يعقوب السراج
Ya'qub al-Sarraj
Ya'qub al-Sarraj kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and was of Kufa. The books are divided about him: Rijāl al-Najāshī holds him reliable, while Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ weakens him.
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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1. Through the same chain of narrators as the above Hadith it is narrated from ibn Mahbub from Ya’qub al-Sarraj from Jabir from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following
“Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) was asked about belief and he said, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most…
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23. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Ra’ab abd Yaqoub Al-Sarraaj who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) has narrated that: ‘Amir-ul-Momineen (asws), when they had pledged allegiance to him (asws) after the killing of Usman, ascended the Pulpit, so he (asws) said
‘Praise be to Allah (azwj) Who is High and thus all is in His (azwj) possession and He (azwj) is Closer than any in the…
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1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from ya‘qub al-Sarraj and Ali ibn Ri’ab from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.
“When people pledged allegiance to Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) after the assassination of ‘Uthman he addressed the people…
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14. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Ya‘qub al-Sarraj who has said the following
“Once we were walking with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), to (the house of) one of his relatives for offering condolences…
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285. And from him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Yaqoub Al-Sarraaj who said
I said to Abu Abdullah (asws), ‘When will there be relief for your (asws) Shites?’ He (asws) said: ‘When the children of…
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(65) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed narrated from Muhammad bin al-Mufadhdhal, Sa’dan bin Iss’haq bin Sa’eed, Ahmad bin al-Husayn bin Abdul Melik and Muhammad bin Ahmad bin al-Hasan from al-Hasan bin Mahboob from Ya’qoob as-Sarraj from Jabir that Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) had said
“O Jabir, al-Qa’im will not appear until the people of Sham will be afflicted with a sedition, from which they try their…
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4. Ali has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab and Ya’qub ibn al-Sarraj all from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following
“Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) has said, ‘O people, tyrannical transgression leads its associates to the…
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(1) Muhammad bin Ya’qoob narrated from Ali bin Ibraheem from his father from bin Mahboob from Ya’qoob as-Sarraj and Ali bin Ri’ab that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said
When Amirul Mo’mineen (as) was paid homage as the caliph after Uthman had been killed, he ascended the minbar and made a…
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(43) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed narrated from Muhammad bin al-Mufadhdhal, Sa’dan bin Iss’haq bin Sa’eed, Ahmad bin al-Husayn bin Abdul Melik and Muhammad bin Ahmad bin al-Hasan al-Qatawani from al-Hasan bin Mahboob that Ya’qoob as-Sarraj had said
“I asked Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as): “When will the deliverance of your Shia be?” He said: “If the Abbasids disagree,…
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8. [8/336] al-Tawhid: Ibn al-Mutawakkil from al-Himyari from Ibn Isa from Ibn Mahbub from Ya’qub al-Sarraj who said
I said to Abi Abdillah عليه السلام: One of our companions claims that Allah has a form like that of a human and another…
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19. Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil (may Allah have mercy on him) said: `Abd Allah ibn Ja`far al-Himyari said, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority al-I Hasan ibn Mahbub, on the authority of Ya`qub al-Sarraj that
I said to Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS): “Some of our scholars think that Allah looks like a human being, while others…
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1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa and a number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid all from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Ya’qub al-Sarraj from Jabir from Abu Ja’far (a.s.) and through various chain of narrators from Asbagh ibn Nubatah who has said the following
“Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) once addressed us at his home or - that he said - in the castle, and we…
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11. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha’ from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Ya‘qub al-Sarraj who has said the following.
“Once I went to see abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who was standing by the cradle of abu al-Hassan. He began to speak secretly to…
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(42) Ali bin Ahmad al-Bandaneeji narrated from Obaydillah bin Musa al-Alawi from Ahmad bin Abu Ahmad al-Warraq that Ya’qoob bin as-Sarraj had said
I asked Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as): “When will the deliverance of your Shia come?” He said: “When the Abbasids disagree,…
Assembled from 5 entries and 5 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.