A voice in the chain
حماد بن سلمة البصري
حماد بن سلمة بن دينار
Appears in 623 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
حماد بن سلمة البصري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
18
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
108
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
250
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
75
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
94
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
78
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقه عابد ، أثبت الناس في ثابت ، وتغير حفظه بآخره
Al-Dhahabi
أحد الأعلام ، ثقة صدوق يغلط ، وليس في قوة مالك.
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو سلمة.
- Lineage / nisba
- البصري ، الخزاز ، التميمى ، ويقال : القرشي مولاهم ، وقد قيل : إنه حميري ، السلمى ، مولى بني ربيعة بن مالك بن حنظلة
- Generation
- من كبار الثامنة
- Died
- 167 هـ ،أو 165 هـ.
- Lived in
- البصرة.
- Travelled to
- واسط
- Relatives
- مولى تميم ، ويقال : مولى قريش ، ويقال : مولى ربيعة بن مالك بن حنظلة ، ويقال : مولى حميري بن كرامة ، ويقال : مولى حميد بن كراثة ، ابن أخت حميد الطويل.
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 142اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) went to answer the call of nature, he used to say, "Allah-umma inni a`udhu bika minal khubuthi wal khaba'ith i.e. O Allah, I seek Refuge with You from all offensive and wicked things (evil deeds 12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 663سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَزْدِ ، يُقَالُ لَهُ : مَالِكُ ابْنُ بُحَيْنَةَ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى رَجُلًا وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) passed by a man praying two rak`at after the Iqama (had been pronounced). When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) completed the prayer, the people gathered around him (the Prophet) or that man and Allah's Messen22 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 739أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ، وَإِذَا رَكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ، وَإِذَا قَالَ : سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ، وَإِذَا قَامَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ رَفَWhenever Ibn 'Umar started the prayer with Takbir, he used to raise his hands whenever he bowed, he used to raise his hands (before bowing) and also used to raise his hands on saying, "Sami'a l-lahu liman hamidah", and h12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1048إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَا يَنْكَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا لِحَيَاتِهِ ، وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يُخَوِّفُ بِهَا عِبَادَهُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said "The sun and the moon are two signs amongst the signs of Allah and they do not eclipse because of the death of someone but Allah frightens His devotees with them."16 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1722زُرْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ ؟ قَالَ : لَا حَرَجَ ، قَالَ : حَلَقْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَذْبَحَ ؟ قَالَ : لَا حَرَجَ ، قَالَ : ذَبَحْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ ؟ قَالَ : لَا حَرَجَA man said to the Prophet (ﷺ) "I performed the Tawaf-al-Ifada before the Rami (throwing pebbles at the Jamra)." The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "There is no harm." The man said, "I had my head shaved before slaughtering." The P23 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2363بَيْنَا رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي فَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَطَشُ ، فَنَزَلَ بِئْرًا فَشَرِبَ مِنْهَا ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ ، فَإِذَا هُوَ بِكَلْبٍ يَلْهَثُ يَأْكُلُ الثَّرَى مِنَ الْعَطَشِ ، فَقَالَ : لَقَدْ بَلَغَ هَذَا مِثْلُ الَّذِي بَلAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While a man was walking he felt thirsty and went down a well and drank water from it. On coming out of it, he saw a dog panting and eating mud because of excessive thirst. The man said, 'This8 narratorsBukhari · 2730لَمَّا فَدَعَ أَهْلُ خَيْبَرَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَامَ عُمَرُ خَطِيبًا ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ عَامَلَ يَهُودَ خَيْبَرَ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ ، وَقَالَ : نُقِرُّكُمWhen the people of Khaibar dislocated `Abdullah bin `Umar's hands and feet, `Umar got up delivering a sermon saying, "No doubt, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made a contract with the Jews concerning their properties, and said to10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2839إِنَّ أَقْوَامًا بِالْمَدِينَةِ خَلْفَنَا مَا سَلَكْنَا شِعْبًا ، وَلَا وَادِيًا إِلَّا وَهُمْ مَعَنَا فِيهِ حَبَسَهُمُ الْعُذْرُWhile the Prophet (ﷺ) was in a Ghazwa he said, "Some people have remained behind us in Medina and we never crossed a mountain path or a valley, but they were with us (i.e. sharing the reward with us), as they have been h9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2845حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَنَسٍ ، قَالَ : وَذَكَرَ يَوْمَ الْيَمَامَةِ ، قَالَ : أَتَى أَنَسٌ ثَابِتَ بOnce Musa bin Anas while describing the battle of Yamama, said, "Anas bin Malik went to Thabit bin Qais, who had lifted his clothes from his thighs and was applying Hunut to his body. Anas asked, 'O Uncle! What is holdin8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2872أَوْ لَا تَكَادُ تُسْبَقُ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى قَعُودٍ فَسَبَقَهَا فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ حَتَّى عَرَفَهُ ، فَقَالَ : حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ لَا يَرْتَفِعَ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا وَضَعَهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) had a she camel called Al Adba which could not be excelled in a race. (Humaid, a subnarrator said, "Or could hardly be excelled.") Once a bedouin came riding a camel below six years of age which surpasses8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3805حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ خَرَجَا مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللTwo men left the Prophet (ﷺ) on a very dark night. Suddenly a light came in front of them, and when they separated, the light also separated along with them.11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4192أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنْ عُكْلٍ , وَعُرَيْنَةَ قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَتَكَلَّمُوا بِالْإِسْلَامِ , فَقَالُوا : يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا أَهْلَ ضَرْعٍ وَلَمْ نَكُنْ أَSome people of the tribe of `Ukl and `Uraina arrived at Medina to meet the Prophet (ﷺ) and embraced Islam and said, "O Allah's Prophet! We are the owners of milch livestock (i.e. bedouins) and not farmers (i.e. countryme13 narrators·parallel chain