يوسف بن السخت
Yūsuf b. al-Sakht
Yūsuf b. al-Sakht kept company with al-ʿAskarī (ʿa) and was of Basra (Basran). Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ and Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth weaken him.
on later scholars only, not the early rijāl
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-ʿAskarī (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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5-3 Al-Mudhaffar ibn Ja’far Al-Alawi As-Samarqandi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Mas’ood al-Ayyashi quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority Yusuf ibn As-Sakht, on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Qasim al-Uraydhi Al-Husseini, on the authority of Safwan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Abdurrahman ibn al-Hajjaj, on the authority of Ishaq and Ali - the sons of Abi Abdillah Ja’far ibn Muhammad (as-Sadiq) (s)
“The year Musa ibn Ja’far (s) was arrested, we went to see Abdurrahman ibn Aslam in Mecca. We had a letter from Abil…
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4-21 In another tradition it is narrated that Al-Mudhaffar ibn Ja’far Al-Mudhaffar Al-Alawi As-Samarqandi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Masoud quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Yusuf ibn As-Sakht, on the authority of Ali ibn al-Qasim, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Khalaf, on the authority of Isma’il ibn al-Khattab
“Abul Hassan (s) often praised his son Ali (s), and expressed his nobilities and virtues in a manner in which he never…
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7. It is narrated from him (narrator of previous Hadith) from Yusuf ibn al-Sukht from Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman from his father from ‘Isa ibn ‘Abd Allah who has said the following
“‘Abd Allah was about to die and his creditors gathered around him demanding payment. He said to them, ‘I do not have…
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24. Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Bandar has narrated from Ibrahim ibn Ishaq from Yusuf ibn al-Sukht in a marfu‘ manner has said the following
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not lean in a bathhouse; it melts the fat of kidneys. You must not comb in…
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4. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Yusuf al-Sukht from Hamdan ibn al-Nadr from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Sayqal who has said the following
“Abu al-Hassan, meaning al-Rida (a.s.), once came out to us on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Dhul Qa’dah and…
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6. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from Yusuf ibn al-Sukht from Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman from al-Fadl ibn Sulayman from al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Isa who has said the following
“Once, Ali ibn Al-Husayn (a.s.), was placed under pressure. He went to one of his Mawla’ (friend or follower) and asked…
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4-15 In another tradition it is narrated that Al-Mudhaffar ibn Ja’far Al-Alavi As-Samarqandi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Mas’ood al-Ayyashi quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Yusuf ibn As-Sakht, on the authority of Ali ibn Qasim al-Uraydhi, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Safwan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Haydar ibn Ayyoub that Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Hashemi said, “
The Shiites will accept Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s) to be their Divine Leader now.”’ Haydar ibn Ayyoub said, “How come?”…
Assembled from 5 entries and 4 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.