Ahmed bin Ibraaheem bin Katheer ad-Dauraqi al-Baghdaadi

Name:

أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير بن زيد بن أفلح بن منصور بن مزاحم العبدى ، أبو عبد الله الدورقى النكرى البغدادى ، مولى عبد القيس

Ahmed bin Ibraaheem bin Katheer bin Zayd bin Aflah bin Mansoor bin Muzaahim al-Abdi, Abu Abdullah ad-Dauraqi al-Nukri al-Baghdaadi, Mawla Abd al-Qays

Tabaqah: 10 - From Major level of those who narrated from Taba Taabi'een

Death: 246 H

Narrated by: Muslim – Abu Dawood – Tirmidhi – Ibn Maajah

Teachers: Hushaym bin Bushayr, Yazeed bin Zuray’, Jareer bin Abdul Hameed, Hafs bin Ghiyaath, Ismaa’eel bin Ulayyah, Wakee bin al-Jarraah, Ibn Fudayl, Yazeed bin Haaroon, Ishaaq bin Yoosuf al-Azraq, Abdur Rahmaan bin Mahdi, Yahya bin Ma’een, Bahz bin Asad, and many others.

Students: Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah, Al-Haytham bin Khalf ad-Dauri, Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Badr al-Baahili, Abu al-Qaasim al-Baghawi, Yahya bin Muhammad bin Saa’id, Baqi bin Makhlad, Abu Ya’la al-Mawsali, Ibn Abi Dunya and many others.

Status: Thiqah Haafidh, author of books

Opinions of Ahl ul-Jarh wat Ta’deel:

Those who praised him:

1-    Imaam Abu Haatim ar-Raazi (D. 275) said:

“صدوق”

“Sadooq”

[ Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel by Ibn Abi Haatim (2/39)]

2-    Imaam Al-Nasaa’ee (D. 303) said:

“لا بأس به”

“There is nothing wrong in him”

[ Masheekhah an-Nasaa’ee (P. 62)]

3-    Imaam Ibn Hibbaan (D. 354) mentioned him in Kitaab ath-Thiqaat (1/2)

4-    Imaam Abu Ya’la al-Khaleeli (D. 446) said:

“ثقة متفق عليه”

“Thiqah agreed upon”

[ Al-Irshaad by al-Khaleeli (2/602)]

5-    Haafidh Abu Abdullah Ibn Khalfoon (D. 636) mentioned him in his Kitaab ath-Thiqaat.

[ Ikmaal Tahdheeb al-Kamaal (1/12-13)]

6-    Imaam Abu Ja’far al-Ukaylee (D. 322) said:

“ثقة”

“Thiqah”

[ Tahdheeb at-Tahdheeb (1/10)]

7-    Imaam adh-Dhahabi (D. 748) said:

“الحَافِظُ، الإِمَامُ، المُجَوِّدُ، المُصَنِّفُ”

“Al-Haafidh al-Imaam al-Mujawwid al-Musannif”

[Siyar A’laam al-Nabula (12/130)]

8-    Haafidh Ibn Hajar al-Asqalaani (D. 852) said:

“ثقة حافظ”

“Thiqah Haafidh”

[Taqreeb (3)]

Those who criticized him:

None

Conclusion:

Ahmed bin Ibraaheem ad-Dauraqi is Thiqah Haafidh