The consensus companions or "As'hab al-Ijma () are eighteen
Muhaddith
A muhaddith () is a scholar specialized in the study, collection, and interpretation of hadiths, which are the recorded sayings, actions, and approvals of the Prophet Muhammad. The role of a muhaddith is central to the science of hadith (ʻilm a ...
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Islamic scholars
In Islam, the ''ulama'' ( ; also spelled ''ulema''; ; singular ; feminine singular , plural ) are scholars of Islamic doctrine and law. They are considered the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious knowledge in Islam.
"Ulama ...
who had direct contact with
Shia Imams
In Shia Islam, the Imamah () is a doctrine which asserts that certain individuals from the lineage of the Islamic prophet Muhammad are to be accepted as leaders and guides of the ummah after the death of Muhammad. Imamah further says that Imam ...
and had great knowledge of religion.
Shia
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scholars accept unquestioningly every
hadith
Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...
which was narrated by them.
[Walbridge (2001), p.190]
List of consensus companions
Companions of
Imam Baqir
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (; ) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the fifth of the twelve Shia imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Sajjad, and succeeded by his son, Ja'far al-Sadiq. Muhammad's honorific title is short for , ...
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Imam Sadiq
Ja'far al-Sadiq (; –765) was a Muslim hadith transmitter and the last agreed-upon Shia Imam between the Twelvers and Isma'ilis. Known by the title al-Sadiq ("The Truthful"), Ja'far was the eponymous founder of the Ja'fari school of Islamic j ...
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Zurarah ibn A'yan (زُرارة بن أعین)
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Maruf ibn Kharrabuz (معروف بن خَرَّبوذ)
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Burayd ibn Mu'awiya al-'Ijli Burayd ibn Muʿāwiya al-ʿIjlī () (before 148 AH / 765 AD) was a Shi'a jurists and a famous disciple of Muhammad al-Baqir and later Ja'far al-Sadiq. His name is included in the Consensus companions and was praised by al-Baqir and al-Sadiq.
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(بُرَید بن معاویۀ عجلی)
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Abu Basir al-Asadi Yaḥyā b. Abī l-Qāsim al-Asadī (Arabic: یحیی بن أبی‌القاسم الأسدی) (d. 150 AH / 767 AD), known as Abū Baṣīr al-Asadī (أبوبصیر الأسدی) or simply Abu Basir was a Imamiyyah, Imami figure in Kufa. Abu Basir ...
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Abu Basir al-Moradi (ابوبصیر اسدی (یا ابوبصیر مرادی))
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Fuzayl ibn Yasar (فضیل بن یسار)
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Muhammad ibn Muslim
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, ...
(محمد بن مسلم طایی)
Companions of Imam Kazim
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Jamil ibn Darraj Jamil () is an Arabic given name. It means "handsome" or "beautiful" in Arabic. The Latin spelling variants include Gamil (used mainly in Egypt), Cemil (in Turkish), Djemil or Djamel (mainly in North African countries influenced by French spelling ...
(جمیل بن درّاج)
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Abdullah ibn Muskan (عبدالله بن مُسکان)
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Abdullah ibn Bukir (عبدالله بن بُکیر)
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Hammad ibn Eesa (حمّاد بن عیسی)
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Hammad ibn Uthman (حمّاد بن عثمان)
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Aban ibn Uthman
Abu Sa'id Aban ibn Uthman ibn Affan al-Umawi (; died 105 AH/723 CE) was a Muslim historian and traditionalist. He also served a seven-year stint as governor of Medina in 695–702, during the reign of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ().
Biograp ...
(أبان بن عثمان)
Companions of Imam Riza and Imam Jawad
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Yunus ibn Abdurrahman (یونس بن عبدالرحمن)
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Safwan ibn Yahya Safwan bin Yahya al-Bajali is one of the companions of three Shia Imam, Muhammad al-Jawad, Ali al-Ridha and Musa al-Kadhim. Shaykh Tusi and Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najashi describe him as one of the most reliable and authentic narrators of Hadiths. It is ...
(صفوان بن یحیی سابری)
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Muhammad ibn Abi Amir (محمد بن أبی‌عمیر)
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Abdullah Muqayrah (عبدالله مُغیرة)
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Hasan ibn Mahbub (حسن بن محبوب)
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Ahmad ibn Abi Nasr Bazanti (أحمد بن محمد بن ابی‌نصر بزنطی)
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Ijma
Ijma (, ) is an Arabic term referring to the consensus or agreement of the Islamic community on a point of Islamic law. Sunni Muslims regard it as one of the secondary sources of Sharia law, after the Qur'an, and the Sunnah.
Exactly what group s ...
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Usuli
Usulism () is the majority school of Twelver Shia Islam in opposition to the minority Akhbarism. The Usulis favor the use of (reasoning) in the creation of new rules of jurisprudence; in assessing hadith to exclude traditions they believe u ...
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External links
List of Consensus companionsby Hadith department (in Persian)
اصحاب اجماع 1 (in Persian)
اصحاب اجماع 2(in Persian)
Ja'fari jurisprudence
Islamic jurisprudence
Sharia
Islamic terminology
Shia hadith scholars
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