Abu Basir al-Moradi
Shia jurist
Abū Baṣīr Layth ibn al-Bakhtarī al-Murādī (Arabic:ابوبصیر لیث بن البختری المرادی) known as Abu Basir al-Moradi or simply Abu Basir was a Shia Muslim jurist (faqīh), muhaddith and a disciple of the fifth Shia Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (712–732) and his son and successor Ja'far al-Sadiq (732–765). Al-Sadiq is reported to have told Moradi, Zurarah, Burayd, and Muhammad ibn Muslim that they were the "tent pegs of the world", and that the prophetic hadiths would have been lost without them
He was one of the Shia Muslim leaders in Kufa. In religious sources, he is considered as one of the companions of al-Baqir and al-Sadiq, though there is no definitive example of a hadith narration by Abu Basir from al-Baqir. He has also narrated from other hadith narrators of Ahlul Bayt such as Abdul Kareem bin Utbah al-Hashimi (a companion of Ja'far al-Sadiq and Musa al-Kadhim).
Names
Abu Basir's main nickname according to Ibn Ghada'iri and Kashshi was "Abu Muhammad", and according to Ibn al-Nadim and Shaykh Tusi, "Abu Yahya".
In the hadith series of Al-Mahasin al-Barqi, Laith Moradi's narration from Abu Basir (maybe Asadi) can be seen, and considering the fact that Najashi called Laith Moradi "Abu Basir Asghar"(lit. Younger Abu Basir), it is not unlikely that he was younger than Abu Basir Asadi.
In Shia religious and hadith sources, other figures are also mentioned who are called "Abu Basir": Abu Basir Abdullah ibn Muhammad Asadi Kufi, one of the companions of al-Baqir; Abu Basir Yusuf ibn Harith one of the Batri companions of al-Baqir and Abu Basir Thaghafi.
His stance towards Fathites and his relationship with al-Kazem
There is no clear report about his stance towards Fathites. Agarqoofi's narrative indicates that Abu Basir Moradi did not believe in the Imamate of Musa al-Kazim and the words of Ibn Ghada'iri, a scholar of the 12th century, indicate that his religion was not direct.
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