A voice in the chain
معاذ بن معاذ العنبري
معاذ بن معاذ بن نصر بن حسان بن الحر بن مالك بن الخشخاش
Appears in 272 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
معاذ بن معاذ العنبري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
25
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
176
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
53
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
3
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
9
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
6
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة متقن
Al-Dhahabi
قال أحمد : إليه المنتهى في التثبت بالبصرة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو المثنى
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- العنبري ، التميمي ، البصري ، القاضي ، الحافظ
- Generation
- كبار التاسعة
- Born
- 117 هـ ، أو 119 هـ
- Died
- 195 هـ ، أو 196 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة
- Died in
- البصرة
- Travelled to
- بغداد
- Relatives
- ولي قضاء البصرة لهارون ، ابناه : عبيد الله بن معاذ والمثنى
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 541كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ ، وَأَحَدُنَا يَعْرِفُ جَلِيسَهُ وَيَقْرَأُ فِيهَا مَا بَيْنَ السِّتِّينَ إِلَى الْمِائَةِ ، وَيُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعَصْرَ Abu Barza said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer the Fajr (prayer) when one could recognize the person sitting by him (after the prayer) and he used to recite between 60 to 100 Ayat (verses) of the Qur'an. He used to offer6 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 663سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَزْدِ ، يُقَالُ لَهُ : مَالِكُ ابْنُ بُحَيْنَةَ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى رَجُلًا وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) passed by a man praying two rak`at after the Iqama (had been pronounced). When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) completed the prayer, the people gathered around him (the Prophet) or that man and Allah's Messen22 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1705فَتَلْتُ قَلَائِدَهَا مِنْ عِهْنٍ كَانَ عِنْدِيI twisted the garlands of the Hadis from the wool which was with me.5 narratorsBukhari · 1994أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِوَفَاءِ النَّذْرِ ، وَنَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ صَوْمِ هَذَا الْيَوْمِA man went to Ibn 'Umar I. and said, "A man vowed to fast one day (the sub-narrator thinks that he said that the day was Monday), and that day happened to be 'Id day." Ibn 'Umar said, "Allah orders vows to be fulfilled a5 narratorsBukhari · 2161نُهِينَا أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍWe were forbidden that a town dweller should sell goods of a desert dweller.5 narratorsBukhari · 2246نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ بَيْعِ النَّخْلِ ، حَتَّى يُوكَلَ مِنْهُ ، وَحَتَّى يُوزَنَI asked Ibn 'Abbas about Salam for (the fruits of) date-palms. He replied "The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the sale a dates on the trees till they became fit for eating and could be weighed." A man asked what to be weighed (as t10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2727نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ التَّلَقِّي ، وَأَنْ يَبْتَاعَ الْمُهَاجِرُ لِلْأَعْرَابِيِّ ، وَأَنْ تَشْتَرِطَ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلَاقَ أُخْتِهَا ، وَأَنْ يَسْتَامَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى سَوْمِ أَخِيهAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade (1) the meeting of the caravan (of goods) on the way, (2) and that a residing person buys for a bedouin, (3) and that a woman stipulates the divorce of the wife of the would-be husband, (4) 13 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3065أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا ظَهَرَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ أَقَامَ بِالْعَرْصَةِ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) conquered some people, he would stay in their town for three days.12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3089زَادَ مُعَاذٌ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ مُحَارِبٍ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِJabir bin `Abdullah said, "When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) arrived at Medina, he slaughtered a camel or a cow." Jabir added, "The Prophet (ﷺ) bought a camel from me for two Uqiyas (of gold) and one or two Dirhams. When he rea9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3478حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْغَافِرِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Amongst the people preceding your age, there was a man whom Allah had given a lot of money. While he was in his death-bed, he called his sons and said, 'What type of father have I been to you? They10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3813تِلْكَ الرَّوْضَةُ : الْإِسْلَامُ , وَذَلِكَ الْعَمُودُ : عَمُودُ الْإِسْلَامِ , وَتِلْكَ الْعُرْوَةُ : عُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَى , فَأَنْتَ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ حَتَّى تَمُوتَWhile I was sitting in the Mosque of Medina, there entered a man (Abdullah bin Salam) with signs of solemnity over his face. The people said, "He is one of the people of Paradise." He prayed two light rak`at and then lef12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3963مَنْ يَنْظُرُ مَا فَعَلَ أَبُو جَهْلٍOn the day of Badr, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl?" Ibn Mas`ud went and found that the two sons of 'Afra had struck him fatally. `Abdullah bin Mas`ud got hold of his beard and s8 narrators·parallel chain