A voice in the chain
جابر بن زيد الأزدي
جابر بن زيد
Appears in 58 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
جابر بن زيد الأزدي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
13
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
8
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
8
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
4
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
17
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
8
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة فقيه
Al-Dhahabi
قال ابن عباس : لو نزل أهل البصرة عند قوله لأوسعهم علما من كتاب الله
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو الشعثاء
- Known as
- أبو الشعثاء
- Lineage / nisba
- الأزدي ، الجوفي ، البصري ، اليحمدي
- Generation
- الثالثة
- Died
- قال أبو سليمان بن زبر : 90 هـ قبل أنس بن مالك . وقال البخاري وغيره : 93 هـ . وقال ابن سعد : 103 هـ . وقال الهيثم بن عدي : 104 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة ، الأزد ، درب الجوف
- Relatives
- صاحب ابن عباس
- School
- قال ابن معين : كان إباضيا ، وقال ابن حبان : كانت الإباضية تنتحله وكان هو يتبرأ من ذلك
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 253أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَيْمُونَةَ كَانَا يَغْتَسِلَانِ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍThe Prophet (ﷺ) and Maimuna used to take a bath from a single pot.6 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 543أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى بِالْمَدِينَةِ سَبْعًا وَثَمَانِيًا الظُّهْرَ وَالْعَصْرَ وَالْمَغْرِبَ وَالْعِشَاءَ"The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed eight rak'at for the Zuhr and 'Asr, and seven for the Maghrib and 'Isha prayers in Medina." Aiyub said, "Perhaps those were rainy nights." Anas said, "May be."5 narratorsBukhari · 562صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَبْعًا جَمِيعًا وَثَمَانِيًا جَمِيعًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) prayed seven rak'at together and eight rak'at together.5 narratorsBukhari · 1174صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَمَانِيًا جَمِيعًا وَسَبْعًا جَمِيعًا , قُلْتُ : يَا أَبَا الشَّعْثَاءِ أَظُنُّهُ أَخَّرَ الظُّهْرَ وَعَجَّلَ الْعَصْرَ وَعَجَّلَ الْعِشَاءَ وَأَخَّرَ الْI heard Abu Ash-sha'tha' Jabir saying, "I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, 'I offered with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) eight rak`at (of Zuhr and `Asr prayers) together and seven rak`at (the Maghrib and the `Isha' prayers) together.' "5 narratorsBukhari · 1740سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ بِعَرَفَاتٍI heard the Prophet (ﷺ) delivering a sermon at 'Arafat.7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1841مَنْ لَمْ يَجِدِ النَّعْلَيْنِ ، فَلْيَلْبَسْ الْخُفَّيْنِ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ إِزَارًا ، فَلْيَلْبَسْ سَرَاوِيلَ لِلْمُحْرِمِI heard the Prophet (ﷺ) delivering a sermon at 'Arafat saying, "If a Muhrim does not find slippers, he could wear Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather, but he has to cut short the Khuffs below the ankles), and5 narratorsBukhari · 1843خَطَبَنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعَرَفَاتٍ ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ لَمْ يَجِدِ الْإِزَارَ فَلْيَلْبَسْ السَّرَاوِيلَ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدِ النَّعْلَيْنِ فَلْيَلْبَسْ الْخُفَّيْنِThe Prophet (ﷺ) delivered a sermon at 'Arafat and said, "Whoever does not get an Izar can wear trousers, and whoever cannot get a pair of shoes can wear Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather)."5 narratorsBukhari · 2645لَا تَحِلُّ لِي يَحْرُمُ مِنِ الرَّضَاعِ مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنِ النَّسَبِ هِيَ بِنْتُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said about Hamza's daughter, "I am not legally permitted to marry her, as foster relations are treated like blood relations (in marital affairs). She is the daughter of my foster brother."5 narratorsBukhari · 5100أَلَا تَتَزَوَّجُ ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ ؟ قَالَ : إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِIt was said to the Prophet, "Won't you marry the daughter of Hamza?" He said, "She is my foster niece (brother's daughter). "10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5114تَزَوَّجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) got married while he was in the state of Ihram.5 narratorsBukhari · 5529حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو : قُلْتُ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ : " يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ حُمُرِ الْأَهْلِI said to Jabir bin Zaid, "The people claim that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the eating of donkey's meat." He said, "Al-Hakam bin `Amr Al-Ghifari used to say so when he was with us, but Ibn `Abbas, the great religious 6 narratorsBukhari · 5804مَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ إِزَارًا فَلْيَلْبَسْ سَرَاوِيلَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ نَعْلَيْنِ فَلْيَلْبَسْ خُفَّيْنِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever cannot get an Izar, can wear trousers, and whoever cannot wear sandals can wear Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather)."5 narrators