Narrator

محمد بن قيس

Muḥammad b. Qays al-Asadī

Muḥammad b. Qays al-Asadī kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and was of Asad (Tribe). Rijāl al-Ṭūsī holds him reliable.

When he lived

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

In this collection

127 narrations 50% of them in Al-Kāfi

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. 292 thiqa — trustworthy

Entry no. 4269

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

محمد بن قيس، أبو نصر الأسدي الكوفي، ثقة.

al-Ṣādiq (ʿa)

Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ

محمد بن قيس الأسدي

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

ثقة، ثقة.

Thiqa thiqa.

Also named

  • أبو نصر
  • أبو نصر الأسدي
  • محمد بن قيس
  • محمد بن قيس الأسدي
The same names, transliterated
  • Abū Naṣr
  • Abū Naṣr al-Asadī
  • Muḥammad b. Qays
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