أحمد بن هلال
Ahmad ibn Hilal
Ahmad ibn Hilal kept company with al-Hādī (ʿa) and al-ʿAskarī (ʿa) and was of Banu Junayd; Abarata and died in 267 AH.
مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Hādī (ʿa), al-ʿAskarī (ʿa)
In this collection
Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.
Every narration whose chain this database resolves to him — the figure his seal draws. Resolved name by name, so a namesake of his is not among them.
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H 201 - It is narrated from Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari from his father from Ahmad bin Hilal from Umayyah bin Ali Qaisi from Salim bin Abi Hayya from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s) that he said
“When three names, Muhammad, Ali, and Hasan come in consecution, their fourth is the Qaim (a.s).”
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(1) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ahmad bin Mabindath from Ahmad bin Hilal from Muhammad bin Abu Omayr from Abul Maghra from Abu Baseer that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said
“When Imam Ali (as) met with the people of Basra (in the battle of al-Jamal-the camel), he raised the banner of the…
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(2) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ahmad bin Mabindath from Ahmad bin Hilal from Abu Malik al-Hadhrami from Abu as-Safatij that Abu Baseer had said
“I said to one of them-Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) or Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as): “Can this matter (imamate) be entrusted…
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(4) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ahmad bin Mabindath from Ahmad bin Hilal from Iss’haq bin Sabah that Imam Abul Hasan ar-Redha (as) had said
“The imamate will be entrusted to one, who is so young and obscure.” The infallible imams (as) have confirmed that…
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H 107 - Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari has narrated from his father from Ahmad bin Hilal Abratai from Ibn Abi Umair from Saeed bin Ghazwan from Abu Basir from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s) that he said
“Surely Allah chose the prophets from the people and chose the messengers from the prophets and chose me from the…
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(17) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ahmad bin Mabindath from Ahmad bin Hilal from Musa bin al-Qassim from Mo’awiya al-Bajali that Ali bin Ja’far had asked his brother Musa bin Ja’far al-Kadhim (as) about the interpretation of the Qur’anic verse, “Say: Have you considered if your water should go down, who is it then that will bring you flowing water.” Imam al-Kadhim (as) said
“It means: if you lose your imam, then who will bring you another imam?” The same was narrated by Muhammad bin Ya’qoob…
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(36) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ahmad bin Mabindath from Ahmad bin Hilal that Umayya bin Ali al-Qayssi had said
I said to Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali al-Jawad (as): Who is the successor after you?” He said: “My son Ali and Ali’s two…
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(7) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Abu Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari from Ahmad bin Hilal from Muhammad bin Abu Omayr from Sa’eed bin Ghazwan from Abu Baseer from Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) from his fathers (as) that
the Prophet (S) had said: “Allah the Almighty has chosen a thing from every thing. He has chosen Mecca from the earth,…
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H 431 - It is narrated from Saad bin Abdullah from Hasan bin Ali Zaituni and Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari together from Ahmad bin Hilal from Ibn Mahbub from Abul Hasan Imam Ali Ridha (a.s) that he said
in a long tradition, which we have condensed here as follows: “It is inevitable that a terrible mischief will arise, in…
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(28) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ahmad bin Mabindath and Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himari from Ahmad bin Hilal that al-Hasan bin Mahboob al-Zarrad had said
Imam ar-Redha (as) said: “O Hasan, There will be a dark sedition, in which close friends and near relatives will perish.…
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(4) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ahmad bin Mabindath from Ahmad bin Hilal from al-Hasan bin Ali bin Fadhdhal from Sufyan bin Ibraheem al-Jareeri from his father from Abu Sadiq that Amirul Mo’mineen (as) had said
“During the rule of the Abbasids there will be ease and wealth. Their state will be so strong that even if the Turks,…
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(67) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed narrated from the four men from al-Hasan bin Mahboob, Muhammad bin Ya’qoob al-Kulayni narrated from Ali bin Ibraheem bin Hashim from his father, Muhammad bin Imran narrated from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Eessa from Ali bin Muhammad and others from Sahl bin Ziyad from al-Hasan bin Mahboob and Abdul Wahid bin Abdullah narrated from Abu Ali Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abu Nashir from Ahmad bin Hilal from al-Hasan bin Mahboob from Amr bin Abul Miqdam from Jabir bin Yazeed al-Ju’fi that Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) had said
“O Jabir, keep quiet until you see some signs that I will mention to you-if you remain alive until then: The first is…
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(19) Salama bin Muhammad narrated from al-Hasan bin Ali bin Mihziyar from Ahmad bin Muhammad as-Sayyari from Ahmad bin Hilal, also from Ali bin Muhammad bin Obaydillah al-Khaba’iy from Ahmad bin Hilal from Umayya bint Maymoon ash-Shu’ayri that Ziyad al-Qandi had said
I heard Abu Ibraheem Musa bin Ja’far bin Muhammad (Imam al-Kadhim) (as) saying: “Allah has created a house of light. He…
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H 319 - Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Malik Fuzari Bazzaz has narrated from a group of Shia scholars including Ali bin Bilal, Ahmad bin Hilal, Muhammad bin Muawiyah bin Hakim and Hasan bin Ayyub bin Nuh in a famous lengthy traditional report in which all say
We gathered before Abu Muhammad Hasan Ibn Ali (a.s) to ask him about the Hujjah (Imam) after him. There were forty men…
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(4) Ali bin Ahmad narrated from Obaydillah bin Musa al-Alawi from Ahmad bin al-Husayn from Ahmad bin Hilal from Abdurrahman bin Abu Najran from Fudhala bin Ayyoob that Sadeer as-Sayrafi had said
I heard Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) saying: “The master of this matter has a likeness to Prophet Joseph (as).” I said:…
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(26) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ahmad bin Mabindath from Ahmad bin Hilal from Ahmad bin Ali al-Qayssi from Abul Haytham al-Maythami that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said
“If three names (of the infallible imams); Muhammad, Ali and al-Hasan succeed, then the fourth will be al-Qa’im.”
Assembled from 7 entries and 25 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.