زرارة بن أعين
Zurarah ibn A'yan
Zurarah ibn A'yan kept company with al-Bāqir (ʿa), al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and al-Kāẓim (ʿa) and was of Kufa (Shayban/Mawla) and died in 150 AH. Ikhtiyār Maʿrifat al-Rijāl, Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt and Rijāl al-Ṭūsī hold him reliable.
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Bāqir (ʿa), al-Ṣādiq (ʿa), al-Kāẓim (ʿa)
In this collection
Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.
Jarḥ wa taʿdīl
| Rijāl al-Ṭūsī | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 336 |
|---|---|
| Ikhtiyār Maʿrifat al-Rijāl | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 344 |
| Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 324 |
| Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 3346 quoting Ikhtiyār Maʿrifat al-Rijāl، Rijāl al-Najāshī |
What the books state about him
- Ṭabaqa
- أصحاب أبي جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين عليهم السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- أصحاب أبي عبد الله جعفر بن محمد الصادق عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- أصحاب أبي الحسن موسى بن جعفر الكاظم عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- City or tribe
- Kufa (Shayban/Mawla) — Rijāl al-Najāshī and also in Ikhtiyār Maʿrifat al-Rijāl، Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth
- Banu Shayban (Master) — Al-Fihrist
- Died
- 150 AH — Rijāl al-Najāshī
Also named
- زرارة
- زرارة بن أعين
- زرارة بن أعين الشيباني
- زرارة بن أعين بن سنسن الشيباني
- زرارة بن اعين
- أبا الحسن
8 entries across 6 books. Pages follow the editions this database holds.
Assembled from 8 entries and 18 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.