Narrator

علي بن إسماعيل

'Ali ibn Isma'il

'Ali ibn Isma'il kept company with al-Riḍā (ʿa) and was of Kufa / Basra.

مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed

When he lived

The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Riḍā (ʿa)

From Kufa / Basra Written about in 5 books, 9 entries

In this collection

19 narrations 47% of them in Al-Kāfi 59 men stand next to him in a chain →

Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.

What the books state about him

Ṭabaqa
أصحاب أبي الحسن الثاني علي بن موسى الرضا عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
City or tribe
Kufa / Basra — Rijāl al-Najāshī

Also named

  • على بن إسماعيل الميثمي
  • على بن إسماعيل بن شعيب بن ميثم بن يحيى التمار أبو الحسن الميثمي أول
  • علي بن إسماعيل
  • علي بن إسماعيل الميثمي
  • علي بن إسماعيل بن شعيب
  • علي بن إسماعيل بن شعيب بن ميثم بن يحيى التمار
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9 entries across 5 books. Pages follow the editions this database holds.

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Assembled from 9 entries and 5 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.