كثير
Kathir
Kathir kept company with ʿAlī.
مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: ʿAlī (ʿa)
In this collection
Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.
Found by searching the chains for these names, so a namesake may appear among them.
The 2 names searched
- كثير
- كثير والد الحسن
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3. He said: Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Katib reported to me from al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Za’farani, who reported from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi, who reported from Abu Amru Hafs ibn Umar al-Farra, who reported from Zaid ibn al-Hasan al-Anmati, from Ma’roof ibn Kharrabuz, who said
I heard Abu Ubaidullah, the client of al-Abbas reporting to Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, peace be upon him, saying: I…
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3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Sandal from Yasir from al-Yasa’ ibn Hamzah who has said the following
“Once I was in the presence of abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.), and I was speaking to him before a large gathering that…
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1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Harun ibn Muslim from Mas’adah ibn Sadaqa from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Once al-Najashi (a king of Abyssinia) called to his presence Ja’far ibn abu Talib and…
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`Ali b. Hatim (rh) informed me. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Sa`id al-Hamadani narrated to us. He said: Ja`far b. `Abdullah al-Muhammadi narrated to us. He said: Kathir b. `Ayash narrated to us from Abi’l Jarud from Abi Ja`far (as). Regarding the saying of Allah, “Surely, your guardian is Allah, His Messenger, and those who believe …” (5:55), he said
A band of Jews had converted to Islam, among whom were `Abdullah b. Salam, Asad, Tha`laba, Ibn Yamin, and Ibn Suraya.…
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(4) Abu Sulayman Ahmad bin Hawtha al-Bahili narrated from Abu Iss’haq Ibraheem bin Iss’haq an-Nahawandi from Abdullah bin Hammad al-Ansari from someone that one of the companions had come to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) and said to him
“May I die for you! By Allah, I love you and love whoever loves you. O my master, how many your Shia are!” Abu Abdullah…
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1. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al-Daqqaq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Muhammad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Kufi said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isma`il alBarmaki that Jadh`an ibn Nasr al-Kandi said: Sahl ibn Ziyad al-Adami related to, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Mahbub, on the authority of `Abd al-Rahman ibn Kathir, on the authority of Dawud al-Raqqi that
I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) about the Word of the Mighty and High: His Empyrean was on the Water. So he (AS)…
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Al-Husayn b. Ahmad b. Idris (ra) narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. `Isa narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Yahya al-Khazzaz informed us. He said: Musa b. Isma`il narrated to me from his father from Musa b. Ja`far from his father from his forefathers (as) from Amir al-Mu’minin (as). He said
A Jew had lent the Messenger of Allah (s) gold coins, and he came to collect the debt. So, he said to him: O Jew! I do…
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Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babuwayh al-Qummi (ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq (ra) narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Hamadani the servant of Bani Hashim narrated to us. He said: Ja`far b. `Abdullah b. Ja`far b. `Abdullah b. Ja`far b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. Abi Talib narrated to us. He said: Kathir b. `Ayash al-Qattan narrated to us from Abi’l Jarud Ziyad b. al-Mundhir from Abi Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali al-Baqir (as). He said
When `Isa b. Maryam (as) was born, he was one day old, but it was as though he was two months old. When he was seven…
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10. Ja’far ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Al-Mūsawi narrated to me from ‘Abdillāh ibn Nahīk, from Sa’d ibn Sāliḥ, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abī Mughīrah, from one of our companions, who said
I said to Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)), “I am a man with many illnesses and diseases and there is not any medicine…
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Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. al-Walid (ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar narrated to us from `Ali b. Hassan al-Wasiti from his uncle `Abd al-Rahman b. Kathir al-Hashimi the servant of Muhammad b. `Ali from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as). He said
One day, Amir al-Mu’minin (as) was sitting with Ibn Hanafiyya when he said: O Muhammad! Bring me a vessel of water so…
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3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Khalid from Sa‘dan ibn Muslim from Mu ’alia ibn Khunays who has said the following
