Narrator

المختار بن أبي عبيدة

al-Mukhtar ibn Abi 'Ubayda

al-Mukhtar ibn Abi 'Ubayda kept company with ʿAlī, al-Ḥusayn, al-Sajjād (ʿa) and al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and was of Kufa.

When he lived

The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: ʿAlī (ʿa), al-Ḥusayn (ʿa), al-Sajjād (ʿa), al-Ṣādiq (ʿa)

From Kufa Written about in 3 books, 3 entries

In this collection

0 narrations

Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.

Jarḥ wa taʿdīl

Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth مختلف فيه disputed p. 8586 quoting Ikhtiyār Maʿrifat al-Rijāl

What the books state about him

City or tribe
Kufa — Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt
Thaqaf (Banu Thaqif) — Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth

Also named

  • المختار بن أبي عبيدة
  • المختار بن أبي عبيدة الثقفي

3 entries across 3 books. Pages follow the editions this database holds.

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Assembled from 3 entries and 2 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.