A voice in the chain
محمود بن خالد السلمي
محمود بن خالد بن أبي خالد : يزيد
Appears in 73 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
1 intermediate narrator
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
محمود بن خالد السلمي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
0
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
45
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
23
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
5
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
ثبت
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو علي
- Lineage / nisba
- السلمي ، الدمشقي
- Generation
- صغار العاشرة
- Born
- 176 هـ
- Died
- 245 هـ أو قبلها أو بعدها بقليل ، أو 247 هـ ، أو 249 هـ
- Lived in
- دمشق
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Abu Dawud · 91حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ السُّلَمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَوْرٌ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَيٍّ الْمُؤَذِّنِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: It is not permissible for a man who believes in Allah and in the Last Day that he should say the prayer while he is feeling the call of nature until he becomes light (by relievi6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 122رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَسْحَ رَأْسِهِ وَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى مُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ فَأَمَرَّهُمَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْقَفَا ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الّAl-Miqdam bin Madikarib reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution. When he reached the stage of wiping his head, he placed his palms on the front of the head. Then he moved them until he reached the nape.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 123حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، وَهِشَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْمَعْنَى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، قَالَ : وَمَسَحَ بِأُذُنَيْهِ ظَاهِرِهِمَا وَبَاطِنِهِمَا ، زَادَ هِشَامٌ : وَأَدْخَلَAnother version says: He wiped his ears inside and outside. Hisham adds: He inserted his fingers in the ear-holes.3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 125حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، قَالَ : فَتَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا ، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ بِغَيْرِ عَدَدٍ . Another version says: He performed each part of the ablution three times and washed his feet times without number.2 narratorsAbu Dawud · 165وَضَّأْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ ، فَمَسَحَ أَعْلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ وَأَسْفَلَهُمَاNarrated Al-Mughirah ibn Shubah: I poured water while the Prophet ﷺ performed ablution in the battle of Tabuk. He wiped over the upper part of the socks and their lower part. Abu Dawud said: I have been told that Thawr d7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 349حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَرْوَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ مَكْحُولًا عَنْ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ : غَسَّلَ وَاغْتَسَلَ ، فَقَالَ : " غَسَّلَ رَأْسَهُ Makhul was asked about the meaning of words ghassala and ightasala (that occur in tradition 345) and he said: one should was one's head and body well (and not than one should makes one's wife wash).4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 385إِذَا وَطِئَ أَحَدُكُمْ بِنَعْلِهِ الْأَذَى ، فَإِنَّ التُّرَابَ لَهُ طَهُورٌAbu Hurairah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When any one of you treads with his sandal upon an unclean place, the earth will render it purified.10 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 387حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَائِذٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَمْزَةَ ، عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَيْضًا سَعِيدُ Aishah reported a similar tradition from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 415حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَبُو عَمْرٍو يَعْنِي الْأَوْزَاعِيَّ : وَذَلِكَ أَنْ تَرَى مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ صَفْرَاءَ . Al-Awzai said: Delaying the Asr prayer means that the sunshine becomes yellow on the earth.3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 541أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ تُقَامُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَيَأْخُذُ النَّاسُ مَقَامَهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَAbu Hurairah reported: when the Iqamah was pronounced for prayer during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the people would take their seats before the prophet ﷺ came to his seat.9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 693مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي إِلَى عُودٍ وَلَا عَمُودٍ وَلَا شَجَرَةٍ إِلَّا جَعَلَهُ عَلَى حَاجِبِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ أَوِ الْأَيْسَرِ وَلَا يَصْمُدُ لَهُ صَمْدًاNarrated Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad: I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in front of a stick, a pillar, or a tree, without having it opposite his right or left eyebrow, and not facing it directly.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 847كَانَ يَقُولُ حِينَ يَقُولُ : سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ : اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَاءِ ، قَالَ مُؤَمَّلٌ : مِلْءَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَمِلْءَ الْأَرْضِ وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدُ ، أَهْAbu Saeed Al-Khuri said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “ Allah listens to him who praises Him, ” he also said: O Allah, our Lord, to thee be the praise in all heavens. Mu’ammil said ( in his version); “ In all the 12 narrators·parallel chain