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and Abū Mālik al-Hadramī (1), Alī ibn Maytham (2), and many others, who are
(1) I was unable to find a detailed biography of him. He is, however, mentioned among the companions of Ja'far al-Sādiq in *Rijāl al-Tūsī*, p. 221: “Al-Dahhāk Abū Mālik al-Hadramī, a Kūfan.” His name also appears in *A'yān al-Shī'ah*, 7/110–111, without further details. *Rijāl al-Hillī*, p. 90, states: “Al-Dahhāk Abū Mālik al-Hadramī was a Kūfan Arab who lived into the time of Abū Abd Allāh—Ja'far al-Sādiq—peace be upon him. Some of our companions said that he transmitted from him, while others said that he did not, but instead transmitted from Abū al-Hasan—Mūsā al-Kāzim—peace be upon him. He was a theologian and was reliable in hadith.” Al-Najāshī calls him “al-Dahhāk ibn Abī Mālik”—thus in the text, though this is a corruption—al-Hadramī in *al-Rijāl*, p. 154. He gives the same information that al-Hillī quoted from him, but adds: “He authored a book on *tawhīd* (monotheism), transmitted by Alī ibn al-Hasan al-Tātarī.” He then cites the chain of transmission for this work. See also al-Māmaqānī, *Tanqīh al-Maqāl*, 2/104.
(2) All four manuscripts read “Alī ibn Mityam”; the correct reading is the one adopted here. He was Abū al-Hasan Alī ibn Ismā'īl ibn Shu'ayb ibn Maytham ibn Yahyā al-Tammār. The biographical works available to us do not give the date of his birth or death, but they state that he was among the companions of Alī ibn Mūsā al-Ridā, who died in 203 AH, and that he lived into the time of Mūsā ibn Ja'far al-Kāzim, who died in 183 AH. Ibn al-Nadīm states in *al-Fihrist*, p. 175, that he was the first to discourse on the doctrine of the Imamate and that he authored two books, *al-Imāmah* and *al-Istihqāq*. For his biography and doctrine, see *A'yān al-Shī'ah*, 41/73; al-Najāshī, *al-Rijāl*, pp. 189–190; *Rijāl al-Tūsī*, p. 383; *Lisān al-Mīzān*, 4/265–966, where he is called al-Awfī; Ibn Hazm, *al-Fisal*, 5/39–40, where he is called al-Sābūnī; *al-Farq bayna al-Firaq*, p. 43, where the name appears in the corrupted form “Alī ibn Haytham”; and al-Nawbakhtī, *Firaq al-Shī'ah*, p. 103.
وَأَبِي مَالِكٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ
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، وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ مِيثَمَ
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، وَطَوَائِفَ كَثِيرِينَ هُمْ
(١) لَمْ أَهْتَدِ إِلَى تَرْجَمَةٍ مُفَصَّلَةٍ لَهُ وَلَكِنْ وَرَدَ ذِكْرُهُ ضِمْنَ أَصْحَابِ جَعْفَرٍ الصَّادِقِ (رِجَالُ الطُّوسِيِّ، ص ٢٢١) فَقَالَ: الضَّحَّاكُ أَبُو مَالِكٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، كُوفِيٌّ وَكَذَا وَرَدَ اسْمُهُ فِي أَعْيَانِ الشِّيعَةِ ٧/١١٠، ١١١ بِدُونِ تَفْصِيلَاتٍ أُخْرَى. وَفِي رِجَالِ الْحِلِّيِّ، ص ٩٠: " الضَّحَّاكُ أَبُو مَالِكٍ الْحَضَرَمِيُّ، كُوفِيٌّ عَرَبِيٌّ أَدْرَاكَ أَبَا عَبْدَ اللَّهَ (جَعْفَرًا الصَّادِقِ) عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. وَقَالَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا: رَوَى عَنْهُ. وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ: لَمْ يَرْوِ عْنَهُ، وَرَوَى عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ (مُوسَى الْكَاظِمِ) ، وَكَانَ مُتَكَلِّمًا ثِقَةً فِي الْحَدِيثِ ". وَسَمَّاهُ النَّجَاشِيُّ (الرِّجَالُ، ص ١٥٤) الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ أَبِي مَالِكٍ (كَذَا وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ) الْحَضَرَمِيَّ. وَذَكَرَ مَا نَقَلَهُ عَنْهُ الْحِلِّيُّ إِلَّا أَنَّ فِيهِ: " وَلَهُ كِتَابٌ فِي التَّوْحِيدِ رِوَايَةُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الطَّاطَرِيِّ " ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ سَنَدَ هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ. وَانْظُرْ أَيْضًا تَنْقِيحَ الْمَقَالِ لِلْمَامَقَانِيِّ ٢/١٠٤.
(٢) فِي النُّسَخِ الْأَرْبَعِ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ مِتيَمَ، وَالصَّوَابُ مَا أَثْبَتُّهُ. وَهُوَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ مِيثَمَ بْنِ يَحْيَى التَّمَّارُ، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ، لَمْ تَذْكُرْ كُتُبُ التَّرَاجِمِ الَّتِي بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا تَارِيخَ مَوْلِدِهِ أَوْ وَفَاتِهِ، وَلَكِنْ جَاءَ فِيهَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضَا (الْمُتَوَفَّى سَنَةَ ٢٠٣) ، وَأَنَّهُ أَدْرَكَ مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ الْكَاظِمَ (الْمُتَوَفَّى سَنَةَ ١٨٣) قَالَ ابْنُ النَّدِيمِ فِي " الْفِهْرِسْتِ " (ص ١٧٥) : إِنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ فِي مَذْهَبِ الْإِمَامَةِ وَإِنَّهُ صَنَّفَ كِتَابَيْ " الْإِمَامَةِ " وَ " الِاسْتِحْقَاقِ " وَانْظُرْ تَرْجَمَتَهُ وَمَذْهَبَهُ فِي: أَعْيَانِ الشِّيعَةِ ٤١/٧٣ ; الرِّجَالِ لِلنَّجَاشِيِّ، ص ١٨٩ - ١٩٠ ; رِجَالِ الطُّوسِيِّ، ص ٣٨٣ ; لِسَانِ الْمِيزَانِ ٤/٢٦٥ - ٩٦٦ (وَسَمَّاهُ الْعَوْفِيُّ) ; الْفِصَلِ لِابْنِ حَزْمٍ ٥/٣٩ - ٤٠ (وَسَمَّاهُ الصَّابُونِيُّ) ; الْفَرْقِ بَيْنَ الْفِرَقِ، ص ٤٣ (وَفِيهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ هَيْثَمٍ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ) ; فِرَقِ الشِّيعَةِ لِلنُّوبَخْتِيِّ، ص ١٠٣.