Abasalt، A Khorasani Companion

`Abdul Salam bn Salih well-known as Aba Salt (Abu Salt) Hiravi is one of the hadith reporters and companions of Imam Rida، peace be upon him. There is no clear picture of his life، religion، and views but his companionship with Imam Rida، peace be upon him، made him a prominent individual in the minds of Shiite people. The old Shiite rijal books like Rijal of Tusi and some Sunni rijal books have considered him as `Ammi. The author of the present paper tries to reidentify his personality in a variety of the Shiite and Sunni rijal and hadith books. He concludes that Aba Salt has spent a considerable amount of his life among the `Amma scholars and with the arrival of Imam to Khorasan، he gradually accepted the Shiite thought and converted to Shi`a.