Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (d. 124 ah /741-2 ce ) is a renowned hadith scholar in the Sunni tradition. His name appears in the chains of narration of over 2,200 hadith , including numerous hadith in Shi‘a sources. Nonetheless, despite his presence in Shi‘a books, Shi‘a scholars have historically disagreed about whether or not to accept al-Zuhri as a reliable narrator on account of his connections with the Umayyad ruling powers. In this paper, the views of Shi‘a biographers on al-Zuhri will be examined as well as the hadith attributed to him to offer a conclusive view on whether or not he should be accepted as a reliable narrator within the Shi‘a tradition.