Narrator

عبد الله بن بحر

ʿAbdullāh b. Baḥr

ʿAbdullāh b. Baḥr was of Kufa. Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt and Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ weaken him.

on later scholars only, not the early rijāl

In this collection

7 narrations 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.

Tarājim — his notice in each book

Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ

ḍaʿīf — weak

عبد الله بن بحر

The ascription of this book to Ibn al-Ghaḍāʾirī is disputed; al-Khoei held it unproven («الكتاب المنسوب إلى ابن الغضائري… لم يثبت»).

ضعيف، مرتفع القول

Weak, a proponent of irtifāʿ in doctrine

Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt

p. 471 ḍaʿīf — weak
عبد الله بن بحر كوفي روى عن أبي بصير والرجال ضعيف مرتفع القول (صه. د)

Kufan, narrates from Abu Basir. Weak; his statements are exaggerated (rafi' al-qawl).

Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth

p. 124

Vol. 11 Entry no. 6729

Edition: 5th edition, 1413 AH / 1992 CE; editor and publisher not stated in the source

عبد الله بن بحر: كوفي: روى عن أبي بصير والرجال (والرجل) ضعيف، مرتفع القول، ذكره ابن الغضائري.

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