A voice in the chain
نافع بن جبير النوفلي
نافع بن جبير بن مطعم بن عدي بن نوفل بن عبد مناف
Appears in 68 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
نافع بن جبير النوفلي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
13
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
12
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
10
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
9
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
14
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
10
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة فاضل
Al-Dhahabi
شريف مفت
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو محمد ، ويقال : أبو عبد الله
- Lineage / nisba
- النوفلي ، المدني ، القرشي ، العدوي ، الحجازي
- Generation
- الثالثة
- Died
- 99هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Died in
- المدينة
- Relatives
- أمه: أم قتال بنت نافع بن ضريب ، وأخوه : محمد بن جبير بن مطعم
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 182أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ ، وَأَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ لِحَاجَةٍ لَهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُغِيرَةَ جَعَلَ يَصُبُّ الْمَاءَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ ، فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ وَمI was in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on one of the journeys and he went out to answer the call of nature (and after he finished) I poured water and he performed ablution; he washed his face, forearms and passed 7 narratorsBukhari · 203أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ لِحَاجَتِهِ ، فَاتَّبَعَهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ بِإِدَاوَةٍ فِيهَا مَاءٌ فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِ حِينَ فَرَغَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَمَسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out to answer the call of nature and I followed him with a tumbler containing water, and when he finished, I poured water and he performed ablution and passed wet hands over his Khuffs (so7 narratorsBukhari · 2118يَغْزُو جَيْشٌ الْكَعْبَةَ ، فَإِذَا كَانُوا بِبَيْدَاءَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ يُخْسَفُ بِأَوَّلِهِمْ وَآخِرِهِمْ ، قَالَتْ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، كَيْفَ يُخْسَفُ بِأَوَّلِهِمْ وَآخِرِهِمْ ، وَفِيهِمْ أَسْوَاقُهُمْ وَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "An army will invade the Ka`ba and when the invaders reach Al-Baida', all the ground will sink and swallow the whole army." I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! How will they sink into the ground5 narratorsBukhari · 2122خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي طَائِفَةِ النَّهَارِ ، لَا يُكَلِّمُنِي وَلَا أُكَلِّمُهُ حَتَّى أَتَى سُوقَ بَنِي قَيْنُقَاعَ ، فَجَلَسَ بِفِنَاءِ بَيْتِ فَاطِمَةَ ، فَقَالَ : أَثَمَّ لُكَعُ ، أَOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) went out during the day. Neither did he talk to me nor I to him till he reached the market of Bani Qainuqa and then he sat in the compound of Fatima's house and asked about the small boy (his grandso5 narratorsBukhari · 2976حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الْعَبَّاسَ ، يَقُولُ لِلْزُّبَيْرِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُI heard Al Abbas telling Az-Zubair, "The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered you to fix the flag here."6 narratorsBukhari · 3620لَوْ سَأَلْتَنِي هَذِهِ الْقِطْعَةَ مَا أَعْطَيْتُكَهَا وَلَنْ تَعْدُوَ أَمْرَ اللَّهِ فِيكَ وَلَئِنْ أَدْبَرْتَ ليَعْقِرَنَّكَ اللَّهُ ، وَإِنِّي لَأَرَاكَ الَّذِي أُرِيتُ فِيكَ مَا رَأَيْتُMusailama-al-Kadhdhab (i.e. the liar) came in the life-time of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) with many of his people (to Medina) and said, "If Muhammad makes me his successor, I will follow him." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went up to5 narratorsBukhari · 4280لَمَّا سَارَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ قُرَيْشًا ، خَرَجَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، وَحَكِيمُ بْنُ حِزَامٍ ، وَبُدَيْلُ بْنُ وَرْقَاءَ يَلْتَمِسُونَ الْخَبَرَWhen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) set out (towards Mecca) during the year of the Conquest (of Mecca) and this news reached (the infidels of Quraish), Abu Sufyan, Hakim bin Hizam and Budail bin Warqa came out to gather informati7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4373لَوْ سَأَلْتَنِي هَذِهِ الْقِطْعَةَ مَا أَعْطَيْتُكَهَا ، وَلَنْ تَعْدُوَ أَمْرَ اللَّهِ فِيكَ ، وَلَئِنْ أَدْبَرْتَ لَيَعْقِرَنَّكَ اللَّهُ ، وَإِنِّي لَأَرَاكَ الَّذِي أُرِيتُ فِيهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ ، وَهَذَا ثَابِتٌ يُجِيMusailima Al-Kadhdhab came during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) and started saying, "If Muhammad gives me the rule after him, I will follow him." And he came to Medina with a great number of the people of his tribe. Al5 narratorsBukhari · 4421ذَهَبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِهِ ، فَقُمْتُ أَسْكُبُ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا قَالَ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَذَهَبَ يَغْسِلُ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ، فَضَاقَ عَلَAl-Mughira bin Shu'ba, said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) went out to answer the call of nature and (when he had finished) I got up to pour water for him." I think that he said that the event had taken place during the Ghazwa of Tab7 narratorsBukhari · 4482قَالَ اللَّهُ : كَذَّبَنِي ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ ، وَشَتَمَنِي وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ ، فَأَمَّا تَكْذِيبُهُ إِيَّايَ فَزَعَمَ أَنِّي لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أُعِيدَهُ كَمَا كَانَ ، وَأَمَّا شَتْمُهُ إِيَّايThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah said, 'The son of Adam tells a lie against me though he has no right to do so, and he abuses Me though he has no right to do so. As for his telling a lie against Me, it is that he claims that5 narratorsBukhari · 5884أَيْنَ لُكَعُ ثَلَاثًا ، ادْعُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّI was with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in one of the Markets of Medina. He left (the market) and so did I. Then he asked thrice, "Where is the small (child)?" Then he said, "Call Al-Hasan bin `Ali." So Al-Hasan bin `Ali got up6 narratorsBukhari · 6882أَبْغَضُ النَّاسِ إِلَى اللَّهِ ثَلَاثَةٌ : مُلْحِدٌ فِي الْحَرَمِ ، وَمُبْتَغٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ سُنَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ، وَمُطَّلِبُ دَمِ امْرِئٍ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ لِيُهَرِيقَ دَمَهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The most hated persons to Allah are three (1) A person who deviates from the right conduct, i.e., an evil doer, in the Haram (sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina); (2) a person who seeks that the tradi5 narrators