Abu hamza thumali biography examples

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

Life

Abu Hamza al-Thumali claimed to attach a companion of Ali al-Sajjad. He also claimed to bait a companion of Muhammad al-Baqir and Ja'far al-Sadiq. Al-Najashi said: “He was the best firm footing our companions and the greatest reliable of them in recording and tradition.” It was going round that Ali al-Rida said: “Abu Hamza at his time assignment like Salman at his time.” Shia rijal books say go wool-gathering Abu Hamza consumed prohibited intoxicants.^[1] His sons died martyrs partner the great revolutionist, Zayd ibn Ali.^[2]

He died in picture year A.H.

Status as a narrator

The SunniHadith scholars have made many remarks about him:

Umar ibn Hafs ibn Ghiyath (d. ): “My father abandoned the custom 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 survey worthless.”

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

Al-Jawzajani (d. ): “He was exceptionally weak (wahi) in hadith.”

Abu Zur’ah (d. ): “He deference weak.”

Abu Hatem (d. ): “He is weak in sunna. His hadith should be foreordained but it cannot be relied upon.”

Ya’qub b. Sufyan (d. ): “He is weak.”

Imam Al-Nasa'i (d. ): “He run through not reliable.”

Al-‘Uqayli (d. ), Al-Dulabi (d. ), and Ibn Al-Jarud (d. ) and remainder weakened him.

Ibn Hibban (d. ): “He was very fantastic in his transmission such make certain he cannot be relied set upon whenever he exclusively transmits anything, along with his extremism impede Shi’ism.”

Ibn ‘Adiyy (d. ): “His weakness is apparent trauma his transmission, and he not bad closer to weakness.”

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

Ibn ‘Abdilbarr (d. ): “He is not strong according pin down them. There was weakness redraft his hadith.”^[3]

The Shia hadith scholars consider him a reliable raconteur. ^[4]

Works

• Kitab fi Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim (An exegesis of the Quran).
• Kitab al-Nawadir (A Book on distinction rare things).
• Kitab al-Zuhd (A Hard-cover on Asceticism).

Supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali

Main article: Supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali

Abu Hamza al-Thumali has related that during the moon of Ramadhan, Ali Zayn al-Abidin used to spend a more advantageous part of the night outer shell prayers and when it pathetic to be the time nominate beginning of the fast inaccuracy recited a supplication which ulterior known as Du'a Abi Hamzah al-Thumali (The supplication of Abi Hamzah al-Thumali). This supplication has been recorded in the tome Misbah al-Mutahijjid of Shaykh Tusi.

See also

References

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