[1] His full name was Mohammad ibn Masoud ibn Mohammad Ayyashi Salami Samarqandi (Persian: محمد بن مسعود بن محمد عیاشی سلمی سمرقندی) or Mohammad ibn Masoud Ayyashi Iraqi Kufi (Persian: محمد ابن مسعود بن عیاشی عراقی کوفی) and his kunya or teknonymy was Abu Nazr (Persian: ابوالنضر).
His son, Mohammad ibn Masoud Ayyashi, spent all of the fund in spreading Islam science and literature and promoting the culture of Ahl al-Bayt.
Tafsir Ayyashi is one of his most important books, which is based on the assertions and hadiths of the Twelve Shiite Imams.
[14] After studying in the theological seminary of Kufa, Baghdad and Qom, Ayyashi returned to Samarkand and taught and promoted religious and Shiite teachings at his house.
[15][16][17][6] Two hundred and eight works in various scientific fields such as history, jurisprudence, literature, exegesis and astronomy have been mentioned for Ayyashi.
The remaining book Tafsir Ayyashi includes only the first half of it up to Al-Kahf Sura, which was available in the cities of Mashhad, Zanjan, Tabriz and Kadhimiya.
Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai has spoken about the possibility of a second volume of the Tafsir Ayyashi in the southern regions of Iran.
[6]Mohammad ibn Masoud Ayyashi ... was one of the Imami jurists who was considered the only one of his time in the field of science and his books were very important in Khorasan.
He is unique in the Orient in terms of grace and wisdom and has written more than 20 volumes of books, including: Kitab al-Tafsir, Al-Alam wa Al-Muttalim, Al-Dawaat, Al-Taqiya, Al-Jawbah Al-Muscat and Tajweed Al-Quran.
[25]Mohammad ibn Masoud was one of the Imami Shiite jurists and one of the most diligent contemporary scholars and one of the roaring springs of knowledge whose works had a high status and fame in Khorasan.
He is mentioned in the line of contemporary with Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni and the scholars of the third century AH.