Zakaria ibn Adam Ash'ari Qomi also known as Abu Yahya (Persian: ابو یحیی)[3] is from the "Al-Ashari" family who migrated from Kufa to Qom.[4] His father is Adam ibn Abdullah ibn Sa'd Ash'ari,[5] whom Shaykh Tusi has considered one of the companions of Ja'far al-Sadiq (the sixth Shia Imam).[6] Adam ibn Abdullah has narrated a hadith from Ali al-Ridha (the eighth Shia Imam) transmitted by his son Zakaria.[7]