“One rainy night, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), went out to Zullah of banu Sa‘idah. I followed him and saw that some of his…
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10. My brother ‘Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Qūlawayh narrated to me from Aḥmad ibn Idrīs ibn Aḥmad, from ‘Imrān ibn Mūsā, from Ḥasan ibn Mūsā Al-Khashab, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥassān, from his uncle ‘Abdil Raḥmān ibn Kuthayr, who said
I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) ask Abā Ḥamzah Al-Thumāli, “O Abā Ḥamzah! Did you see my uncle on the night of…
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2. [2/262] Rijal al-Kashshi: Ibn Abi Najran from Hammad al-Nab from al-Mismai who said
When Dawud b. Ali [the governor of Madina] arrested al-Mualla b. Khunays, imprisoned him, and wanted to kill him –…
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(8) It was narrated that Zurara bin A’yun had said
“One day I visited Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as). On his right side there was the master of his sons Musa (al-Kadhim) (as)…
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17. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Yazi’e, from his uncle Hamza Bin Yazi’e who said
‘Abu Ja’far (asws) wrote to Sa’d Al-Khayr: - ‘In the Name of Allah (azwj), the Beneficent, the Merciful. Having said…
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6-18 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Idris quoted Muhammad ibn Ahmad, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Ishaq, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Zyad, on the authority of Davood ibn Kaseer al-Roqee
“Once when we were in the presence of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), a man passed by with a swallow in his hand having its…
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4. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sa‘id ibn ‘Abdallah who has said the following.
“Al-Hassan ibn al-Nadr and abu Sidam and a group of people, after abu Muhammad (a.s.) had passed away would discuss…
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9. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Nahdiy from Kathir ibn Yunus from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Sayabah who has said the following
“When my father, Sayabah, passed away, one of his brothers came to me and knocked at the door. I went out to meet him.…
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Muhajir al-Asadi narrated that Imam Baqir (a.s) narrated on the authority of his father (a.s) that once Jesus (a.s) passed by a village in which all the people, the birds, and the animals had died. He said
“They have not died except due to God's wrath. Had they died one by one, they would have buried each other.” The…
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5-88 Abu Abdullah al-Hussein ibn Ahmad al-Astar Abady al-Adl in Balkh narrated that his grandfather quoted Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Gorjany, on the authority of Isma’il ibn Aban, on the authority of Zafir ibn Suleiman, on the authority of Israel, on the authority of Ubaydullah ibn Sharik al-Ameri, on the authority of Al-Harith ibn So’labat, “
I asked Sa’ed, ‘Have you ever seen any of the nobilities of Ali (MGB) with your own eyes?’ He replied, ‘Yes, I have seen…
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2. Afi ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Harun ibn Muslim from Mas’adah ibn Sadaqah who has said the following
“It is a narration of abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), from the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and…
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3. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan from ‘Abbad ibn Sulayman from Muhammad ibn Sulayman from his father from Sadir who has said that
he, abu Basir, Yahya al-Bazzaz and Dawud ibn Kathir were in the presence of abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.). The Imam (a.s.) came…
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190. A number of our companions, from Sahl Ibn Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al-Hassan Ibn Al-Sarayy, from Abu Maryam, who has said the following
Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘I (asws) heard Jabir b. Abdullah saying that, ‘Rasulallah (saww) passed by us one day whilst we…
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25. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Abu ‘Umayr from Muhammad ibn Humran from Aban ibn Taghlib who has said the following
“Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) has said, ‘When the fellow from Ethiopia marched with horses and elephants to destroy the Ka‘ba they…
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11. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Mansur ibn al-‘Abbas from Sa’id ibn Janah from ‘Uthman ibn Sa’id from ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Ali al-Kufi from Muhajir al-Asadi from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following
“Once Jesus, son of Mary, passed by a town, in which people, birds and animals had all died. Jesus said, ‘They all have…
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6. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Hasan bin Ali al-Sukkari, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Zakariya al-Jawhari, that he said: We were told by Abbas bin Bakkar, that he said: We were told by ‘Abbad bin Kathir and Abu Bakr al-Hudhayli, from Abu’l-Zubair, from Jabir, that he said
