Controversies surrounding Zurarah bin Ayaan
Controversies surrounding his Trustworthiness The simple reason why Zurarah is still accepted by the Shiah as the most prolific and reliable authority for the ahadith is because, we have report where Zurarah have been critized and we also have a report for the reason why he was critizied. Although all the report crtizing him is unauthentic and has been considered weak by al-Khoei. Sayyed al-Khoei talk in detail about those hadeeth in his book Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, Volume 8 page 245 . Now let us see the reason why he was critized The reason why Imam criticized Zurarah bin Ayaan حدثني حمدويه بن نصير قال حدثنا محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد قال حدثني يونس بن عبد الرحمن عن عبد الله بن زرارة. و محمد بن قولويه و الحسين بن الحسن قالا حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال حدثني هارون بن الحسن بن محبوب عن محمد بن عبد الله بن زرارة و ابنيه الحسن و الحسين عن عبد الله بن زرارة قال قال لي أبو عبد الله (ع) اقرأ مني على والدك السلام و قل له إني إنما أعيبك دفاعا مني عنك Narrated to me Hamdawayh bin