157. Musa bin Umar al-Hadheen
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[666][541]

158. Musa bin Murshid al-Warraq an-Nayshaburi
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[667][542] He was a Twelver Shia but unknown.

159. Nasr bin Muzahim al-Qummi
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[668][543]

160. An-Nadhr bin Muhammad al-Hamadani
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions, and said he was reliable.[669][544] Allama (al-Hilli) said in al-Hawi that he was reliable.

161. Yahya bin Abu Bakr ar-Razi adh-Dharir
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[670][545]

162. Yahya bin Muhammad
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[671][546] He was unknown.

163. Abu Yusuf Ya'qub bin Isaaq ad-Dawraqi al-Ahwazi
He was known as ibn as-Sikkit. Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[672][547] He was preferred by Imam al-Jawad (a.s.) and Imam al-Hadi (a.s.). They cared much for him. He narrated traditions from Imam al-Jawad (a.s.) and had some questions with him.[673][548]
Ibn as-Sikkit was expert in linguistics, literature, Poetry, and grammar of Arabic and had written many books such as "Tahthib al-Alfadh" and "Islah al-Mantiq".
Ibn Khillikan mentioned that some scholar said, 'No book on linguistics has ever passed across the bridge of Baghdad like the book of "Islah al-Mantiq". There is no doubt that it is from the useful, interesting books including many sides of language. We do not know a book like it in this concern. Many scholars were interested in the book. Al-Wazir al-Maghribi summarized it. Al-Khatib at-Tabrizi edited it.
Ibn Khillikan mentioned that Abul Abbas al-Mubarrid said, 'I have not seen a book for the people of Baghdad better than the book of ibn as-Sikkit in logic.' Tha'lab said, 'Our companions have agreed on that there is no one, after ibn al-I'rabi, more aware in linguistics than ibn as-Sikkit.'[674][549] Al-Mutawakkil, the Abbasid caliph, killed him because of his loyalty to the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.). We shall detail this in a coming chapter.

164. Ya'qub al-Bajali
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[675][550] He was a Twelver Shia but unknown.

165. Ya'qub bin Manqush
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi and Imam al-Askari's companions.[676][551]

166. Abu Yusuf al-Katib Ya'qub bin Yazid bin Hammad al-Annbari as-Salami
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions and said he was reliable.[677][552] He said in al-Fihrist that he had written some books one of which was a book of rarities. An-Najashi said, 'He was one of the clerks of al-Muntasir (the Abbasid caliph). He narrated from Abu Ja'far the second (a.s.).He was reliable and truthful. He had some books like "al-Bada'", "al-Masa'il", "Nawadir al-Hajj", and "at-Ta'n ala Younus".'[678][553]

167. Abu Bakr bin Abu Tayfur al-Fahmaki al-Mutatabbib
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[679][554] He was from the narrators who narrated the tradition of the announcing of the Imamate of Imam al-Askari (a.s.). He said, 'Abul Hasan (al-Hadi) wrote to me saying, "My son Abu Muhammad is the most loyal of aal[680][555] Muhammad and the firmest in authority. He is the eldest of my sons and he is the successor. To him is the Imamate and its verdicts. Whatever you asked me about you can ask him about for he has all what you need.'[681][556]

168. Abul Husayn bin Hilal
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[682][557] Allamah al-Hilli[683][558] and al-Majlisi[684][559] said he was reliable.

169. Abul Husayn al-Hudhayni
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions and said he was reliable.[685][560]

170. Abu Tahir
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions and said he was the brother of Muhammad bin Muhammad.[686][561]

171. Abu Tahir bin Hamza bin al-Yasa' al-Ash'ari
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions and said he was reliable from Qum.[687][562]

172. Abu Tahir Muhammad
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[688][563]

173. Abu Abdullah al-Mughazi
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions and said he was excessive.[689][564]

