داود بن كثير الرقي
Dawud ibn Kathir al-Raqqi
Dawud ibn Kathir al-Raqqi kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and al-Kāẓim (ʿa) and was of al-Raqqah. The books are divided about him: Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt and Rijāl al-Ṭūsī hold him reliable, while Rijāl al-Najāshī weakens him.
When he lived
The Prophet, then the twelve Imams in order in gold: al-Ṣādiq (ʿa), al-Kāẓim (ʿa)
In this collection
Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.
Jarḥ wa taʿdīl
| Rijāl al-Najāshī | ضعيف جدا very weak p. 154 |
|---|---|
| Rijāl al-Ṭūsī | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 335 |
| Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt | ثقة thiqa — trustworthy p. 307 |
A grade is the judgement of the scholar who wrote it. Where the books divide, the chain turns on which of them you follow.
What the books state about him
- Ṭabaqa
- أصحاب أبي عبد الله جعفر بن محمد الصادق عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- أصحاب أبي الحسن موسى بن جعفر الكاظم عليهما السلام — Rijāl al-Ṭūsī
- City or tribe
- al-Raqqah — Rijāl al-Najāshī
- al-Raqqa — Al-Fihrist
- Kufa / Riqqah — Jāmiʿ al-Ruwāt
- Died
- 200 AH — Rijāl al-Najāshī
Also named
- داود الجمال
- داود الرقي
- داود بن كثير
- داود بن كثير الرقي
- داود بن كثير الرقي أيضا
- داود بن كثير بن أبي خلدة الرقي
11 entries across 6 books. Pages follow the editions this database holds.
Assembled from 11 entries and 13 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.