سهل بن زياد
Sahl ibn Ziyād
Sahl ibn Ziyād kept company with al-Jawād (ʿa), al-Hādī (ʿa) and al-ʿAskarī (ʿa) and was of Rayy (originally Qumm). The books are divided about him: Rijāl al-Ṭūsī holds him reliable, while Al-Fihrist, Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt and Rijāl al-Najāshī weaken him.
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Jawād (ʿa), 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.
Jarḥ wa taʿdīl
| Rijāl al-Najāshī | ضعيف جدا very weak p. 183 |
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| Al-Fihrist | ضعيف ḍaʿīf — weak p. 141 |
| Rijāl al-Ṭūsī | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 386 |
| Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt | ضعيف ḍaʿīf — weak p. 392 |
A grade is the judgement of the scholar who wrote it. Where the books divide, the chain turns on which of them you follow.
What the books state about him
- Ṭabaqa
- أصحاب أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الثاني عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- أصحاب أبي الحسن الثالث علي بن محمد عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- أصحاب أبي محمد الحسن بن علي بن محمد بن علي الرضا عليهم السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- City or tribe
- Rayy (originally Qumm) — Rijāl al-Najāshī and also in Al-Fihrist
Also named
- أبو سعيد الآدمي
- أبو سعيد الآدمي وهو
- سهل بن زياد
- سهل بن زياد الآدمي
- سهل بن زياد الآدمي أبي سعيد
- سهل بن زياد الادمي
12 entries across 7 books. Pages follow the editions this database holds.
Assembled from 12 entries and 11 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.