Narrator
كثير بن كلثم
Kathir ibn Kulthum
Kathir ibn Kulthum kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and was of Kufan. Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt and Rijāl al-Najāshī hold him reliable.
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Ṣādiq (ʿa)
From
Kufan
Written about in
4 books, 4 entries
In this collection
1
narration
100% of them in Al-Kāfi
2 men stand 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. 316 |
|---|---|
| Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 27 |
| Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 6801 quoting Rijāl al-Najāshī |
What the books state about him
- Ṭabaqa
- أصحاب أبي عبد الله جعفر بن محمد الصادق عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- City or tribe
- Kufan — Rijāl al-Najāshī and also in Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt
Also named
- كثير بن كلثم
- كثير بن كلثمة الكوفي
- بن كلثمة
- بن كلثمه الكوفي
- كثير بن كلثمة
4 entries across 4 books. Pages follow the editions this database holds.
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Assembled from 4 entries and 1 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.