محمد بن سنان
Muhammad ibn Sinan
Muhammad ibn Sinan kept company with al-Kāẓim (ʿa), al-Riḍā (ʿa) and al-Jawād (ʿa) and was of Kufa and died in 220 AH. Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ, Rijāl al-Najāshī and Rijāl al-Ṭūsī weaken him.
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 | ضعيف جدا very weak p. 326 |
|---|---|
| Rijāl al-Ṭūsī | ضعيف ḍaʿīf — weak p. 363 |
| Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ | كذاب a liar |
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
- Hamdān (tribe) — Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ
- Died
- 220 AH — Rijāl al-Najāshī
Also named
- محمد بن سنان
- محمد بن سنان أبو جعفر الزاهري
- أبو جعفر
- أبو جعفر الزاهري
- ابن سنان
- الهمداني
13 entries across 7 books. Pages follow the editions this database holds.
Assembled from 13 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.