منصور بن أبي الأسود
Mansur ibn Abi al-Aswad
Mansur ibn Abi al-Aswad kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and was of Kufa. Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt, Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth and Rijāl al-Najāshī hold him reliable.
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Ṣādiq (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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Abu `Ali Ahmad b. al-Hasan b. `Ali b. `Abduwayh narrated to us. He said: Abu `Abdillah Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Abi’l Rijal al-Baghdadi narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Abdus al-Harrani narrated to us. He said: `Abd al-Ghaffar b. al-Hakam narrated to us. He said: Mansur b. Abi’l Aswad narrated to us from Mutrif from al-Sha`bi from his uncle Qays b. `Abd. He said
We were sitting in a circle with `Abdullah b. Mas`ud when a Bedouin came and said: Which one of you is `Abdullah?…
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6-11 Abul Qasim Attab ibn Muhammad al-Varamini al-Hafiz narrated that Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’d, on the authority of Ahmad ibnAbdurrahman ibn Al-Fadhl and Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Suwar, on the authority Abdul Ghaffar ibn al-Hakam, on the authority of Mansoor ibn Abil Aswad, on the authority of Muttraf, on the authority of al-Sha’bi, on the authority of Attab ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Anmati, on the authority of Yusuf ibn Musa, on the authority of Jareer, on the authority of Ash’ath ibn Suwar, on the authority of al-Sha’bi, on the authority of Attab ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Muhammad al-Harrani , on the authority of Aoub ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, on the authority of Sa’eed ibn Moslemeh, on the authority of Ashas ibn Saw’war, on the authority of al-Sha’bi, on the authority of his uncle Qas ibn Abd, (on the authority of Abul Qasim Attab who said this was narrated by Muttraf), “We were sitting in the mosque and Abdullah ibn Mas’ood was also present. A Bedouin came and asked, ‘Is Abdullah ibn Mas’ood among you?’ Abdullah said, ‘
Yes. I am Abdullah ibn Mas’ood. What do you want?’ The Bedouin asked, ‘O Abdullah! Has your Prophet informed you how…
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Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq (rh) narrated to us. He said: Abu Ahmad `Abd al-`Aziz b. Yahya al-Basri narrated to us. He said: al-Mughira b. Muhammad narrated to us. He said: Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. `Abd al-Rahman al-Azdi narrated to me in the year 216 AH. He said: Qays b. al-Rabi` and Mansur b. Abi’l Aswad narrated to us from al-A`mash from al-Minhal b. `Amr from `Abbad b. `Abdullah. He said
`Ali (as) said: No verse has been revealed from the Quran except that I know where it was revealed, regarding whom it…
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Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Qittan narrated to us. He said: al-Hasan b. `Ali al Sikri narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Zakariyya narrated to us. He said: Qays b. Hafs al-Darimi narrated to us. He said: al-Husayn al-Ashqar (the blond) narrated to me. He said: Mansur b. Abu ‘l Aswad narrated to us from Abu Hassan al Taymi from Nashit b. `Ubayd from a man from among them from Jarda’ bint Simin from her husband Hirthima b. Abu Muslim. He said
We went fighting with `Ali b. Abu Talib (as) in Siffin. When we departed, he descended on Karbala’ and offered his…
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Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babuwayh al-Qummi (ra) narrated to us He said: Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Qattan (rh) narrated to us He said: Ahmad b. Yahya narrated to us. He said: Bakr b. `Abdullah narrated to us. He said: Al-Hasan b. Ziyad al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. al-Hakam narrated to us. He said: Mansur b. Abi’l Aswad narrated to us from Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers (as). He said
When the Prophet (s) became ill with the illness that Allah caused him to pass away with, his Ahl al-Bayt and his…
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`Attab b. Muhammad b. `Attab al-Waramini narrated to us. He said: Yahya b. Muhammad b. Sa`id narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. `Abd al-Rahman b. al-Mufaddal and Muhammad b. `Ubaydullah b. Sawwar narrated to us. They said: `Abd al-Ghaffar b. al-Hakam narrated to us. He said: Mansur b. Abi’l Aswad narrated to us from Mutrif from al-Sha`bi. And `Attab b. Muhammad narrated to us. He said: Ishaq b. Muhammad al-Anmati narrated to us from Yusuf b. Musa. He said: Jarir narrated to me from Ash`ath b. Sawwar from al-Sha`bi. And `Attab b. Muhammad narrated to us. He said: Al-Husayn b. Muhammad al-Harrani narrated to us. He said: Ayyub b. Muhamad al-Wizan narrated to us. He said: Sa`id b. Maslama narrated to us. He said: Ash`ath b. Sawwar narrated to us from Sha`bi. All of them reported from his uncle Qays b. `Abd. `Attab said
This is the hadith of Mutrif: He said: We were sitting in the mosque, and `Abdullah b. Mas`ud was with us. A Bedouin…
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6-9 Abu Ali Ahmad ibn Al-Hassan al-Qattan narrated that Abu Abdullah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Abil Rajal al-Baghdadi quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ubdoos al-Harrani, on the authority of Abdul Ghaffar ibn al-Hakam, on the authority of Mansoor ibn Abil Aswad, on the authority of al-Muttraf, on the authority of al-Sha’bi, on the authority of his uncle Qays ibn Abdullah, “We were sitting around and Abdullah ibn Mas’ood was also present. A Bedouin came and asked, ‘Which one of you is Abdullah ibn Mas’ood?’ Abdullah said, ‘
I am Abdullah ibn Mas’ood.’ The Bedouin asked, ‘Has your Prophet told you how many successors he will have after him?’…
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12-7 Abu Ali Ahmad ibn al-Hassan al-Qat’tan narrated that Abu Abdullah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Abil Rajal al-Baghdadi quoted Muhammad ibn Abdus al-Harani, on the authority of Abdul Qaf’far ibn al-Hikam, on the authority of Mansoor ibn Abil Aswad, on the authority of Motrif, on the authority of Al-Sha’abi, on the authority of his uncle Qays ibn Abd, “We were sitting in a circle and Abdullah ibn Masood was sitting there with us. A Bedouin (Arab) came in and asked, ‘Are you Abdullah ibn Masood?’ Abdullah replied, ‘Yes, I am Abdullah ibn Masood.’ The man asked, ‘Has your Prophet (MGB) advised you as to how many Caliphs there will be after him?’ Abdullah ibn Masood said, ‘
Yes. He (MGB) has said that there will be twelve - as many as the Chiefs of Israel.’”
Assembled from 4 entries and 1 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.