List of Shia hadith scholars

Shia hadith scholars are people who have quoted hadith from Shia Imams directly or indirectly through intermediary, and their biographies are found in the books of scholars of rijal (Biographical evaluation) science, such as Ikhtiar Marifat al-Rijal, Fehrist Asma' Musannifi al-Shia, Ae'yan ol-Shia, Moe'jamo Rijal el-Hadith and Az-Zaree'a books. The basis for categorization in this list is the time of death of each person.

1st century AH narrators
1st century AH (622 CE – 719 CE):


 * Abu Rafe'
 * Sulaym ibn Qays
 * Ali ibn Abi Rafe'
 * Kumayl ibn Ziyad
 * Rabi'at ibn Sami'e

2nd century AH narrators
2nd century AH (719 CE – 816 CE):


 * Abu Hamza al-Thumali
 * Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Sharih Hazrami
 * Omar ibn Udhayna
 * Aban ibn Abi Ayyash
 * Asem ibn Homayd el-Hannat
 * Zayd ol-Zarad
 * Zayd ol-Narsi

Fourth stratum: Companions of Muhammad al-Baqir and Ja'far al-Sadiq
Muhammad al-Baqir was the fifth Imam in Shia Islam, Ja'far al-Sadiq was the 6th Imam and founder of the Ja'fari school of jurisprudence according to Twelver and Isma'ili Shi'ites.


 * Zurarah ibn A'yun (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions)
 * Muhammad bin Muslim (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions)
 * Burayd ibn Mu'awiya al-'Ijli (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions)
 * Abu Basir Laith ibn Bakhtari Moradi (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions)
 * Fozayl ibn Yassar (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions)
 * Marouf ibn Kharrabouz (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions)
 * Aban ibn Taghlib
 * Ziad ibn Isa ibn Obaideh al-Haza'
 * Bokayr ibn A'yan
 * Homarn ibn A'yan
 * Mohammad ibn Qayse Bajli
 * Ismail ibn Abdorrahman Jo'fi
 * Abu Basir Asadi
 * Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju'fi
 * Soleiman ibn Khaled Aqta'

3rd century AH narrators
3rd century AH (816 CE – 913 CE):


 * Ahmad ibn Abi Nasr Bazanti
 * Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan
 * Sa'd ibn Abdullah Ash'ari

4th century AH narrators
4th century AH (913 CE – 1009 CE):


 * Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Musa al-Nawbakhti
 * Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
 * Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
 * Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Jafar al-Numani
 * Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi