Narrator

محمد بن علي الكاتب

Muhammad ibn Ali al-Katib

Muhammad ibn Ali al-Katib kept company with al-ʿAskarī (ʿa) and was of Qannan.

مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed

When he lived

The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-ʿAskarī (ʿa)

In this collection

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

Tarājim — his notice in each book

Rijāl al-Ṭūsī

p. 400

Entry no. 5891

Edition: ed. Jawād al-Qayyūmī al-Iṣfahānī, 1st edition, Ramaḍān 1415 AH

محمد بن علي الكاتب.

al-ʿAskarī (ʿa)

Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt

p. 155
محمد بن علي الكاتب (رى)

Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth

p. 56

Vol. 18 Entry no. 11424

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

محمد بن علي الكاتب: من أصحاب العسكري عليه السلام، رجال الشيخ (7).

Also named

  • أبو الفرج القناتي
  • أبو الفرج الكاتب
  • أبو الفرج محمد بن علي بن يعقوب
  • محمد بن علي الكاتب
  • محمد بن علي الكاتب القناني
  • محمد بن علي بن يعقوب أبو الفرج القناتي الكاتب
The same names, transliterated
  • Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Yaqub
  • Abu al-Faraj al-Katib
  • Abu al-Faraj al-Qanati
  • Muhammad ibn Ali al-Katib al-Qannani
  • Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ya'qub Abu al-Faraj al-Qanati al-Katib
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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.