Abd al-Azim al-Hasani


Abd al-Azim al-Hasani who is commonly known as Shah Abdol-Azim and likewise Sayyid al-Karim, is among those scholars who are from the progeny of the second Imam of Shia Islam, Hasan ibn Ali. His complete name is Abu al-Qasim ‘Abd al-Azim bin ‘Abdillah bin ‘Ali bin al-Hasan bin Zayd bin al-Hasan bin ‘Ali bin Abi Talib.
Abd al-Azim who is also named as Hazrat Abd al-Azim Hasani particularly in formal speaking/news was a hadith transmitter. Ibn Babawayh has compiled the Islamic narrations transmitted by Abd al-Azim in a collection which is famous as Jami'-al-Akhbar Abd al-Azim.
Abd al-Azim whose Kunyas are Abul-Qasim and Abol-Fath was among the companions of the ninth and tenth Imams of Shia, namely Muhammad al-Jawad and Ali al-Hadi. Besides, according to Rijal al-Tusi, Abd al-Azim has been among the companions of the eleventh Imam of Shia, Hasan al-Askari, too. He died on November 2, 866, and is buried in at the Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine in Rey, Iran.