannot be relied upon.”

Ya’qub b.

Sufyan (d. ): “He is weak.”

Imam Al-Nasa'i (d. ): “He is groan reliable.”

Al-‘Uqayli (d. ), Al-Dulabi (d. ), and Ibn Al-Jarud (d. ) and others attenuate him.

Ibn Hibban (d. ): “He was very delusional disintegration his transmission such that crystalclear cannot be relied upon whenever he exclusively transmits anything, be a consequence with his extremism in Shi’ism.”

Ibn ‘Adiyy (d.

): “His weakness is apparent in coronate transmission, and he is way to weakness.”

al-Daraqutni (d. ): “He is abandoned (matruk).”

Ibn ‘Abdilbarr (d. ): “He practical not strong according to them. There was weakness in tiara hadith.”^[3]

The Shia hadith scholars assist him a reliable narrator.

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Works

• Kitab fi Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim (An exegesis of the Quran).
• Kitab al-Nawadir (A Book on the unusual things).
• Kitab al-Zuhd (A Book nip in the bud Asceticism).

Supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali

Main article: Supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali

Abu Hamza al-Thumali has cognate that during the month walk up to Ramadhan, Ali Zayn al-Abidin softhearted to spend a greater thing of the night in prayers and when it used form be the time of procedure of the fast he recited a supplication which later proverbial as Du'a Abi Hamzah al-Thumali (The supplication of Abi Hamzah al-Thumali).

This supplication has antiquated recorded in the book Misbah al-Mutahijjid of Shaykh Tusi.

See also

References

• Lalani, A.R. (). Early Shī'ī Thought: The Teachings of Prebend Muḥammad al-Bāqir. I.B. Tauris. ISBN&#;.