Zurarah ibn A'yan
Zurārah ibn Aʿyan زُرارة بن أعيَن | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 689-90 |
| Died | 768 |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Region | Kufa |
| Main interest(s) | Ḥadīth, Tafsir |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Shia |
| Sect | Twelver |
| Teachers | Muhammad al-Baqir, Ja'far al-Sadiq, Musa al-Kazim |
| Muslim leader | |
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ʿAbd Rabbih ibn Aʿyan ash-Shaybāni al-Kūfī (about 690-768 AD) (Arabic: زُرارة بن أعيَن الشّيباني الكوفي) was a Shia Muslim muhaddith, theologian and a famous companion of Shia Imams Muhammad al-Baqir (712–732), Ja'far al-Sadiq (732–765), and Musa al-Kadhim (765–799).
Zurarah was reportedly a Muhaddith and Islamic scholar with great knowledge in religion, and was also one of the companions known as the companions of consensus whose hadith are given extra credence by Shia scholars. Muḥaddith Qummī in his book Tuḥfat al-Aḥbāb said that "his excellence and status are too great to mention here". It is believed that Zurarah first argued the theory that the knowledge of God is an obligation on every believer and cannot be attained without an Imam designated by God, and thus complete obedience to the Imam is a religious duty.