When Fatima, peace be upon her, was pregnant with Hasan and gave birth, and the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him…
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6. He said: Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Bilal al-Mahlabi reported to me from ‘Ali ibn Abdillah ibn Asad al-Ishfahani, who reported from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi, who reported from Muhammad ibn Abdillah ibn Uthman, who reported form ‘Ali ibn Abi Saif, from Abu Habab, from Rabee’ah, from Amarah and others who said
When people deserted ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, and fled to Mu’awiyah seeking worldly gains from him, a…
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My father narrated to us. He said: Ibrahim b. `Amr al-Hamadani narrated to us in Hamadan. He said: Abu `Ali al-Hasan b. Isma`il al-Qahtani narrated to us. He said: Sa`id b. al-Hakam b. Abi Maryam narrated to us from his father from al-Awza`i from Yahya b. Abi Kathir from `Abdullah b. Marra from Salama b. Qays. He said
The Messenger of Allah (s) said: `Ali is to the seventh heaven as the Sun is to the Earth during the day and as the Moon…
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H 218 - It is narrated from Rashiq of Madarai that he said
Motazid sent a messenger to the three of us and ordered us to mount our horses and not to take anything with us, except…
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H 249 - Through the same chain of narrators, it is narrated from Abu Nasr Hibtullah bin Muhammad bin Umme Kulthum binte Abi Ja’far Amari that he said: Some people from Bani Naubakht, including Abul Hasan Ibn Kathir Naubakhti and Umme Kulthum Ibn Abi Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them, narrated to me that in a certain time, religious dues from Qom and its peripheries sent for the Master of the Age (a.s) were brought to Abu Ja’far . When the messenger reached Baghdad and delivered to Abu Ja’far what he had brought and then bid him farewell and was about to return, Abu Ja’far said, “
There is one thing remaining, which you have been entrusted with.” “Where is it?” “Nothing is remaining with me, my…
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1. Muhammad ibn Yahya and al-Husayn ibn Muhammad have narrated from Ja‘far ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali from Isma‘il ibn Mihran from abu Jamilah from Mu‘adh ibn Kathir from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following
“The will came from the heavens to Muhammad (sw) in a book (written). Nothing came to Muhammad (sw) from heavens in a…
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1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Ash’ari from ibn al-Qaddah from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following
“Everything has a limit where it ends except speaking of Allah which has no limit to end. Allah, the Most Majestic, the…
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5. Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah has narrated from Certain persons of our people that I thinks is al-Sayyari from Ali ibn Asbat who has said the following.
“In one of the meetings of abu al-Hassan Musa (a.s.) with al-Mahdi (one of ‘Abbassid ruler) the Imam found him paying…
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9. Certain persons of our people have narrated from Ali ibn al-Husayn from Ali ibn Hassan from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Kathir who has said the following
“When the Messenger of Allah (saww) decided to marry Khadijah daughter of Khuwaylid, Abu Talib with his family and…
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Muhammad ibn Yahya and Ali ibn Ibrahim both have narrated from Ahmad Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam and ‘Abd Allah ibn Yazid both from a man from Basra who said the following
“He asked (Imam) abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about capability. The Imam said, ‘Can you do something before its existence?’ He…
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80. Abu Ali Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbaar, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazzaal, from Tha’albat Bin Maymoun, from Aby Amiyya Yusuf Bin Sabit Bin Abu Saeeda, who has narrated the following
Abu Abdullah (asws) having said when they came up to him and said, ‘But rather, we love you (asws) due to your (asws)…
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19-1 Abu Ahmad Hani ibn Mahmood ibn Hani al-Abdi narrated that his father quoted Abul Hassan Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Qaderi, on the authority of Abu Muhammad Abdus ibn Muhammad al-Bolghashazi, on the authority of Mansoor ibn Asad, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abdullah, on the authority of Ishaq ibn Yahya, on the authority of Khasif ibn Abdul Rahman, on the authority of Sa’id ibn Jobayr that Ibn Abbas said, “
Once Ali (MGB) faced the Prophet (MGB) and asked him something. Then the Prophet (MGB) told him, ‘O Ali! I swear by Him…
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2. A group of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abdallah from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman from al-Hassan ibn al-Sari from Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju‘fi who has said the following.
