Wikipedia's first sentence called it “shia muhaddith”. Today it says “an 8th century shia muslim muhaddith and a companion of sixth shia imam ja'far al-sadiq”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Islamic scholar from 8th century”. It now reads “Shia Muslim scholar from the 8th century”.
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Zakaria ibn Adam Ash'ari Qomi ( Persian : زکریا بن آدم اَشْعَری قمی ) was a Shia Muhaddith (scholar of hadith) from 8th century and one of the companions of Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad aṣ-Ṣādiq (the sixth Shiite leader ). He was one of the narrators ( Hadith transmitter) of Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kadhim (the seventh Shiite leader) and the agent of Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (the eighth Shiite leader) and Muhammad al-Jawad (the ninth Shiite leader) in Qom , Iran . "خاندان اشعری و گسترش تشیع در ایران - راسخون" (in Persian) . "سیمای زکریا بن آدم - پایگاه اطلاعرسانی حوزه" (in Persian) .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Islamic scholar from 8th century Zakaria ibn Adam Ash'ari Qomi ( ) was a Shia Muhaddith (scholar of hadith) from 8th century and one of the companions of Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad aṣ-Ṣādiq (the sixth Shiite leader ). He was one of the narrators ( Hadith transmitter) of Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kadhim (the seventh Shiite leader) and the agent of Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (the eighth Shiite leader) and Muhammad al-Jawad (the ninth Shiite leader) in Qom , Iran . "خاندان اشعري و گسترش تشيع درايران - راسخون" (in Persian) . "سیمای زکریا بن آدم - پایگاه اطلاع رسانی حوزه" (in Persian) .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “shia muhaddith”. Today it says “an 8th century shia muslim muhaddith and a companion of sixth shia imam ja'far al-sadiq”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Islamic scholar from 8th century”. It now reads “Shia Muslim scholar from the 8th century”. Read the current article and compare.
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shia muhaddith
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an 8th century shia muslim muhaddith and a companion of sixth shia imam ja'far al-sadiq
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