A voice in the chain
حفص بن غياث النخعي
حفص بن غياث بن طلق بن معاوية بن مالك بن الحارث بن ثعلبة بن عامر بن ربيعة بن عامر بن جشم بن وهبيل بن سعد بن مالك بن النخع
Appears in 271 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
حفص بن غياث النخعي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
94
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
71
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
25
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
25
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
23
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
33
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة فقيه ، تغير حفظه قليلا في الآخر
Al-Dhahabi
قال يعقوب بن شيبة : ثبت إذا حدث من كتابه ، ويتقى بعض حفظه
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عمر
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- النخعي ، الكوفي ، القاضي ، الحافظ
- Generation
- الثامنة
- Born
- 117 هـ
- Died
- 194 هـ ، وقيل : 195 هـ ، أو 196 هـ
- Lived in
- بغداد : الجانب الشرقي ، الكوفة
- Relatives
- والد: عمر ، غنام ، وابن عم : طلق بن غنام
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 259صَبَبْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غُسْلًا ، فَأَفْرَغَ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : بِيَدِهِ الْأَرْضَ فَمَسَحَهَا بِالتُّرَابِ ثُمَّ غَسَلَهَا ، I placed water for the bath of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he poured water with his right hand on his left and washed them. Then he washed his private parts and rubbed his hands on the ground, washed them with water, rinsed his 7 narratorsBukhari · 346كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، وَأَبِي مُوسَى ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى : أَرَأَيْتَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، إِذَا أَجْنَبَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَاءً كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : لَا يُصَلِّي حَتَّى يَI was with `Abdullah and Abu Musa; the latter asked the former, "O Abu `Abdur-Rahman! What is your opinion if somebody becomes Junub and no water is available?" `Abdullah replied, "Do not pray till water is found." Abu M5 narratorsBukhari · 514شَبَّهْتُمُونَا بِالْحُمُرِ وَالْكِلَابِ ، وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي وَإِنِّي عَلَى السَّرِيرِ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ مُضْطَجِعَةً ، فَتَبْدُو لِي الْحَاجَةُ فThe things which annul prayer were mentioned before me (and those were) a dog, a donkey and a woman. I said, "You have compared us (women) to donkeys and dogs. By Allah! I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) praying while I used to lie 10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 538أَبْرِدُوا بِالظُّهْرِ فَإِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَthat Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Pray Zuhr prayer when it becomes (a bit) cooler as the severity of heat is from the raging of the Hell-fire."9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 650دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ وَهُوَ مُغْضَبٌ ، فَقُلْتُ : مَا أَغْضَبَكَ ؟ فَقَالَ : وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْرِفُ مِنْ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ جَمِيعًاI heard Um Ad-Darda' saying, "Abu Ad-Darda' entered the house in an angry mood. I said to him. 'What makes you angry?' He replied, 'By Allah! I do not find the followers of Muhammad doing those good things (which they us6 narratorsBukhari · 657لَيْسَ صَلَاةٌ أَثْقَلَ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ وَالْعِشَاءِ ، وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِيهِمَا لَأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا ، لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ الْمُؤَذِّنَ فَيُقِيمَ ، ثُمَّ آمُرَ رَجُلًا يَؤُمُّ اThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No prayer is heavier upon the hypocrites than the Fajr and the `Isha' prayers and if they knew what is in them (in reward), they would have attended them, even if (it was) crawling. Certainly, I fe5 narratorsBukhari · 664كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا فَذَكَرْنَا الْمُوَاظَبَةَ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَالتَّعْظِيمَ لَهَا ، قَالَتْ :"We were with `Aisha discussing the regularity of offering the prayer and dignifying it. She said, 'When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fell sick with the fatal illness and when the time of prayer became due and Adhan was pronoun10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 760سَأَلْنَا خَبَّابًا أَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قُلْنَا بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ ، قَالَ : بِاضْطِرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِI asked Khabbab whether the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite the Qur'an in the Zuhr and the `Asr prayers. He replied in the affirmative. We said, "How did you come to know that?" He said, "From the movement of his beard."6 narratorsBukhari · 971كُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ أَنْ نَخْرُجَ يَوْمَ الْعِيدِ حَتَّى نُخْرِجَ الْبِكْرَ مِنْ خِدْرِهَا حَتَّى نُخْرِجَ الْحُيَّضَ فَيَكُنَّ خَلْفَ النَّاسِ ، فَيُكَبِّرْنَ بِتَكْبِيرِهِمْ وَيَدْعُونَ بِدُعَائِهِمْ يَرْجُونَ بَرَكَةَ ذَلWe used to be ordered to come out on the Day of 'Id and even bring out the virgin girls from their houses and menstruating women so that they might stand behind the men and say Takbir along with them and invoke Allah alo5 narratorsBukhari · 996كُلَّ اللَّيْلِ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى السَّحَرِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered witr prayer at different nights at various hours extending (from the `Isha' prayer) up to the last hour of the night.6 narratorsBukhari · 1238مَنْ مَاتَ يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ النَّارَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Anyone who dies worshipping others along with Allah will definitely enter the Fire." I said, "Anyone who dies worshipping none along with Allah will definitely enter Paradise."5 narratorsBukhari · 1276هَاجَرْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَلْتَمِسُ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ فَوَقَعَ أَجْرُنَا عَلَى اللَّهِ ، فَمِنَّا مَنْ مَاتَ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ شَيْئًا مِنْهُمْ مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ ، وَمِنَّاWe emigrated with the Prophet (p.b.u.h) in Allah's cause, and so our reward was then surely incumbent on Allah. Some of us died and they did not take anything from their rewards in this world, and amongst them was Mustab5 narrators