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A voice in the chain

سعد بن عبيدة السلمي

سعد بن عبيدة

Appears in 71 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

سعد بن عبيدة السلمي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

22

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

16

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

11

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

9

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

8

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

5

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة

Al-Dhahabi

ثقة ثبت

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو حمزة
Lineage / nisba
السلمي ، الكوفي
Generation
الثالثة
Died
في ولاية عمر بن هبيرة على العراق ، بين 101 هـ إلى 110 هـ
Lived in
الكوفة
Relatives
ختن أبي عبد الرحمن السلمي على ابنته
School
كان يرى رأي الخوارج ، ثم تركه

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

71 total
Bukhari · 247إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَكَ لِلصَّلَاةِ ، ثُمَّ اضْطَجِعْ عَلَى شِقِّكَ الْأَيْمَنِ ، ثُمَّ قُلْ : اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Whenever you go to bed perform ablution like that for the prayer, lie or your right side and say, "Allahumma aslamtu wajhi ilaika, wa fauwadtu `Amri ilaika, wa alja'tu Zahri ilaika raghbatan 6 narratorsBukhari · 1362كُنَّا فِي جَنَازَةٍ فِي بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ ، فَأَتَانَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَعَدَ , وَقَعَدْنَا حَوْلَهُ وَمَعَهُ مِخْصَرَةٌ فَنَكَّسَ فَجَعَلَ يَنْكُتُ بِمِخْصَرَتِهِ , ثُمَّ قَالَ : مَا مِ" We were accompanying a funeral procession in Baqi-I-Gharqad. The Prophet (ﷺ) came to us and sat and we sat around him. He had a small stick in his hand then he bent his head and started scraping the ground with it. He 6 narratorsBukhari · 1369إِذَا أُقْعِدَ الْمُؤْمِنُ فِي قَبْرِهِ أُتِيَ ، ثُمَّ شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ , فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ : يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ سورة إبراهيThe Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "When a faithful believer is made to sit in his grave, then (the angels) come to him and he testifies that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Apostle. And th5 narratorsBukhari · 3081ائْتُوا رَوْضَةَ كَذَا وَتَجِدُونَ بِهَا امْرَأَةً أَعْطَاهَا حَاطِبٌ كِتَابًا ، فَأَتَيْنَا الرَّوْضَةَ فَقُلْنَا الْكِتَابَ ، قَالَتْ : لَمْ يُعْطِنِي فَقُلْنَا لَتُخْرِجِنَّ أَوْ لَأُجَرِّدَنَّكِ ، فَأَخْرَجَتْ مِنْ حAbu `Abdur-Rahman who was one of the supporters of `Uthman said to Abu Talha who was one of the supporters of `Ali, "I perfectly know what encouraged your leader (i.e. `Ali) to shed blood. I heard him saying Once the Pro6 narratorsBukhari · 3704حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ ، عَنْ زَائِدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ ، قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ فَذَكَرَ عَنْ مَA man came to Ibn `Umar and asked about `Uthman and Ibn `Umar mentioned his good deeds and said to the questioner. "Perhaps these facts annoy you?" The other said, "Yes." Ibn `Umar said, "May Allah stick your nose in the6 narratorsBukhari · 3983بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبَا مَرْثَدٍ الْغَنَوِيَّ , وَالزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ الْعَوَّامِ وَكُلُّنَا فَارِسٌ ، قَالَ :Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent me, Abu Marthad and Az-Zubair, and all of us were riding horses, and said, "Go till you reach Raudat-Khakh where there is a pagan woman carrying a letter from Hatib bin Abi Balta' a to the paga6 narratorsBukhari · 4340لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا مَا خَرَجُوا مِنْهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ، الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِThe Prophet (ﷺ) sent a Sariya under the command of a man from the Ansar and ordered the soldiers to obey him. He (i.e. the commander) became angry and said "Didn't the Prophet (ﷺ) order you to obey me!" They replied, "Ye6 narratorsBukhari · 4699الْمُسْلِمُ إِذَا سُئِلَ فِي الْقَبْرِ ، يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ، فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ : يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When a Muslim is questioned in his grave, he will testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and that is what is meant by Allah's S5 narratorsBukhari · 4945مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ كُتِبَ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ ، وَمَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ النَّارِWe were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) in a funeral procession at Baqi Al-Gharqad. He said, "There is none of you but has his place written for him in Paradise or in the Hell- Fire." They said, "O Allah's Apostle! Sha6 narratorsBukhari · 4946مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ كُتِبَ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ ، أَوْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِWhile the Prophet (ﷺ) was in a funeral procession, he took a small stick and started scraping the earth with it and said, "There is none among you but has his place written for him, either in the Hell Fire or in Paradise9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4947مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ كُتِبَ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ ، وَمَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ النَّارِWe were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, "There is none among you but has his place written for him, either in Paradise or in the Hell-Fire." We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall we depend (on this fact6 narratorsBukhari · 4948مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ وَمَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ مَنْفُوسَةٍ ، إِلَّا كُتِبَ مَكَانُهَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ ، وَإِلَّا قَدْ كُتِبَتْ شَقِيَّةً أَوْ سَعِيدَةًWhile we were in a funeral procession in Baqi Al-Gharqad, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came and sat down, and we sat around him. He had a small stick in his hand and he bent his head and started scraping the ground with it. He 6 narrators