Ali ibn Ibrahim al-Qummi
Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Qummi, also known by his patronymic "Abu al-Hasan" or nickname "al-Shaykh al-Aqdam", was a 9th century Shia Muslim commentator and jurist who lived during the times of tenth and eleventh Shia Imams, Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari respectively. He was a student of Ahmad ibn Ishaq Ash'ari Qomi, a companion of the ninth, tenth and eleventh Shia Imams. He's one of the teachers of Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, the author of famous Shia hadith collection Kitab al-Kafi, and many traditions in al-Kafi were transmitted by him and his father. He spread the "Kufan" traditions in Qom and collected Hadith from his teachers. He wrote more than 15 books, famously his commentary Tafsir al-Qummi which utilizes hadith from the Shia Imams to explain the meanings of Quranic verses.
His other works include Akhbār Al-Qurʾan, Nawadir al-Qurʾan, al-Nasikh wa al-Mansukh, al-Sharā'i' , and al-Tawhid wa al-Shirk.
Birth, Demise and Family
His birthday is unknown; but it is certain that he lived during the second half of the third/ninth and beginning of fourth/tenth centuries. He died in 919.His father, Ibrahim b. Hashim, was one of the famous Shia hadith transmitters and a companion of ninth Shia Imam Muhammad al-Jawad, who moved from Kufa to Qom. It is said that he was the first person who disseminated the hadiths of the Kufans in Qom. He is reported to have met Imam Ali al-Rida.
'Ali b. Ibrahim's brother, Ishaq, and sons Ahmed, Ibrahim and Muhammad, were all religious scholars of their time.
Works
Ali b. Ibrahim wrote many books. Al-Tafsir, commonly known as al-Tafsir al-Qummi, is his most famous book. He compiled it based on traditions of imams without any explanation. He narrated most of the hadiths from his father, Ibrahim b. Hashim. This book is one of the earliest and most important available Shi'a exegetical sources.Al-Nasikh wal-mansukh Qurb al-isnad Al-Shara'i Al-HaydAl-Tawhid wa l-shirk Fada'il Amir al-Mu'minin Al-MaghaziAl-Anbiya Al-MashdharAl-Manaqib- ''Ikhtiyar al-Qur'an''