Name:
كثير بن سليم الضبى ، أبو سلمة المدائنى ( و ليس بالأبلى )
Katheer
bin Sulaym ad-Dabbi, Abu Salamah al-Madaa’ini (He is not Al-Ubulli)
Tabaqah:
5 - From the Minor Taabi'een
Narrated by:
Ibn Maajah
Teachers: Anas
bin Maalik, Hasan al-Basri, & Ad-Dahhaak bin Muzaahim
Students: Ahmed
bin Abdullah bin Yoonus, Jabbaarah bin Mughallis, Sallaam bin Sulemaan al-Madaa’ini,
Abu Saalih Abdullah bin Saalih (the scribe of Layth), Abu Aamir Abdul Malik bn
Amr al-Aqdi, Amr bin Awn al-Waasiti, and others.
Status:
Munkar ul-Hadeeth
Opinions of Ahl ul-Jarh wat Ta’deel:
Those who criticized him:
1-
Imaam
Yahya bin Ma’een (D. 233) said:
“ضعيف”
“Da’eef”
[
Taareekh Ibn Ma'een, narrated by ad-Dauri (2/493)]
It is said
that Imaam Yahya bin Ma’een also said:
“لا يكتب
حديثه”
“His narrations are not
written down”
[Su’aalaat Al-Ajurri (4/10), Chain Weak]
2-
Imaam
Muhammad bin Ismaa’eel al-Bukhaari (D. 256) said:
“منكر الحديث”
“Munkar ul-Hadeeth”
[
Taareekh al-Kabeer (7/218)]
3-
Imaam
Abu Zur’ah ar-Raazi (D. 264) said:
“واهي الحديث”
“He is wasted in hadeeth”
[
Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel by Ibn Abi Haatim (7/152)]
4-
Imaam
Abu Haatim ar-Raazi (D. 275) said:
“ضعيف الحديث، منكر الحديث، لا يروي عَنْ أنس حديثا له أصل من رواية
غيره”
“Da’eef in Hadeeth, Munkar ul-Hadeeth, he did not narrate a
single narration from Anas which had a basis from the narration of narrators
other than him”
[
Al-Jarh wat Ta'deel by Ibn Abi Haatim (7/152)]
5-
Imaam
Al-Nasaa’ee (D. 303) said:
“متروك الحديث”
“Matrook in Hadeeth”
[
Ad-Du'afa wal Matrokeen by al-Nasaa'ee (509)]
6-
Imaam
Ibn Hibbaan (D. 354) said:
“كَثِير
بْن سُلَيْم هُوَ الذي يقال له: كَثِير بْن عَبد اللَّهِ يروي عَنْ أنس مَا ليس من
حديثه ويضع عليه ثم يحدث به، لا يحل كتابة حديثه ولا الرواية عنه إِلا على سبيل
الاختبار”
“Katheer bin Sulaym who is also called Katheer bin Abdullah, he
has narrated from Anas some narrations which were not among his narrations and
he fabricated them on him, then he narrated from it. It is not permissible to
neither write his narrations nor narrate from him except for the sake of
examining”
[
Al-Majroheen by Ibn Hibbaan (2/223)]
Note: Ibn
Hibbaan has mixed two separate narrators “Katheer bin Sulaym” and “Katheer bin
Abdullah” as one; and he thought that they are one person. But this is not
correct.
7-
Imaam
Abu al-Hasan ad-Daaraqutni (D. 385) mentioned him in Ad-Du’afa wal
Matrokeen (444).
8-
Imaam
Abu Ahmed bin Adee al-Jarjaani (D. 365) mentioned some of his
narrations from Anas bin Maalik and said:
“وهذه الروايات، عَن أَنَس عامتها غير محفوظة”
“And these narrations from Anas, most of them are unpreserved”
[
Al-Kaamil (7/200)]
9-
Imaam
Shams ud-Deen adh-Dhahabi (D. 748) said:
“ضعفوه”
“They have weakened him”
[
Al-Kaashif (4633)]
10-
Haafidh
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalaani (D. 852) said:
“ضعيف”
“Da’eef”
[
Taqreeb (5613)]
11-
Haafidh
Noor ud-Deen al-Haythami (D. 807) said:
“كَثِيرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ ضَعِيفٌ”
“Katheer bin Sulaym is Da’eef”
[
Majma az-Zawaaid (2/126, 7/175, 10/89, & 10/209)]
Those who praised him:
None
Conclusion:
Katheet bin Sulaym is Munkar
ul-Hadeeth.