Al-Fudayl b. Yasar
| Full Name | Al-Fudayl b. Yasar al-Nahdi al-Basri |
|---|---|
| Companion of | Imam al-Baqir (a) and Imam al-Sadiq (a) |
| Teknonym | Abu l-Qasim, Abu Miswar |
| Epithet | Faqih of Shi'a |
| Well Known As | Al-Nahdi |
| Religious Affiliation | Imamiyya |
| Lineage | Banu Nahd |
| Birth | Late 1st/7th century |
| Place of Birth | Kufa |
| Place(s) of Residence | Kufa, Basra |
| Death/Martyrdom | Mid 2nd/8th century |
Al-Fuḍayl b. Yasār (Arabic: الفُضَیل بن یَسار) (fl. 2nd/8th century), was a companion of Imam al-Baqir (a) and Imam al-Sadiq (a) and one of the People of Consensus. The scholars of rijal have regarded al-Fudayl as a jurist, exegete, and a reliable hadith transmitter.
He passed away at the time of Imam al-Sadiq (a), and the Imam described him as "one of us, Ahl al-Bayt."
Biography
Al-Fudayl belonged to the Yemeni tribe Banu Nahd—hence, his famous epithet al-Nahdi.[1]
His date of birth is unknown, but he was born in the late first/seventh century in Kufa.[2]
We do not know much about his life, but he lived in Kufa in the early stage of his life, then migrated to Basra – hence, the epithet al-Basri.[3]
His eldest son was called al-Qasim, so al-Fudayl's teknonym was Abu l-Qasim. He is also called Abu Miswar in some sources.
Scholarly Status
| People of Consensus
Comapnions of Imam al-Baqir (a)
Companions of Imam al-Sadiq (a)
Companions of Imam al-Kazim (a) and Imam al-Rida (a) |
The scholars of rijal have counted al-Fudayl among the companions of Imam al-Baqir (a) and Imam al-Sadiq (a).[4] Not only he is regarded as a reliable hadith transmitter but also as one of the People of Consensus,[5] whose reliability was agreed upon by all Shi'a scholars.
Most of al-Fudayl's hadiths are on jurisprudence, and so he was called "the jurist of the Shi'a."[6]13 He has also quoted some hadiths on theology, Imamate, and ethics.
Teachers and Students
The name of al-Fudayl b. Yasar appears in the chains of transmission of more than 254 hadiths. He quoted hadiths from Imam al-Baqir (a) and Imam al-Sadiq (a) directly. Also, he narrated some hadiths from Zakariyya b. 'Abd Allah al-Naqqad and 'Abd al-Wahid Mukhtar al-Ansari
Many people quoted hadith from al-Fudayl, some of whom are the following:
In the Eyes of the Imams (a)
According to rijal sources, al-Fudayl b. Yasar had a special place in the eyes of the Imams (a), especially Imam al-Sadiq (a) who reportedly called al-Fudayl "one of us, Ahl al-Bayt."[8] According to another hadith, whenever Imam al-Sadiq (a) looked at al-Fudayl, he would say,
- "Whoever would like to see a man from the people of Paradise should look at this man."[9]
Demise
Al-Fudayl passed away at the time of Imam al-Sadiq (a),[10] though the exact date of his demise is not known. No information is available as to his exact burial place, but since there is no report indicating his leaving Basra, he probably passed away there.[11] When the news of his demise reached Imam al-Sadiq (a), the Imam is reported to have said,
- "May Allah have mercy on al-Fudayl b. Yasar! He is one of us, Ahl al-Bayt."[12]
See Also
Notes
- ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl al-Najāshī, 309.
- ↑ Ghazanfarī, ʿUlūm-i ḥadīth, p. 199.
- ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl al-Najāshī, 269.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl al-Ṭūsī, p. 143, 269.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl al-Ṭūsī, vol. 2, p. 507.
- ↑ Ardibīlī, Jāmiʿ al-ruwāt, vol. 2, p. 11.
- ↑ Khoei, Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 13, p. 338-339.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, Ikhtīyār maʿrifat al-rijāl, vol. 2, p. 473.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, Ikhtīyār maʿrifat al-rijāl, vol. 2, p. 473.
- ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl al-Najāshī, 309.
- ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl al-Najāshī, 269.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, Ikhtīyār maʿrifat al-rijāl, vol. 2, p. 473.
References
- Ardibīlī, Muḥammad ʿAlī. Jāmiʿ al-ruwāt. Qom: Manshūrāt Maktabat Āyatollāh Marʿashī al-Najafī, 1403 AH.
- Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa ilā taḥṣīl masā'il al-sharī'a. Beirut: Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, [n.d].
- Ghazanfarī, ʿAlī. ʿUlūm-i ḥadīth. Tehran: Nashr-i Lāhījī, 1396 Sh.
- Khoei, Sayyid Abū l-Qāsim al-. Muʿjam rijāl al-ḥadīth. Beirut: Dār al-Zahrā, [n.d].
- Mudarris Tabrīzī, Muḥammad ʿAlī. Rayḥānat al-adab. [n.p]. Khayyām, 1369 Sh.
- Najāshī, Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-. Rijāl al-Najāshī. Qom: Muʾassisat al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1424 AH.
- Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. Ikhtīyār maʿrifat al-rijāl, known as Rijāl Kashshī. Qom: Muʾassisat Āl al-Bayt li Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth, [n.d].
- Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥaasn al-. Al-Rijāl al-Ṭūsī. Qom: Muʾassisat al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1415 AH.