Imam Al-Sadiq

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HIS NARRATORS
The narrators of Abu Abd Allah (al- Sadiq), peace be on him, were over four- thousand, as we
have already mentioned. In his book al- Irshad, Shaykh al- Mufid, may Allah rest his soul in
peace, has said: "The traditionalists have collected the names of his reliable narrators. They
were four- thousand men."(569) Bin Sharashub 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'lam 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- Sadiq, 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- Yanabi' and al- Nawawy in his book Tahdhib Al- Asma' Wal Lughat. Also, in his
book Matalib Al- Sa'ul, al- 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 Hanifa:
Abu Hanifa 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 wellknown
in Baghdad. He founded one of the Sunni four doctrines, His doctrine is very famous.
Every one knows that he (Abu Hanifa) studied under al- Sadiq, peace be on him. This has
been mentioned by: al- Shiblanjy in his book Nur al- Absar, b. Hajar in his book al- Sawa'iq,