A voice in the chain
المسيب بن رافع الأسدي
المسيب بن رافع
Appears in 31 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
المسيب بن رافع الأسدي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
4
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
4
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
6
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
1
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
12
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
4
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
حجة ، صوام قوام
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو العلاء
- Lineage / nisba
- الأسدي ، الكاهلي ، الكوفي ، الأعمى ، التغلبي ، ويقال الثعلبي
- Generation
- الرابعة
- Died
- 105 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- والد العلاء بن المسيب
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 4170حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِشْكَابٍ , حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ , عَنْ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ , عَنْ أَبِيهِ , قَالَ : لَقِيتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا , فَقُلْتُ : طُوبَى I met Al-Bara bin `Azib and said (to him). "May you live prosperously! You enjoyed the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) and gave him the Pledge of allegiance (of Al-Hudaibiya) under the Tree." On that, Al- Bara' said, "O my ne5 narratorsBukhari · 5975إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ عُقُوقَ الْأُمَّهَاتِ ، وَمَنْعًا وَهَاتِ ، وَوَأْدَ الْبَنَاتِ ، وَكَرِهَ لَكُمْ قِيلَ وَقَالَ ، وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ ، وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has forbidden you ( 1 ) to be undutiful to your mothers (2) to withhold (what you should give) or (3) demand (what you do not deserve), and (4) to bury your daughters alive. And Allah has dis6 narratorsBukhari · 6315كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ نَامَ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْWhen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to bed, he used to sleep on his right side and then say, "All-ahumma aslamtu nafsi ilaika, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilaika, wa fauwadtu `Amri ilaika, wa alja'tu zahri ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbata5 narratorsBukhari · 6330إِذَا سَلَّمَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ، وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ، اللَّهُمَّ لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ ، وَلَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ ، وَلَا (the freed slave of Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba) Al-Mughira wrote to Muawiya bin Abu Sufyan that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to say at the end of every prayer after the Taslim, "La ilaha illa-l-lahu wahdahu la sharika lahu; lah9 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 966لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ ، يَرْفَعُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ، أَوْ لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ7 narratorsMuslim · 968مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيكُمْ ، كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ ، اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ7 narratorsMuslim · 1338كَانَ إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ ، وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ :6 narratorsMuslim · 1339وحَدَّثَنَاه أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ ، قَالُوا : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ ، عَنْ وَرَّادٍ 11 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 32أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَجْعَلُ يَمِينَهُ لِطَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ وَثِيَابِهِ ، وَيَجْعَلُ شِمَالَهُ لِمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَNarrated Hafsah, Ummul Muminin: The Prophet ﷺ used his right hand for taking his food and drink and used his left hand for other purposes.8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 661أَلَا تَصُفُّونَ كَمَا تَصُفُّ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ؟ قُلْنَا : وَكَيْفَ تَصُفُّ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ ؟ قَالَ : يُتِمُّونَ الصُّفُوفَ الْمُقَدَّمَةَ وَيَتَرَاصُّونَ فِي الصَّفِّJabir bin Samurah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Why do you stand in rows as the angels do in the presence of their Lord? We asked: how do the angles stand in rows in the presence of their Lord? He replied:6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 912لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ رِجَالٌ يَشْخَصُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِJabir bin Samurah said (this is the version of the narrator Uthman): The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the mosque and saw there some people praying raising their hand towards the heaven. (This Is the common version: ) He 8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 1000مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ ، أُسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِJabir bin Samurah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us while the people were raising their hands. The narrator Zubair said: I think ( they were raising the hands) during prayer. He (the prophet) said: What is t6 narrators