صفوان بن يحيى
Safwan ibn Yahya
Safwan ibn Yahya kept company with al-Kāẓim (ʿa), al-Riḍā (ʿa) and al-Jawād (ʿa) and was of Kufa and died in 210 AH. Al-Fihrist, Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt, Rijāl al-Najāshī and Rijāl al-Ṭūsī hold him reliable.
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Kāẓim (ʿa), al-Riḍā (ʿa), al-Jawād (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 | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 194 |
|---|---|
| Al-Fihrist | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 144 |
| Rijāl al-Ṭūsī | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 337 |
| Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 412 quoting Ikhtiyār Maʿrifat al-Rijāl |
What the books state about him
- Ṭabaqa
- أصحاب أبي الحسن موسى بن جعفر الكاظم عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- أصحاب أبي الحسن الثاني علي بن موسى الرضا عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- أصحاب أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الثاني عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- City or tribe
- Kufa — Rijāl al-Najāshī
- Kufa; Bajila (tribe) — Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt
- Died
- 210 AH — Rijāl al-Najāshī
Also named
- صفوان
- صفوان بن يحيى
- صفوان بن يحيى الأزرق
- صفوان بن يحيى البجلي
- صفوان بن يحيى بياع السابري ومحمد بن سنان وزكريا ابن آدم وسعد بن سعد القمي
- صفوان بن يحيى وإسماعيل بن الخطاب
11 entries across 6 books. Pages follow the editions this database holds.
Assembled from 11 entries and 38 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.