Narrator
بكر بن الاشعث
Bakr ibn al-Ash'ath
Bakr ibn al-Ash'ath kept company with al-Kāẓim (ʿa) and was of Kufa. Rijāl al-Najāshī holds him reliable.
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Kāẓim (ʿa)
From
Kufa
Written about in
3 books, 3 entries
In this collection
6
narrations
100% of them in Al-Kāfi
1 man stands next to him in a chain →
Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.
Jarḥ wa taʿdīl
| Rijāl al-Najāshī | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 107 |
|---|---|
| Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 1496 quoting Rijāl al-Najāshī |
What the books state about him
- City or tribe
- Kufa — Rijāl al-Najāshī
Also named
- بكر بن الأشعث
- بكر بن الأشعث أبو إسماعيل كوفي
- بكر بن الاشعث
- أبي إسماعيل
3 entries across 3 books. Pages follow the editions this database holds.
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Assembled from 3 entries and 3 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.