A voice in the chain
عمرو بن شرحبيل الهمداني
عمرو بن شرحبيل
Appears in 26 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
عمرو بن شرحبيل الهمداني
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
6
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
2
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
2
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
4
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
12
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
0
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة عابد مخضرم
Al-Dhahabi
فاضل عابد حجة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو ميسرة
- Lineage / nisba
- الهمداني ، الكوفي
- Generation
- الثانية ، مخضرم
- Died
- 63 هـ ، أو : 61 هـ ، أو 62 هـ ، أو 63 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 4477أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَI asked the Prophet, "What is the greatest sin in the Sight of Allah?" He said, "That you set up a rival unto Allah though He Alone created you." I said, "That is indeed a great sin." Then asked, "What is next?" He said,6 narratorsBukhari · 4761أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَI or somebody, asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) "Which is the biggest sin in the Sight of Allah?" He said, "That you set up a rival (in worship) to Allah though He Alone created you." I asked, "What is next?" He said, "Then, 11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 6001أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَI said 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Which sin is the greatest?" He said, "To set up a rival unto Allah, though He Alone created you." I said, "What next?" He said, "To kill your son lest he should share your food with you."6 narratorsBukhari · 6811أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا ، وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَI said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Which is the biggest sin?" He said, "To set up rivals to Allah by worshipping others though He alone has created you." I asked, "What is next?" He said, "To kill your child lest it shoul21 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 7520سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ؟ ، قَالَ : أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ ، قُلْتُ : إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَعَظِيمٌ ، قُلْتُ : ثُمَّ أَيُّ ؟ ، قَالَ : I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) "What is the biggest sin in the sight of Allah?" He said, "To set up rivals unto Allah though He alone created you." I said, "In fact, that is a tremendous sin," and added, "What next?" He s6 narratorsBukhari · 7532حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ رَجُلٌ : " يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَA man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Which sin is the biggest in Allah's Sight?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "To set up rivals unto Allah though He Alone created you." That man said, "What is next?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "To 6 narratorsMuslim · 257أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ؟ قَالَ : أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لَهُ : إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَعَظِيمٌ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : ثُمَّ أَيٌّ ؟ قَالَ : ثُمَّ أَنْ تَقْتُلَ وَلَدَكَ مَخَافَة7 narratorsMuslim · 258أَنْ تَدْعُوَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2310أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَAbd Allaah (bin Masud) said “I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ which sin is the gravest?” He replied “That you associate someone with Allaah, while He has created you”. I again asked “Which then?” He replied “That you commit 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3670لَمَّا نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ ، قَالَ عُمَرُ : اللَّهُمَّ بَيِّنْ لَنَا فِي الْخَمْرِ بَيَانًا شِفَاءً ، فَنَزَلَتِ الْآيَةُ الَّتِي فِي الْبَقَرَةِ : يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ قُلْ فِيهِمَا إِثْمٌ كNarrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: When the prohibition of wine (was yet to be) declared, Umar said: O Allah, give us a satisfactory explanation about wine. So the following verse of Surat al-Baqarah revealed; "They ask thee 6 narratorsTirmidhi · 728كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُبَاشِرُنِي وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ ، وَكَانَ أَمْلَكَكُمْ لِإِرْبِهِ6 narratorsTirmidhi · 2470حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق ، عَنْ أَبِي مَيْسَرَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، أَنَّهُمْ ذَبَحُوا شَاةً ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَ6 narrators