A voice in the chain
معتمر بن سليمان التيمي
معتمر بن سليمان بن طرخان
Appears in 269 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
معتمر بن سليمان التيمي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
62
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
74
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
31
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
23
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
56
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
23
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
كان رأسا في العلم والعبادة كأبيه
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو محمد
- Laqab
- الطفيل
- Lineage / nisba
- التيمي ، البصري ، المري مولاهم
- Generation
- كبار التاسعة
- Born
- 100 هـ ، أو : 106 هـ ، أو : 107 هـ
- Died
- 186 هـ ، أو : 187 هـ ، أو : 188 هـ
- Lived in
- بني تيم
- Died in
- البصرة
- Travelled to
- اليمن
- Relatives
- أمه : نقوادة بنت الدينار ، خاله : المفضل ، صهره : الفضل بن أبان الرقاشيمولى لبني مرة
- School
- كان قدريا
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 129مَنْ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ ، قَالَ : أَلَا أُبَشِّرُ النَّاسَ ، قَالَ : لَا إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَتَّكِلُواI was informed that the Prophet (ﷺ) had said to Mu'adh, "Whosoever will meet Allah without associating anything in worship with Him will go to Paradise." Mu'adh asked the Prophet, "Should I not inform the people of this 4 narratorsBukhari · 311أَنَّ بَعْضَ أُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اعْتَكَفَتْ وَهِيَ مُسْتَحَاضَةٌOne of the mothers of the faithful believers (i.e. the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) ) did I'tikaf while she was having bleeding in between her periods.5 narratorsBukhari · 507أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُعَرِّضُ رَاحِلَتَهُ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا ، قُلْتُ : أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا هَبَّتِ الرِّكَابُ ، قَالَ : كَانَ يَأْخُذُ هَذَا الرَّحْلَ فَيُعَدِّلُهُ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَى آخِرَتِهِ أَوْ قَالَ مُؤَخَّرِهِ"The Prophet (ﷺ) used to make his she-camel sit across and he would pray facing it (as a Sutra)." I asked, "What would the Prophet (ﷺ) do if the she-camel was provoked and moved?" He said, "He would take its camel-saddle5 narratorsBukhari · 602مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ طَعَامُ اثْنَيْنِ فَلْيَذْهَبْ بِثَالِثٍ ، وَإِنْ أَرْبَعٌ فَخَامِسٌ أَوْ سَادِسٌ ، وَأَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ جَاءَ بِثَلَاثَةٍ ، فَانْطَلَقَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعَشَرَةٍ ، قَالَ`Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr said, "The Suffa Companions were poor people and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Whoever has food for two persons should take a third one from them (Suffa companions). And whosoever has food for four pe5 narratorsBukhari · 766صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الْعَتَمَةَ ، فَقَرَأَ : إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ سورة الانشقاق آية 1 ، فَسَجَدَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : قَالَ : سَجَدْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَا أَزَاI offered the `Isha' prayer behind Abu Huraira and he recited, "Idha s-samaa'u n-shaqqat" (84) and prostrated. On my inquiring, he said, "I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim (the Prophet) (when he recited that Sura) and I wil6 narratorsBukhari · 843أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِأَمْرٍ إِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ بِهِ أَدْرَكْتُمْ مَنْ سَبَقَكُمْ وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْكُمْ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَكُمْ وَكُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ مَنْ أَنْتُمْ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِ ، إِلَّا مَنْ عَمِلَ مِثْلَهُ تُسَبِّحُونَ وَتَحْمSome poor people came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "The wealthy people will get higher grades and will have permanent enjoyment and they pray like us and fast as we do. They have more money by which they perform the Hajj6 narratorsBukhari · 1021كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ جُمُعَةٍ ، فَقَامَ النَّاسُ فَصَاحُوا ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَحَطَ الْمَطَرُ وَاحْمَرَّتِ الشَّجَرُ وَهَلَكَتِ الْبَهَائِمُ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ يNarrated 'Abdullah bin Yazid Al-Ansari that he went out with Al-Bara' bin 'Azib, and Zaid bin Arqam and invoked for rain. He ('Abdullah bin Yazid) stood up but not on a pulpit and invoked Allah for rain and then offered 5 narratorsBukhari · 1078صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الْعَتَمَةَ فَقَرَأَ : إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ سورة الانشقاق آية 1 فَسَجَدَ فَقُلْتُ : مَا هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ : سَجَدْتُ بِهَا خَلْفَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ،I offered the `Isha' prayer behind Abu Huraira and he recited Idhas-Sama' Un-Shaqqat, and prostrated. I said, "What is this?" Abu Huraira said, "I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim and I will do the same till I meet him."6 narratorsBukhari · 1912شَهْرَانِ لَا يَنْقُصَانِ : شَهْرَا عِيدٍ رَمَضَانُ ، وَذُو الْحَجَّةِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The two months of 'Id i.e. Ramadan and Dhul-Hijja, do not decrease (in superiority).10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2149مَنِ اشْتَرَى شَاةً مُحَفَّلَةً فَرَدَّهَا ، فَلْيَرُدَّ مَعَهَا صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ ، وَنَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تُلَقَّى الْبُيُوعُWhoever buys a sheep which has not been milked for a long time, has the option of returning it along with one Sa of dates; and the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade going to meet the seller on the way (as he has no knowledge of the ma5 narratorsBukhari · 2216كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مُشْرِكٌ مُشْعَانٌّ طَوِيلٌ بِغَنَمٍ يَسُوقُهَا ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : بَيْعًا أَمْ عَطِيَّةً ، أَوْ قَالَ أWe were with the Prophet (ﷺ) when a tall pagan with long matted unkempt hair came driving his sheep. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "Are those sheep for sale or for gifts?" The pagan replied, "They are for sale." The Prophet5 narratorsBukhari · 2304أَنَّهُ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ غَنَمٌ تَرْعَى بِسَلْعٍ ، فَأَبْصَرَتْ جَارِيَةٌ لَنَا بِشَاةٍ مِنْ غَنَمِنَا مَوْتًا ، فَكَسَرَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا بِهِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ : لَا تَأْكُلُوا حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللWe had some sheep which used to graze at Sala'. One of our slavegirls saw a sheep dying and she broke a stone and slaughtered the sheep with it. My father said to the people, "Don't eat it till I ask the Prophet about it8 narrators·parallel chain