“I asked Imam abu Ja‘far (a.s.) a few things about the Oneness of Allah. The Imam replied, “Allah, Holy are Whose names,…
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2. He said: Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Katib reported to me from al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Za’farani, who reported from Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi, who reported from al-Mas’oodi, who reported from Muhammad ibn Katheer, from Yahya ibn Hammad al-Qattan, who reported from Abu Muhammad al-Hadhrami, from Abu ‘Ali al-Hamdani, that once Abdul Rahman ibn Abu Layla called upon Amirul Mu’mineen ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him and said
"O Amirul Mu’mineen! I want to ask you so as to learn from you, (though) we have waited (for long) to hear you say…
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27-4 Be hopeful. Do not lose hopes in God’s Mercy. The best deed in the sight of the Honorable the Exalted God is being…
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3. Muhammad ibn Yahya and Ahmad ibn Idris have narrated from ‘Isa ibn Muhammad ibn abu Ayyub from Ali ibn Mahziyar from al- Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Ali ibn Mansur from Kulthum ibn ‘Abd al-Mu’min al-Harraniy who has said the following
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, commanded Ibrahim (a.s.), to perform…
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7. Muhammad ibn abu ‘Abdallah in a marfu’ manner, has narrated from abu Hashim al-Ja‘fari who has said the following
“I was in the company of abu Ja’far al-Thani (the 2nd) (a.s.), when a person asked him, “Inform me about the Lord,…
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2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from Hisham ibn al-Hakam who has said the following
“He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said, ‘Allah, most High has made marriage lawful on the basis of His servants’ ability to pay…
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Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Masrur (ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhamad b. `Abdullah b. Ja`far b. Jami` al-Himyari narrated to me from his father. He said: Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi narrated to us from his father Muhammad b. Khalid from Khalaf b. Hammad from Abi’l Hasan al-`Abdi from al-A`mash from `Abaya b. Rabi`a from `Abdullah b. `Abbas. He said
`Ali b. Abi Talib (as) went to the Prophet (s) one day, weeping and saying: To Allah we belong, and to Him we shall…
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2. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Ash‘ari has narrated from from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Mirdas from Safwan ibn Yahya and al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from ‘Ammar al-Sabati who has said the following.
“Once I asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.), ‘Is the worship in secrecy with an Imam from you under the government of falsehood…
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2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from Habib al-Sajistani who has said the following
“I heard abu Ja’far (a.s.) saying, ‘There was a time when Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, took the descendents of…
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7-102 Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutevakil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted Abdullah ibn Ahmad al-Mooseli, on the authority of Al-Seqr ibn Abi Delph al-Kurkhi, “When al-Mutevakil arrested our master Abal-Hassan Al-Askari (MGB) and sent him to jail, I went to find out some things about him. Razeqi who was the gate-keeper for Al-Mutevakil looked at me and ordered that I be taken to his presence. Once
I entered, he asked me, ‘O Seqr! What do you want?’ I said, ‘Sir. It is good!’ He said, ‘Be seated!’ I told myself that…
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12. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain narrated to me from ‘Ali ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim, from his father, from Ibn Abī Najrān, from Yazīd ibn Isḥāq, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Aťiyyah, who said
Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: You can recite that which you wish next to the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.).
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8ـ قَالَ وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ لابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ الله لا تَغْضَبْ عَلَيَّ قَالَ لِمَا ذَا قَالَ لِمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْهُ قَالَ
8. The narrator has said that a man said to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), “O child of the Messenger of Allah, “Please do not be…
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Muhammad b. `Ali Majiluwayh (rh) narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to us from his father Ibrahim b. Hashim. He said: Abu’l Salt `Abd al-Salam b. Salih narrated to me. He said: Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Firyabi narrated to me from Sufyan from al-Awza`i from Yahya b. Abi Kathir from Habib b. al-Jahm. He said
When `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) went with us to the land of Siffin, he disembarked in a village called Sanduda’. Then, he…
Assembled from 2 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.