داود بن كثير الرقي
Dawud ibn Kathir al-Raqqi
Dawud ibn Kathir al-Raqqi kept company with al-Bāqir (ʿa), al-Ṣādiq (ʿa), al-Kāẓim (ʿa) and al-Riḍā (ʿa) and was of Kufa / Riqqah. Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt holds him reliable.
on later scholars only, not the early rijāl
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Bāqir (ʿa), al-Ṣādiq (ʿa), al-Kāẓim (ʿa), al-Riḍā (ʿa)
In this collection
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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4-6 In another tradition it is narrated that Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Valid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan As-Saffar quoted on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Musa Al-Khashshab, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr Al-Bezanti, on the authority of Zakaria ibn Adam, on the authority of Dawood ibn Kathir that he said
to Abi Abdullah, “May I be your ransom! Who should I follow if anything should happen to you and you perish?” Imam…
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Everything in this book that is narrated from Dawud Al-Raqqi has been transmitted by me from Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Idris - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from his father, from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abdullah ibn Ahmad Al-Razi, from Hariz ibn Salih, from Ismail ibn Mihran, from Zakariyya ibn Adam, from Dawud ibn Kathir Al-Raqqi. It has been narrated from Al-Sadiq - peace be upon him - that he said
"Place Dawud Al-Raqqi in the same position with me as Al-Miqdad was with the Messenger of Allah (swt) - peace and…
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5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan from abu Sa’id al-Qammat from Dawud ibn Kathir who has said the following
“I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘My father has said, “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Whoever of two Muslims…
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2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Salih ibn al-Sindiy from Ja‘far ibn Bashir from Aban ‘Uthman from Dawud ibn Kathir who has said the following
“Once I had dinner with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), at ‘Atmah (time of late evening Salat (prayer)). When he (the Imam) ended…
Assembled from 1 entries and 11 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.