Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Jaʿfar al-Nuʿmānī (), also known as Ibn Abī Zaynab (), was a 10th-century Shi'a scholar. His last name suggest that his family came from al-Nuʿmāniyyah near

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. He was reportedly a disciple of

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(–941). According to Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najashi (–1058), he wrote several books such as the ('Book of Occultation'), the ('Book of Commandments'), and the ('Book of Refutation of

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is attributed to him titled . The commentary is incorporated into the by the 17th-century author

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.Scripture and Exegesis in Early Imāmī-Shiism, By Meʼir Mikhaʼel Bar-Ashe, pp
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