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الضحاك بن الأشعث

al-Dirham bin al-Ash'ath

al-Dirham bin al-Ash'ath kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa).

مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed

When he lived

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

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2 narrations 50% of them in Al-Kāfi 3 men stand next to him in a chain →

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

Every narration whose chain this database resolves to him — the figure his seal draws. Resolved name by name, so a namesake of his is not among them.

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  1. 13. Ahmad ibn Mihran has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali from ad-Dahhak ibn al-Ash‘ath from Dawud ibn Zurbi who has said the following.

    “Once I went to deliver some property to abu Ibrahim (a.s.). He accepted some of it and left the others. I asked him,…

    Al-Kāfi #825 Volume 1 Read the narration
  2. H 18 - It is narrated from Ahmad bin Mehran from Muhammad bin Ali from Zahak bin Ashath from Dawood bin Zarbi that he said

    I brought some money to Abu Ibrahim [Imam Musa Kadhim (a.s)]. He took some of it and left some of it. “May God set you…

    Kitāb al-Ghayba #77 Volume 1 Read the narration
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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.