A voice in the chain
سلمة بن دينار الأعرج
سلمة بن دينار
Appears in 254 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
سلمة بن دينار الأعرج
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
123
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
55
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
18
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
13
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
17
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
28
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة عابد
Al-Dhahabi
أحد الأعلام ، وقال ابن خزيمة : ثقة ، لم يكن في زمانه مثله
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو حازم
- Laqab
- الأعرج
- Lineage / nisba
- الأعرج ، التمار ، المدني ، القاص ، الزاهد ، الحكيم ، الأفزر ، أصله فارسي ، القاضي ، ويقال مولى لبني شجع
- Generation
- الخامسة
- Died
- قال ابن خلفون : 132 هـ ، وقال عمرو بن علي ، وأبو عيسى الترمذي : 133 هـ ، وقال خليفة بن خياط : 135 هـ . وقال الهيثم بن عدي : 140 هـ . وقال ابن قانع : 143 هـ ، وقال يحيى بن معين : 144 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Relatives
- مولى الأسود بن سفيان المخزومي ، ويقال مولى لبني شجع بن عامر بن ليث بن بكر، ابناه عبد الجبار وعبد العزيز
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 243كَانَ عَلِيٌّ يَجِيءُ بِتُرْسِهِ فِيهِ مَاءٌ ، وَفَاطِمَةُ تَغْسِلُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ الدَّمَ ، فَأُخِذَ حَصِيرٌ فَأُحْرِقَ فَحُشِيَ بِهِ جُرْحُهُSahl bin Sa'd As-Sa'idi, was asked by the people, "With what was the wound of the Prophet (ﷺ) treated? Sahl replied, "None remains among the people living who knows that better than I. 'Ali [??] used to bring water in hi4 narratorsBukhari · 362لَا تَرْفَعْنَ رُءُوسَكُنَّ حَتَّى يَسْتَوِيَ الرِّجَالُ جُلُوسًاThe men used to pray with the Prophet (ﷺ) with their Izars tied around their necks as boys used to do; therefore the Prophet (ﷺ) told the women not to raise their heads till the men sat down straight (while praying).5 narratorsBukhari · 377وَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ عُمِلَ وَوُضِعَ ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ كَبَّرَ وَقَامَ النَّاسُ خَلْفَهُ ، فَقَرَأَ وَرَكَعَ وَرَكَعَ النَّاسُ خَلْفَهُ ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهSahl bin Sa`d was asked about the (Prophet's) pulpit as to what thing it was made of? Sahl replied "None remains alive amongst the people, who knows about it better than I. It was made of tamarisk (wood) of the forest. S4 narratorsBukhari · 441جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْتَ فَاطِمَةَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ عَلِيًّا فِي الْبَيْتِ ، فَقَالَ : أَيْنَ ابْنُ عَمِّكِ ؟ قَالَتْ : كَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ شَيْءٌ فَغَاضَبَنِي فَخَرَجَ فَلَمْ يَقِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to Fatima's house but did not find `Ali there. So he asked, "Where is your cousin?" She replied, "There was something between us and he got angry with me and went out. He did not sleep (midday 4 narratorsBukhari · 448بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ مُرِي غُلَامَكِ النَّجَّارَ ، يَعْمَلْ لِي أَعْوَادًا أَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِنَّAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent someone to a woman telling her to "Order her slave, carpenter, to prepare a wooden pulpit for him to sit on."4 narratorsBukhari · 496كَانَ بَيْنَ مُصَلَّى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَبَيْنَ الْجِدَارِ مَمَرُّ الشَّاةِThe distance between the Musalla of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the wall was just sufficient for a sheep to pass through .4 narratorsBukhari · 577كُنْتُ أَتَسَحَّرُ فِي أَهْلِي ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ سُرْعَةٌ بِي أَنْ أُدْرِكَ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَI used to take the "Suhur" meal with my family and hasten so as to catch the Fajr (morning prayer) with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).5 narratorsBukhari · 684أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَهَبَ إِلَى بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ لِيُصْلِحَ بَيْنَهُمْ ، فَحَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَجَاءَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، فَقَالَ : أَتُصَلِّي لِلنَّاسِ فَأُقِيAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to establish peace among Bani `Amr bin `Auf. In the meantime the time of prayer was due and the Mu'adh-dhin went to Abu Bakr and said, "Will you lead the prayer, so that I may pronounce the Iqa4 narratorsBukhari · 740كَانَ النَّاسُ يُؤْمَرُونَ أَنْ يَضَعَ الرَّجُلُ الْيَدَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ الْيُسْرَى فِي الصَّلَاةِThe people were ordered to place the right hand on the left forearm in the prayer. Abu Hazim said, "I knew that the order was from the Prophet (ﷺ) ."4 narratorsBukhari · 814كَانَ النَّاسُ يُصَلُّونَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُمْ عَاقِدُوا أُزْرِهِمْ مِنَ الصِّغَرِ عَلَى رِقَابِهِمْ ، فَقِيلَ لِلنِّسَاءِ : لَا تَرْفَعْنَ رُءُوسَكُنَّ حَتَّى يَسْتَوِيَ الرِّجَالُ جُThe people used to pray with the Prophet (ﷺ) tying their Izars around their necks because of their small sizes and the women were directed that they should not raise their heads from the prostrations till the men had sat4 narratorsBukhari · 917ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَكَبَّرَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ الْقَهْقَرَى فَسَجَدَ فِي أَصْلِ الْمِنْبَرِ ، ثُمَّ عَادَ فَلَمSome people went to Sahl bin Sa`d As-Sa`idi and told him that they had different opinions regarding the wood of the pulpit. They asked him about it and he said, "By Allah, I know of what wood the pulpit was made, and no 4 narratorsBukhari · 938كَانَتْ فِينَا امْرَأَةٌ تَجْعَلُ عَلَى أَرْبِعَاءَ فِي مَزْرَعَةٍ لَهَا سِلْقًا ، فَكَانَتْ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ جُمُعَةٍ تَنْزِعُ أُصُولَ السِّلْقِ فَتَجْعَلُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ ، ثُمَّ تَجْعَلُ عَلَيْهِ قَبْضَةً مِنْ شَعِيرٍ There was a woman amongst us who had a farm and she used to sow Silq (a kind of vegetable) on the edges of streams in her farm. On Fridays she used to pull out the Silq from its roots and put the roots in a utensil. Then4 narrators