Narrator

الضحاك بن قيس

Al-Dhahhak ibn Qays

Al-Dhahhak ibn Qays kept company with al-Ṣādiq (ʿa) and was of Tamim.

مهمل · Muhmal — mentioned, no judgement passed

When he lived

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

In this collection

1 narration 100% of them in Nahj al-Balāgha

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

Tarājim — his notice in each book

Muʿjam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth

p. 157

Vol. 10 Entry no. 5960

Edition: 5th edition, 1413 AH / 1992 CE; editor and publisher not stated in the source

الضحاك بن قيس: = الضحاك أبو بحر. التميمي: تقدم بعنوان الأحنف بن قيس التميمي.

Also named

  • الأحنف بن قيس التميمي
  • الضحاك أبو بحر
  • الضحاك بن قيس
The same names, transliterated
  • Al-Ahnaf ibn Qays al-Tamimi
  • Al-Dhahhak Abu Bahr
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Assembled from 1 entries and 1 mentions in the chains. Every word above is quoted from the book named beside it, and none of it is our judgement of him.