Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
عمران بن حصين الأزدي
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عمران بن حصين بن عبيد بن خلف بن عبد نهم بن سالم بن غاضرة بن سلول بن حبشية بن سلول بن كعب ابن عمرو بن ربيعة : لحي بن حارثة بن عمرو بن عامر بن حارثة بن امرئ القيس بن ثعلبة بن مازن بن الأزد بن الغوث بن نبت بن مالك بن زيد بن كهلان بن سبأ بن يشجب بن يعرب بن قحطان
Appears in 204 hadith across the six canonical collections.
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عمران بن حصين الأزدي
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صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
31
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
41
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
37
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
30
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
45
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
20
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أسلم عام خيبر وصحب وكان فاضلا
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- أسلم عام خيبر وصحب وكان فاضلا
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- 52 هـ ، وحكى ابن منده قولا : أنه مات سنة ( 53 ) هـ
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Bukhari · 344كُنَّا فِي سَفَرٍ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَإِنَّا أَسْرَيْنَا حَتَّى كُنَّا فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ ، وَقَعْنَا وَقْعَةً وَلَا وَقْعَةَ أَحْلَى عِنْدَ الْمُسَافِرِ مِنْهَا ، فَمَا أَيْقَظَنَا إِلOnce we were traveling with the Prophet (ﷺ) and we carried on traveling till the last part of the night and then we (halted at a place) and slept (deeply). There is nothing sweeter than sleep for a traveler in the last p5 narratorsBukhari · 348يَا فُلَانُ ، مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ فِي الْقَوْمِ ؟ فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ وَلَا مَاءَ ، قَالَ : عَلَيْكَ بِالصَّعِيدِ فَإِنَّهُ يَكْفِيكَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw a person sitting aloof and not praying with the people. He asked him, "O so and so! What prevented you from offering the prayer with the people?" He replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I am Junub5 narratorsBukhari · 784فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا رَفَعَ وَكُلَّمَا وَضَعَI offered the prayer with `Ali in Basra and he made us remember the prayer which we used to pray with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). `Ali said Takbir on each rising and bowing.6 narratorsBukhari · 786صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَا وَعِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ ، فَكَانَ إِذَا سَجَدَ كَبَّرَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ كَبَّرَ وَإِذَا نَهَضَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ كَبَّرَ ، فَلَمَّا قَ'Imran bin Husain and I offered the prayer behind 'Ali bin Abi Talib. When 'Ali prostrated, he said the Takbir, when he raised his head, he said the Takbir and when he got up for the third rak'a he said the Takbir. On co5 narratorsBukhari · 826فَكَانَ إِذَا سَجَدَ كَبَّرَ ، وَإِذَا رَفَعَ كَبَّرَ ، وَإِذَا نَهَضَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ كَبَّرَ'Imran and I prayed behind 'Ali bin Abi Talib and he said Takbir on prostrating, on rising and on getting up after the two rak'at (i.e. after the second rak'a). When the prayer was finished, 'Imran took me by the hand an5 narratorsBukhari · 1115إِنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ(who had piles) I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the praying of a man while sitting. He said, "If he prays while standing it is better and he who prays while sitting gets half the reward of that who prays standing; an11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1116مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ`Imran bin Husain had piles. Once Abu Ma mar narrated from `Imran bin Husain had said, "I asked the Prophet (p.b.u.h) about the prayer of a person while sitting. He said, 'It is better for one to pray standing; and whoev6 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1117صَلِّ قَائِمًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَقَاعِدًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَى جَنْبٍhad piles, so I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the prayer. He said, "Pray while standing and if you can't, pray while sitting and if you cannot do even that, then pray Lying on your side."6 narratorsBukhari · 1571تَمَتَّعْنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ ، قَالَ رَجُلٌ : بِرَأْيِهِ مَا شَاءَWe performed Hajj-at-Tamattu` in the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and then the Qur'an was revealed (regarding Hajj-at-Tamattu`) and somebody said what he wished (regarding Hajj-at-Tamattu`) according his own opinion5 narratorsBukhari · 1983أَمَا صُمْتَ سَرَرَ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ ؟ قَالَ : أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ يَعْنِي رَمَضَانَ ، قَالَ الرَّجُلُ : لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : فَإِذَا أَفْطَرْتَ ، فَصُمْ يَوْمَيْنِ ، لَمْ يَقُلِ الصَّلْتُ أَظُنُّهُ يَعْنِي رَمَضThat the Prophet (ﷺ) asked him (Imran) or asked a man and `Imran was listening, "O Abu so-and-so! Have you fasted the last days of this month?" (The narrator thought that he said, "the month of Ramadan"). The man replied11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2651خَيْرُكُمْ قَرْنِي ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ . قَالَ عِمْرَانُ : لَا أَدْرِي ، أَذَكَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدُ قَرْنَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صI heard `Imran bin Husain saying, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'The best people are those living in my generation, then those coming after them, and then those coming after (the second generation)." `Imran said "I do not know 5 narratorsBukhari · 3190يَا عِمْرَانُ رَاحِلَتُكَ تَفَلَّتَتْ لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَقُمْSome people of Bani Tamim came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said (to them), "O Bani Tamim! rejoice with glad tidings." They said, "You have given us glad tidings, now give us something." On hearing that the color of his fac5 narrators