Narrator

علي بن سليمان

Ali ibn Sulayman

Ali ibn Sulayman kept company with the Mahdī. Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt and Rijāl al-Najāshī hold him reliable.

When he lived

The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: the Mahdī (ʿa)

Written about in 3 books, 3 entries

In this collection

17 narrations 47% of them in Al-Kāfi 5 men stand next to him in a chain →

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. 259
Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 582

What the books state about him

City or tribe
Kufa — Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt

Also named

  • علي بن سليمان
  • علي بن سليمان بن الحسن بن الجهم بن بكير بن أعين
  • أبو الحسن
  • أبو الحسن الزراري
  • علي بن سليمان الزراري

3 entries across 3 books. Pages follow the editions this database holds.

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Assembled from 3 entries. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.