A voice in the chain
يحيى بن أيوب الغافقي
يحيى بن أيوب
Appears in 84 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
يحيى بن أيوب الغافقي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
14
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
9
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
26
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
14
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
9
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
12
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صدوق ربما أخطأ
Al-Dhahabi
صالح الحديث ، قال أبو حاتم : لا يحتج به ، وقال النسائي : ليس بالقوي
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو العباس
- Lineage / nisba
- الغافقي ، المصري
- Generation
- السابعة
- Died
- 163 هـ ، 168 هـ ، وقيل 167هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة ، مصر
- Travelled to
- مكة ، المدينة ، الشام ، العراق
- Relatives
- مولى عمر بن مروان بن الحكم
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 241بَزَقَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ثَوْبِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) once spat in his clothes.8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 393قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ : أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ : حَدَّثَنَا خNarrated Maimun bin Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, "O Abu Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?" He replied, "Whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', faces our Qibla duri8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 402يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لَوِ اتَّخَذْنَا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى ؟ فَنَزَلَتْ وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى سورة البقرة آية 125 ، وَآيَةُ الْحِجَابِ ، قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لَوْ أَمَرْMy Lord agreed with me in three things -1. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), I wish we took the station of Abraham as our praying place (for some of our prayers). So came the Divine Inspiration And take you (people) the 9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 572أَخَّرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : قَدْ صَلَّى النَّاسُ وَنَامُوا ، أَمَا إِنَّكُمْ فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُوهَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) delayed the `Isha' prayer till midnight and then he offered the prayer and said, "The people prayed and slept but you have been in prayer as long as you have been waiting for it (the prayer)." Anas added 8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 656وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ : وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا وَآثَارَهُمْ ، قَالَ خُطَاهُمْ ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ : أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسٌ ، أَنَّ بَنِي Anas said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'O Bani Salima! Don't you think that for every step of yours (that you take towards the mosque) there is a reward (while coming for prayer)?" Mujahid said "Regarding Allah's Statement "W4 narratorsBukhari · 828أَنَّهُ كَانَ جَالِسًا مَعَ نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَذَكَرْنَا صَلَاةَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ : أَنَا كُنْتُ أَI was sitting with some of the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and we were discussing about the way of praying of the Prophet. Abu Humaid As-Sa`idi said, "I remember the prayer of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) better than an18 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1866نَذَرَتْ أُخْتِي أَنْ تَمْشِيَ إِلَى بَيْتِ اللَّهِ ، وَأَمَرَتْنِي أَنْ أَسْتَفْتِيَ لَهَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَاسْتَفْتَيْتُهُ ، فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لِتَمْشِ وَلْتَرْMy sister vowed to go on foot to the Ka'ba, and she asked me to take the verdict of the Prophet (ﷺ) about it. So, I did and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "She should walk and also should ride." Narrated Abul-Khair from 'Uqba as 13 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1952مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامٌ ، صَامَ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever died and he ought to have fasted (the missed days of Ramadan) then his guardians must fast on his behalf."12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1982دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ فَأَتَتْهُ بِتَمْرٍ وَسَمْنٍ ، قَالَ : أَعِيدُوا سَمْنَكُمْ فِي سِقَائِهِ ، وَتَمْرَكُمْ فِي وِعَائِهِ ، فَإِنِّي صَائِمٌ ، ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى نَاحِThe Prophet (ﷺ) paid a visit to Um-Sulaim and she placed before him dates and ghee. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Replace the ghee and dates in their respective containers for I am fasting." Then he stood somewhere in her house8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2481أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِحْدَى أُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَعَ خَادِمٍ بِقَصْعَةٍ فِيهَا طَعَامٌ ، فَضَرَبَتْ بِيَدِهَا فَكَسَرَتِ الْقَصْعَةَ ، فَضWhile the Prophet (ﷺ) was with one of his wives, one of the mothers of the believers (i.e. one of his wives) sent a wooden bowl containing food with a servant. The wife (in whose house he was sitting) stroke the bowl wit8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3336الْأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ فَمَا تَعَارَفَ مِنْهَا ائْتَلَفَ وَمَا تَنَاكَرَ مِنْهَا اخْتَلَفَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whenever a person is murdered unjustly, there is a share from the burden of the crime on the first son of Adam for he was the first to start the tradition of murdering."6 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4483حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ , عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ , عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ , عَنْ أَنَسٍ , قَالَ : قَالَ عُمَرُ : وَافَقْتُ اللَّهَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ أَوْ وَافَقَنِي رَبِّي فِي ثَلَاثٍ ، قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لَوِ اتّ`Umar said, "I agreed with Allah in three things," or said, "My Lord agreed with me in three things. I said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Would that you took the station of Abraham as a place of prayer.' I also said, 'O All10 narrators·parallel chain