A Reflection on the Pioneer Work of Ibrahim ibn Hashim in the Dissemination of Kufi's Traditions in Qom

In the second and third centuries, Kufa was one of the most important Shia scientific centers that attracted those who were interested in the various fields of knowledge, especially the science of hadith. Many prophetic hadiths were narrated, quoted and written in kufa, and the hadiths of the household of the Prophet were taught and learned in it and from Kufa, which had a great wealth of traditions, traditions were spread to other Shiite centers. Because of the importance of the transmission of Kufi’s traditions to other places and its impact on the spread of Shiism, some traditionalists whom hadith sources regard as the first to transmit hadiths, have narrated Kufi traditions. For example, Imamiyah Shiite regard “Ibrahim ibn Hashim” as the first to spread Kufi traditions in Qom but, a careful study of the sources reveals that he cannot be regarded as the first to spread the kufi hadiths in Qom and that some other people had spread Kufi traditions in Qom before Ibrahim .Investigating the historical and traditional evidence, this paper reflects on this famous Shiite view about Ibrahim ibn Hashim.