174. Abu Abdullah al-Mukari
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[690][565]

175. Abu Muhammad bin Ibrahim
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions.[691][566]

176. Abu Yahya al-Jirjani
He was Ahmad bin Dawud bin Sa'eed al-Fazari.[692][567]

177. Kulthum al-Karkhiyya
Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned her as one of Imam al-Hadi's companions and said that Abdur-Rahman ash-Sha'eeri, the father of Abdur-Rahman bin Dawud al-Baghdadi, narrated from her.[693][568]
Notes:
[694][280] Rijal at-Tusi, p.409.
[695][281] Rijal al-Barqi.
[696][282] Rijal at-Tusi, p.409.
[697][283] Rijal al-Barqi.
[698][284] Rijal at-Tusi.
[699][285] Rijal al-Barqi.
[700][286] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[701][287] Rijal at-Tusi.
[702][288] Rijal at-Tusi.
[703][289] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[704][290] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.1 p.118.
[705][291] Rijal at-Tusi.
[706][292] Rijal al-Barqi.
[707][293] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.1 p.121-122.
[708][294] Rijal at-Tusi.
[709][295] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[710][296] Ibid.
[711][297] Rijal at-Tusi.
[712][298] Rijal an-Najashi.
[713][299] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[714][300] Rijal at-Tusi.
[715][301] Ibid.
[716][302] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.2 p.48.
[717][303] Rijal al-Barqi.
[718][304] Rijal at-Tusi.
[719][305] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.2 p.32.
[720][306] Rijal at-Tusi.
[721][307] Rijal an-Najashi.
[722][308] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.2
[723][309] Rijal at-Tusi.
[724][310] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol. 2
[725][311] Rijal at-Tusi.
[726][312] Rijal al-Barqi.
[727][313] Rijal at-Tusi.
[728][314] Rijal at-Tusi.
[729][315] Ibid.
[730][316] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith.
[731][317] Rijal at-Tusi.
[732][318] Ibid.
[733][319] Ibid.
[734][320] Rijal an-Najashi.
[735][321] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol. 3 p.307.
[736][322] Rijal at-Tusi, p.411.
[737][323] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.4 p.49.
[738][324] Rijal al-Barqi.
[739][325] Rijal at-Tusi.
[740][326] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.4 p.307.
[741][327] At-Tahthib.
[742][328] Rijal an-Najashi.
[743][329] Rijal at-Tusi.
[744][330] Ibid.
[745][331] Ibid.
[746][332] Ibid.
[747][333] Rijal at-Tusi.
[748][334] Rijal at-Tusi.
[749][335] Rijal an-Najashi.
[750][336] Rijal at-Tusi.
[751][337] Ar-Risalah al-Adadiyyah.
[752][338] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[753][339] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[754][340] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[755][341] Rijal at-Tusi.
[756][342] Rijal an-Najashi.
[757][343] Rijal at-Tusi.
[758][344] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.5 p.30-31.
[759][345] Rijal at-Tusi.
[760][346] Rijal an-Najashi.
[761][347] Rijal at-Tusi.
[762][348] Qur'an, 17:74.
[763][349] Qur'an, 39:65.
[764][350] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[765][351] Rijal at-Tusi.
[766][352] In early Shiism "bab" denotes the senior authorized disciple of the Imam.
[767][353] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[768][354] Rijal at-Tusi.
[769][355] Ibid.
[770][356] Ibid.
[771][357] Ibid.
[772][358] Rijal al-Barqi.
[773][359] Rijal an-Najashi.
[774][360] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[775][361] Rijal at-Tusi.
[776][362] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[777][363] Rijal at-Tusi.
[778][364] Ibid.
[779][365] Ibid.
[780][366] Ibid.
[781][367] Rijal an-Najashi.
[782][368] Rijal at-Tusi.
[783][369] Rijal at-Tusi.
[784][370] Ibid.
[785][371] Ibid.
[786][372] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.7 p.92.
[787][373] Rijal al-Barqi.
[788][374] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[789][375] Rijal at-Tusi.
[790][376] Rijal an-Najashi.
[791][377] Ibid.
[792][378] Rijal at-Tusi.
[793][379] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[794][380] Rijal at-Tusi.
[795][381] Rijal at-Tusi, Rijal al-Barqi.
[796][382] Rijal at-Tusi.
[797][383] Ibid.
[798][384] Ibid.
[799][385] Rijal an-Najashi.
[800][386] A mursal tradition is a tradition that is narrated with a cut series of narrators.
[801][387] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.8 p.340.
[802][388] Rijal at-Tusi, p.415.
[803][389] Ibid.
[804][390] Usul al-Kafi.
[805][391] Rijal at-Tusi.
[806][392] Ibid.
[807][393] Rijal at-Tusi.
[808][394] Al-Manaqib.
[809][395] Rijal at-Tusi.
[810][396] Ibid.
[811][397] Ibid.
[812][398] Ibid.
[813][399] Rijal an-Najashi.
[814][400] Sirat is a bridge that dominates Hell on the Day of Resurrection.
[815][401] Amali of Sheikh as-Saduq, and mentioned in brief in Wassa'il ash-Shia, vol.1 p.13.
[816][402] Rijal an-Najashi.
[817][403] Ibid.
[818][404] Rijal at-Tusi.
[819][405] Al-Ghaybah.
[820][406] Rijal al-Barqi.
[821][407] Rijal at-Tusi.
[822][408] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[823][409] Rijal at-Tusi.
[824][410] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.11 p.222.
[825][411] Ibid. p.203.
[826][412] Rijal at-Tusi.
[827][413] Rijal an-Najashi.
