Consensus companions explained

The consensus companions or "As'hab al-Ijma (Arabic: اصحاب الاجماع) are eighteen Muhaddith and Islamic scholars who had direct contact with Shia Imams and had great knowledge of religion.^[1] Shia scholars accept unquestioningly every hadith which was narrated by them.^[2]

List of consensus companions

Companions of Imam Baqir and Imam Sadiq

• Zurarah ibn A'yan (زُرارة بن أعین)
• Maruf ibn Kharrabuz (معروف بن خَرَّبوذ)
• Burayd ibn Mu'awiya al-'Ijli (بُرَید بن معاویۀ عجلی)
• Abu Basir al-Asadi or Abu Basir al-Moradi (ابوبصیر اسدی (یا ابو‌بصیر مرادی))
• Fuzayl ibn Yasar (فضیل بن یسار)
• Muhammad ibn Muslim (محمد بن مسلم طایی)

Companions of Imam Kazim

• Jamil ibn Darraj (جمیل بن درّاج)
• Abdullah ibn Muskan (عبدالله بن مُسکان)
• Abdullah ibn Bukir (عبدالله بن بُکیر)
• Hammad ibn Eesa (حمّاد بن عیسی)
• Hammad ibn Uthman (حمّاد بن عثمان)
• Aban ibn Uthman (أبان بن عثمان)

Companions of Imam Riza and Imam Jawad

• Yunus ibn Abdurrahman (یونس بن عبدالرحمن)
• Safwan ibn Yahya (صفوان بن یحیی سابری)
• Muhammad ibn Abi Amir (محمد بن أبی‌عمیر)
• Abdullah Muqayrah (عبدالله مُغیرة)
• Hasan ibn Mahbub (حسن بن محبوب)
• Ahmad ibn Abi Nasr Bazanti (أحمد بن محمد بن ابی‌نصر بزنطی)

See also

• Ijma
• Usuli

References

• Book: Sachedina, Abdulaziz . Abdulaziz Sachedina . The Just Ruler in Shi'ite Islam: The Comprehensive Authority of the Jurist in Imamite Jurisprudence . Oxford University Press US . 1998 . 0195119150.
• Book: Walbridge, Linda S. . The Most Learned of the Shiʻa: The Institution of the Marjaʻ Taqlid . Oxford University Press US . 2001 . 019513799X.

External links

• List of Consensus companions by Hadith department (in Persian)
• اصحاب اجماع 1 (in Persian)
• اصحاب اجماع 2 (in Persian)

Notes and References

1. Sachedina (1998), p.157
2. Walbridge (2001), p.190