The Sect of Aba Salt Heravi in the Views of both the Shiite and Sunnite

There as regard to the sect of Aba Salt Heravi are dissimilar points of view among scholars. The majority of Shiite scholars embraced him as a Shia. Some others have added the fact that he was one companion of Imam Rida, as well. Some others such as Sheikh Tusi and all Sunnites, however, have claimed that he was a Sunni but pretended Shiism.Relying on both Shiite and Sunnite’s references and books of rijal examining their reasons, the author has tried to vindicate that Aba Salt was a Shi’a but pretended Sunnism as a prudent dissimulation. Having reported the words of Shahid Thani (Martyr the Second, the second Shiite great jurist who was martyred) and those of his followers about Sheikh Tusi, the author has tried to reconcile between the two views.