Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najashi

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Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najashi
Personal
Born	Ahmad c. 982 AD / 372 A.H. Baghdad^[1]
Died	1058 AD / 450 A.H. Samarra^[1]
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic golden age
Denomination	Twelver Shia
Main interest(s)	biographical evaluation
Notable work(s)	Rijal al-Najashi
Other names	Ibn al-Kufi^{[citation needed]}

Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Najāshī (c. 982–1058), often simply referred to as al-Najāshī, was a Twelver Shi'ite scholar mainly known for his work on the subject of biographical evaluation (ʿilm al-rijāl, Islamic science dealing with the reliability of hadith transmitters),^[2] called the Rijāl al-Najāshī.^[3]