Hadith No: 44
Al-Mizzi - Tahdhib al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal - Chapter on the letter Kaf - Those Named Katheer
Katheer ibn Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Awf ibn Zayd ibn Malhah al-Muzani al-Medini
Volume: (24) - Page Number: (136 > 140)
[The text is long, so only the relevant excerpt is provided here]
4948 - Rudat Qut :
Katheer ibn Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Awf ibn Zayd ibn Malhah al-Muzani al-Medini:
- Abu Talib said: I asked Ahmad ibn Hanbal about him, and he said:
"He is a denier of hadith, and nothing special."- Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal said:
"My father struck down the hadith of Katheer ibn Abd Allah in the Musnad and did not narrate to us from him."- Abu Khaythamah said: Ahmad ibn Hanbal said to me:
"Do not narrate anything from him."- Abbas al-Duri said from Yahya ibn Ma'in:
"His grandfather had companionship (with the Prophet), and Katheer is weak in hadith," and in another place, he said:
"He is nothing special."- Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Darimi said from Yahya ibn Ma'in:
"He is nothing special."- Abu Ubaid al-Ajuri said: Abu Dawood was asked about Katheer ibn Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Awf al-Muzani and said:
"He was one of the liars."- I heard Muhammad ibn al-Wazir al-Masri say: I heard al-Shafi'i mention Katheer ibn Amr ibn Awf and say:
"That is one of the liars or one of the pillars of lying."- Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hatim said: I asked Abu Zar'ah about him, and he said:
"His hadith is weak; he is not strong." I said to him:
"Which do you prefer, Bahz ibn Hakim, Abd al-Muhaymin, or Katheer ibn Abd Allah?" He replied:
"Bahz and Abd al-Muhaymin are preferable to him."- Abu Hatim said:
"He is not sturdy."- Al-Tirmidhi said: I said to Muhammad regarding the hadith of Katheer ibn Abd Allah from his father from his grandfather about the hour that is hoped for on Friday:
"How is it?" He replied:
"It is a حسن hadith, except that Ahmad ibn Hanbal would hold a grudge against Katheer and consider him weak."- Al-Nasa'i and al-Daraqutni said:
"He is to be abandoned in hadith."- Al-Nasa'i said in another place:
"He is not trustworthy."- Abu Hatim ibn Hibban said:
"He narrated a fabricated account from his father from his grandfather, and it is not permissible to mention it in books or narrate from him except in a manner of astonishment."- Abu Ahmad ibn Adi said:
"Most of what he narrates is not supported."- Ibrahim ibn al-Munthir al-Hizamani said from Mutarif ibn Abd Allah al-Medini:
"I saw Katheer ibn Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Awf al-Muzani, and he was very argumentative, and none of our companions would take from him."- Ibn Imran al-Qadi said to him:
"O Katheer, you are a worthless man arguing about matters you do not understand, claiming what is not yours, and you have no evidence for your demands. Do not come near me unless you see me preoccupied with those of your kind..."