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Companion of the Prophet ﷺ

حذيفة بن اليمان العبسي

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حذيفة بن اليمان ، وهو حذيفة بن حسيل ، ويقال : حسل بن جابر بن أسيد بن عمرو بن مالك ، ويقال : ابن اليمان بن جابر بن عمرو بن ربيعة بن جروة بن الحارث بن مازن بن قطيعة بن عبس بن بغيض بن ريث بن غطفان بن سعد بن قيس عيلان بن مضر بن نزار بن معد بن عدنان

Appears in 217 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

حذيفة بن اليمان العبسي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

52

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

55

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

27

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

23

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

27

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

33

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

صحابي جليل من السابقين

Al-Dhahabi

صاحب السر ، منعه وأباه شهود بدر استحلاف المشركين لهما

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو عبدالله ، ويقال : أبو سريحة
Lineage / nisba
العبسي ، الأشهلي حليفهم
Generation
صحابي
Died
36 هـ ، وقيل 35هـ وخطأه الطبري
Lived in
الكوفة
Died in
المدائن
Relatives
صاحب سر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، حليف بني عبد الأشهل ، واستعمله عمر على المدائن ، والد : بلال ، وأبو عبيدة ، وأمية ، سعد أخوه : عبد العزيز ، وصفوان ، أمه : الرباب بنت كعب بن عدي بن كعب بن عبد الأشهل .

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

217 total
Bukhari · 224أَتَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُبَاطَةَ قَوْمٍ فَبَالَ قَائِمًا ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَجِئْتُهُ بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) went to the dumps of some people and passed urine while standing. He then asked for water and so I brought it to him and he performed ablution.5 narratorsBukhari · 225رَأَيْتُنِي أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَتَمَاشَى ، فَأَتَى سُبَاطَةَ قَوْمٍ خَلْفَ حَائِطٍ ، فَقَامَ كَمَا يَقُومُ أَحَدُكُمْ فَبَالَ ، فَانْتَبَذْتُ مِنْهُ ، فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ فَجِئْتُهُ ، فَقThe Prophet (ﷺ) and I walked till we reached the dumps of some people. He stood, as any one of you stands, behind a wall and urinated. I went away, but he beckoned me to come. So I approached him and stood near his back 5 narratorsBukhari · 226أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُبَاطَةَ قَوْمٍ فَبَالَ قَائِمًاAbu Musa Al-Ash`ari used to lay great stress on the question of urination and he used to say, "If anyone from Bani Israel happened to soil his clothes with urine, he used to cut that portion away." Hearing that, Hudhaifa5 narratorsBukhari · 245كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَشُوصُ فَاهُ بِالسِّوَاكِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I dreamt that I was cleaning my teeth with a Siwak and two persons came to me. One of them was older than the other and I gave the Siwak to the younger. I was told that I should give it to the olde5 narratorsBukhari · 389رَأَى رَجُلًا لَا يُتِمُّ رُكُوعَهُ وَلَا سُجُودَهُ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ ، قَالَ لَهُ حُذَيْفَةُ : مَا صَلَّيْتَ ، قَالَ : وَأَحْسِبُهُ ، قَالَ : لَوْ مُتَّ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ سُنَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيIbn Buhaina, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed, he used to separate his arms from his body so widely that the whiteness of his armpits was visible."5 narratorsBukhari · 525كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ : أَيُّكُمْ يَحْفَظُ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ ؟ قُلْتُ : أَنَا كَمَا قَالَهُ ، قَالَ : إِنَّكَ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ عthat he had heard Hudhaifa saying, "Once I was sitting with `Umar and he said, 'Who amongst you remembers the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the afflictions?' I said, 'I know it as the Prophet (ﷺ) had said it.'5 narratorsBukhari · 791رَأَى حُذَيْفَةُ رَجُلًا لَا يُتِمُّ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ ، قَالَ : مَا صَلَّيْتَ ، وَلَوْ مُتَّ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْفِطْرَةِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهَاHudhaifa saw a person who was not performing the bowing and prostration perfectly. He said to him, "You have not prayed and if you should die you would die on a religion other than that of Muhammad."5 narratorsBukhari · 808رَأَى رَجُلًا لَا يُتِمُّ رُكُوعَهُ وَلَا سُجُودَهُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ ، قَالَ لَهُ حُذَيْفَةُ : مَا صَلَّيْتَ ، قَالَ : وَأَحْسِبُهُ ، قَالَ : وَلَوْ مُتَّ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ سُنَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيHudhaifa said, "I saw a person not performing his bowing and prostrations perfectly. When he completed the prayer, I told him that he had not prayed." I think that Hudhaifa added (i.e. said to the man), "Had you died, yo5 narratorsBukhari · 889كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَشُوصُ فَاهُWhen the Prophet (p.b.u.h) got up at night (for the night prayer), he used to clean his mouth .6 narratorsBukhari · 1136أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ لِلتَّهَجُّدِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَشُوصُ فَاهُ بِالسِّوَاكِWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) got up for Tahajjud prayer he used to clean his mouth (and teeth) with Siwak.5 narratorsBukhari · 1435أَيُّكُمْ يَحْفَظُ حَدِيثَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْفِتْنَةِ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ أَنَا أَحْفَظُهُ , كَمَا قَالَ ، قَالَ : إِنَّكَ عَلَيْهِ لَجَرِيءٌ ، فَكَيْفَ قَالَ ؟ , قُلْتُ : فِتْنَةُ الHudhaifa said, "`Umar said, 'Who amongst you remembers the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) about afflictions'?' I said, 'I know it as the Prophet (ﷺ) had said it.' `Umar said, 'No doubt, you are bold. How di5 narratorsBukhari · 1895فِتْنَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ ، وَمَالِهِ ، وَجَارِهِ تُكَفِّرُهَا الصَّلَاةُ ، وَالصِّيَامُ ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ`Umar asked the people, "Who remembers the narration of the Prophet (ﷺ) about the affliction?" Hudhaifa said, "I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'The affliction of a person in his property, family and neighbors is expiated6 narrators