A voice in the chain
كثير بن كثير القرشي
كثير بن كثير بن المطلب بن أبي وداعة بن هبيرة بن سعيد بن سعد بن سهم
Appears in 8 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
كثير بن كثير القرشي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
4
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
1
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
2
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
1
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة شاعر
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Lineage / nisba
- القرشي ، السهمي ، المكي
- Generation
- السادسة
- Died
- 121 هـ : 130 هـ
- Lived in
- مكة
- Relatives
- أخو جعفر بن كثير ، وعبد الله بن كثير
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 2368يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ أُمَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ لَوْ تَرَكَتْ زَمْزَمَ ، أَوْ قَالَ لَوْ لَمْ تَغْرِفْ مِنَ الْمَاءِ لَكَانَتْ عَيْنًا مَعِينًا وَأَقْبَلَ جُرْهُمُ ، فَقَالُوا : أَتَأْذَنِينَ أَنْ نَنْزِلَ عِنْدَكِ ؟ قَالَتْ : نَعَمThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "May Allah be merciful to the mother of Ishmael! If she had left the water of Zamzam (fountain) as it was, (without constructing a basin for keeping the water), (or said, "If she had not taken handf7 narratorsBukhari · 3363قَالَ : الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : أَمَّا كَثِيرُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ فَحَدَّثَنِي ، قَالَ : إِنِّي وَعُثْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ جُلُوسٌ مَعَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، فَقَالَ مَا هَكَذَا حَدThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on the mother of Ishmael! Had she not hastened (to fill her water-skin with water from the Zamzam well). Zamzam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the ear5 narratorsBukhari · 3364أَوَّلَ مَا اتَّخَذَ النِّسَاءُ الْمِنْطَقَ مِنْ قِبَلِ أُمِّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ اتَّخَذَتْ مِنْطَقًا لَتُعَفِّيَ أَثَرَهَا عَلَى سَارَةَ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَبِابْنِهَا إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَهِيَ تُرْضِعُهُ حَتَّى وَضَThe first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael. She used a girdle so that she might hide her tracks from Sarah. Abraham brought her and her son Ishmael while she was suckling him, to a place near the Ka`ba unde7 narratorsBukhari · 3365لَمَّا كَانَ بَيْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَبَيْنَ أَهْلِهِ مَا كَانَ خَرَجَ بِإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَأُمِّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَمَعَهُمْ شَنَّةٌ فِيهَا مَاءٌ فَجَعَلَتْ أُمُّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ تَشْرَبُ مِنَ الشَّنَّةِ فَيَدِرُّ لَبَنُهَا عَلَى صَبWhen Abraham had differences with his wife), (because of her jealousy of Hajar, Ishmael's mother), he took Ishmael and his mother and went away. They had a water-skin with them containing some water, Ishmael's mother use6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2016يُصَلِّي مِمَّا يَلِي بَابَ بَنِي سَهْمٍ وَالنَّاسُ يَمُرُّونَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا سُتْرَةٌNarrated Kathir bin Kathir bin al-Muttalib bin Abi Wida'ah From his people on the authority of his grandfather: He saw that the Prophet ﷺ was praying at the place adjacent to the gate of Banu Sahm and the people were pas5 narratorsNasa'i · 759طَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ سَبْعًا ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِحِذَائِهِ فِي حَاشِيَةِ الْمَقَامِ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الطُّوَّافِ أَحَدٌ6 narratorsNasa'i · 2962رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ فَرَغَ مِنْ سُبُعِهِ جَاءَ حَاشِيَةَ الْمَطَافِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ أَحَد6 narratorsIbn Majah · 2958رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ سَبْعِهِ ، جَاءَ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِالرُّكْنِ ، فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي حَاشِيَةِ الْمَطَافِ ، وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الطُّوَّافِ أَحَدٌ6 narrators