[828][414] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[829][415] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.11 p.301.
[830][416] Rijal at-Tusi.
[831][417] Rijal an-Najashi.
[832][418] Al-Ghaybah.
[833][419] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[834][420] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[835][421] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[836][422] Rijal at-Tusi.
[837][423] Rijal at-Tusi.
[838][424] A sect believing that Abdullah al-Aftah the son of Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (s) was the Imam after his father.
[839][425] Rijal an-Najashi.
[840][426] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[841][427] Rijal at-Tusi.
[842][428] Rijal al-Barqi.
[843][429] Rijal at-Tusi.
[844][430] Ibid.
[845][431] Ibid.
[846][432] Rijal al-Barqi.
[847][433] Rijal at-Tusi.
[848][434] Ibid.
[849][435] Ibid.
[850][436] Rijal at-Tusi.
[851][437] Rijal al-Barqi.
[852][438] Rijal at-Tusi.
[853][439] Ibid.
[854][440] Ibid.
[855][441] Rijal al-Barqi.
[856][442] Rijal at-Tusi.
[857][443] Ibid.
[858][444] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.11 p.114.
[859][445] Rijal at-Tusi.
[860][446] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.12 p.154.
[861][447] Ibid. p.60.
[862][448] Rijal at-Tusi.
[863][449] Rijal at-Tusi.
[864][450] Rijal an-Najashi.
[865][451] Rijal at-Tusi.
[866][452] Rijal al-Barqi.
[867][453] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.12 p.193.
[868][454] Rijal al-Kashshi, vol.2 p.825.
[869][455] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[870][456] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.12 p.194.
[871][457] Rijal at-Tusi.
[872][458] Rijal at-Tusi.
[873][459] Al-Ghaybah.
[874][460] Rijal at-Tusi.
[875][461] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[876][462] Ibid.
[877][463] Ibid.
[878][464] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[879][465] Rijal at-Tusi.
[880][466] Rijal al-Barqi.
[881][467] Rijal at-Tusi.
[882][468] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[883][469] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[884][470] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[885][471] Al-Fihrist by at-Tusi.
[886][472] Rijal an-Najashi.
[887][473] Al-Fihrist by ibn an-Nadim.
[888][474] Rijal at-Tusi.
[889][475] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.12 p.339.
[890][476] Rijal at-Tusi.
[891][477] Ibid.
[892][478] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.13 p.73.
[893][479] Rijal at-Tusi.
[894][480] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith.
[895][481] Rijal at-Tusi.
[896][482] Ibid.
[897][483] Ibid.
[898][484] That the reward of the hajj is intended to be for others.
[899][485] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[900][486] Rijal at-Tusi.
[901][487] Rijal at-Tusi.
[902][488] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.15 p.26.
[903][489] Rijal al-Barqi.
[904][490] Rijal at-Tusi.
[905][491] Ibid.
[906][492] Ibid.
[907][493] The waqifites were a group of people believing in the Imamate of the first seven Imams from Imam Ali (a.s.) to Imam Musa bin Ja'far al-Khadhim (a.s.) and did not believe in the rest five Imams.
[908][494] Rijal an-Najashi.
[909][495] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[910][496] Rijal an-Najashi.
[911][497] Rijal at-Tusi.
[912][498] Rijal an-Najashi.
[913][499] Rijal at-Tusi.
[914][500] Ibid.
[915][501] Rijal at-Tusi.
[916][502] Ibid.
[917][503] Ibid.
[918][504] Ibid.
[919][505] Rijal an-Najashi.
[920][506] Rijal at-Tusi.
[921][507] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[922][508] Rijal at-Tusi.
[923][509] Rijal at-Tusi.
[924][510] Ibid.
[925][511] Rijal al-Barqi.
[926][512] Rijal at-Tusi.
[927][513] Rijal an-Najashi.
[928][514] Rijal at-Tusi.
[929][515] Rijal at-Tusi.
[930][516] Ibid.
[931][517] Rijal an-Najashi.
[932][518] Rijal at-Tusi.
[933][519] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.17 p.34.
[934][520] Rijal at-Tusi.
[935][521] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[936][522] Rijal at-Tusi.
[937][523] Rijal al-Kashshi.
[938][524] Usul al-Kafi.
[939][525] Rijal at-Tusi.
[940][526] Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol.17 p.152.
[941][527] Rijal at-Tusi.
[942][528] Ibid.
[943][529] Ibid.
[944][530] Ibid.
[945][531] Ibid.
[946][532] Rijal at-Tusi.
[947][533] Ibid.
[948][534] Ibid.
[949][535] Rijal an-Najashi.
[950][536] Rijal at-Tusi.
[951][537] Rijal an-Najashi.
[952][538] Rijal at-Tusi.
[953][539] Rijal at-Tusi.
[954][540] Al-Fihrist by Sheikh at-Tusi.
[955][541] Rijal at-Tusi.
[956][542] Ibid.
[957][543] Al-Fihrist by at-Tusi.
[958][544] Rijal at-Tusi.
[959][545] Ibid.
[960][546] Ibid.
[961][547] Rijal at-Tusi.
[962][548] Tanqih al-Maqal, vol.3 p.329.
[963][549] Al-Kuna wel Alqab, vol.1 p.314.
[964][550] Rijal at-Tusi.
[965][551] Ibid.
[966][552] Rijal at-Tusi.
[967][553] Rijal an-Najashi.
[968][554] Rijal at-Tusi.
[969][555] The progeny or family of.
[970][556] Usul al-Kafi.
[971][557] Rijal at-Tusi.
[972][558] Al-Khulasah.
[973][559] Al-Wajizah.
[974][560] Rijal at-Tusi.
[975][561] Rijal at-Tusi.
[976][562] Ibid.
[977][563] Ibid.
[978][564] Ibid.
[979][565] Ibid.
[980][566] Ibid.
[981][567] Tanqih al-Maqal, vol.4 p.39.
[982][568] Rijal at-Tusi.