Abu Hamza al-Thumali
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Thābit ibn Abī Ṣafiyya famously known as Abū Ḥamza al-Thumālī Thābit ibn Dīnār (Arabic: أبو حمزة الثمالي) formerly disciple of Ali al-Sajjad, was also among Muhammad al-Baqir's followers. He is regarded as a trustworthy transmitter of hadith, especially those about miracles.[1]
Life
[edit]Abu Hamza al-Thumali was pious and righteous companion of Ali al-Sajjad. He was also a companion of Muhammad al-Baqir and Ja'far al-Sadiq. Al-Najashi said: “He was the best of our companions and the most reliable of them in narration and tradition.” It was reported on the authority of Ali al-Rida who said: “Abu Hamza at his time is like Salman at his time.” His supplication was accepted. His sons died martyrs with the great revolutionist, Zayd ibn Ali.[2]
He died in the year 150 A.H.
Works
[edit]- Kitab fi Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim (An exegesis of the Quran).
- Kitab al-Nawadir (A Book on the rare things).
- Kitab al-Zuhd (A Book on Asceticism).
Supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali
[edit]Abu Hamza al-Thumali has related that during the month of Ramadhan, Ali Zayn al-Abidin used to spend a greater part of the night in prayers and when it used to be the time of beginning of the fast he recited a supplication which later known as Du'a Abi Hamzah al-Thumali (The supplication of Abi Hamzah al-Thumali). This supplication has been recorded in the book Misbah al-Mutahijjid of Shaykh Tusi.
See also
[edit]- List of Shi'a Muslim scholars of Islam
- Sayyid Murtadhā
- Sayyid Radhī
- Shaykh al-Mufīd
- Shaykh al-Tūsī
- Shaykh al-Sadūq
- Muhammad al-Kulaynī
- Allāmah Majlisī
- Shaykh al-Hur al-Āmilī
- Zakaria ibn Idris Ash'ari Qomi
- Ahmad ibn Ishaq Ash'ari Qomi
- List of Shia books
References
[edit]- Lalani, A.R. (2000). Early Shī'ī Thought: The Teachings of Imam Muḥammad al-Bāqir. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 1850435928.
- ^ Lalani 2000, p. 110
- ^ Tanqih al-Maqal, vol.1, p.189.