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Ahmad ibn Ishaq Ash'ari Qomi ( Persian : احمد بن اسحاق اشعری قمی , died between 874 and 877 CE ) was one of the most trusted hadith narrators of the Shiites . He is said to have been a delegate ( wafid ) from Qom to al-Askari. It is also said that al-Hadi paid Ahmad's debts worth thirty-thousand dinars. He met the last four Shiite Imams ( Muhammad al-Jawad , Ali al-Hadi , Hasan al-Askari and Muhammad al-Mahdi ) and was one of their companions and the agent of the 11th Shiite Imam. His tomb is located in Sarpol-e Zahab , Kermanshah Province , Iran . The international congress in his honor was held in March 2011 and while issuing his stamp , the reconstruction of his tomb began. "احمد بن اسحاق اشعری قمی - اداره کل فرهنگ و ارشاد اسلامی قم" (in Persian) . "استاندار کرمانشاه: بازسازی بقعه احمد بن اسحاق تا سالگرد زلزله باید تکمیل شود - ایرنا" (in Persian) . "جرعه نوشان اقیانوس بیکران جواد الائمه (ع) - خبرگزاری حوزه" (in Persian) . "تمبر احمدبن اسحاق اشعري قمي (ره) منتشر شد - ایسنا" (in Persian). 6 March 2011 . "كلنگزنی طرح جامع بازسازی حرم احمدبن اسحاق اشعری قمی - برنا" (in Persian) . "کلنگ بازسازی بقعه احمد بن اسحاق در سر پل ذهاب به زمین زده شد - خبرگزاری صدا و سیما" (in Persian) .
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Shia hadith scholar from 9th century Ahmad ibn Ishaq Ash'ari Qomi ( , died between 874 and 877 CE ) was one of the most trusted hadith narrators of the Shiites . He is said to have been a delegate ( wafid ) from Qom to al-Askari. It is also said that al-Hadi paid Ahmad's debts worth thirty-thousand dinars. He met the last four Shiite Imams ( Muhammad al-Jawad , Ali al-Hadi , Hasan al-Askari and Muhammad al-Mahdi ) and was one of their companions and the agent of the 11th Shiite Imam. His tomb is located in Sarpol-e Zahab , Kermanshah Province , Iran . The international congress in his honor was held in March 2011 and while issuing his stamp , the reconstruction of his tomb began. "احمد بن اسحاق اشعری قمی - اداره کل فرهنگ و ارشاد اسلامی قم" (in Persian) . "استاندار کرمانشاه: بازسازی بقعه احمد بن اسحاق تا سالگرد زلزله باید تکمیل شود - ایرنا" (in Persian) . "جرعه نوشان اقیانوس بیکران جواد الائمه (ع) - خبرگزاری حوزه" (in Persian) . "تمبر احمدبن اسحاق اشعري قمي (ره) منتشر شد - ایسنا" (in Persian). 6 March 2011 . "كلنگزنی طرح جامع بازسازی حرم احمدبن اسحاق اشعری قمی - برنا" (in Persian) . "کلنگ بازسازی بقعه احمد بن اسحاق در سر پل ذهاب به زمین زده شد - خبرگزاری صدا و سیما" (in Persian) .
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twelver shia muslim muhaddith
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