A voice in the chain
معن بن عيسى القزاز
معن بن عيسى بن يحيى بن دينار
Appears in 152 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
معن بن عيسى القزاز
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
13
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
18
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
3
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
84
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
28
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
6
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت
Al-Dhahabi
قال أبو حاتم : هو أثبت أصحاب مالك
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو يحيى
- Laqab
- القزاز
- Lineage / nisba
- القزاز ، المدني ، الأشجعي مولاهم
- Generation
- كبار العاشرة
- Died
- 198 هـ ، أو : 199هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Died in
- المدينة
- Relatives
- مولى أشجع ، صاحب مالك ، الأشجعي مولاهم
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 236حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاThe Prophet (ﷺ) was asked regarding ghee in which a mouse had fallen. He said, "Take out the mouse and throw away the ghee around it (and use the rest.)"11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 327فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَغْتَسِلَ ، فَقَالَ : هَذَا عِرْقٌ(the wife of the Prophet) Um Habiba got bleeding in between the periods for seven years. She asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about it. He ordered her to take a bath (after the termination of actual periods) and added that it7 narratorsBukhari · 1575كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدْخُلُ مِنَ الثَّنِيَّةِ الْعُلْيَا ، وَيَخْرُجُ مِنَ الثَّنِيَّةِ السُّفْلَىAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to enter Mecca from the high Thaniya and used to leave Mecca from the low Thaniya.5 narratorsBukhari · 1897مَنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ نُودِيَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ : يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ، هَذَا خَيْرٌ ، فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّلَاةِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّلَاةِ ، وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجِهَادِ Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever gives two kinds (of things or property) in charity for Allah's Cause, will be called from the gates of Paradise and will be addressed, 'O slaves of Allah! Here is prosperity.' So, who6 narratorsBukhari · 2576كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِطَعَامٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ ، أَهَدِيَّةٌ أَمْ صَدَقَةٌ ؟ فَإِنْ قِيلَ صَدَقَةٌ ، قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ : كُلُوا ، وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ ، وَإِنْ قِيلَ : هَدِيَّةٌWhenever a meal was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), he would ask whether it was a gift or Sadaqa (something given in charity). If he was told that it was Sadaqa, he would tell his companions to eat it, but if it was a 5 narratorsBukhari · 2855فِي حَائِطِنَا فَرَسٌ ، يُقَالُ لَهُ : اللُّحَيْفُIn our garden there was a horse belonging to the Prophet (ﷺ) called Al-Luhaif or Al-Lakhif.5 narratorsBukhari · 3532حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي مَعْنٌ ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُوAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I have five names I am Muhammad and Ahmad; I am Al-Mahi through whom Allah will eliminate infidelity; I am Al-Hashir who will be the first to be resurrected, the people being resurrected ther6 narratorsBukhari · 4571أَنَّهُ بَاتَ عِنْدَ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهْيَ خَالَتُهُ ، قَالَ : فَاضْطَجَعْتُ فِي عَرْضِ الْوِسَادَةِ ، وَاضْطَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَهْThat once he stayed overnight (in the house) of his aunt Maimuna. the wife of the Prophet. He added I lay on the cushion transversely and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) lay along with his wife in the lengthwise direction of the p6 narratorsBukhari · 4697مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ خَمْسٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا اللَّهُ : لَا يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي غَدٍ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ، وَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَا تَغِيضُ الْأَرْحَامُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ، وَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَتَى يَأْتِي الْمَطَرُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا اللَّهُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The keys of Unseen are five which none knows but Allah None knows what will happen tomorrow but Allah; none knows what is in the wombs (a male child or a female) but Allah; none knows when it5 narratorsBukhari · 4702لَا تَدْخُلُوا عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ ، فَلَا تَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ ، أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ(While we were going for the Battle of Tabuk and when we reached the places of the dwellers of Al- Hijr), Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said about the dwellers of Al-Hijr (to us). "Do not enter (the dwelling places) of these peo5 narratorsBukhari · 4938يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سورة المطففين آية 6 ، حَتَّى يَغِيبَ أَحَدُهُمْ فِي رَشْحِهِ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ أُذُنَيْهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "On the Day when all mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds, some of them will be enveloped in their sweat up to the middle of their ears."5 narratorsBukhari · 7239أَعْتَمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْعِشَاءِ ، فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ ، فَقَالَ : الصَّلَاةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، رَقَدَ النِّسَاءُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ ، فَخَرَجَ وَرَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ ، يَقُولُ :One night the Prophet (ﷺ) delayed the `Isha' prayer whereupon `Umar went to him and said, "The prayer, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The women and children had slept." The Prophet (ﷺ) came out with water dropping from his hea13 narrators·parallel chain