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محمد بن عبيد الطنافسي

محمد بن عبيد بن أبي أمية : عبد الرحمن ، وقيل : إسماعيل

Appears in 43 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

محمد بن عبيد الطنافسي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

6

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

3

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

9

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

4

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

7

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

14

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة يحفظ

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو عبدالله
Laqab
الأحدب
Lineage / nisba
الطنافسي ، الكوفي ، الأحدب ، الإيادي مولاهم ، وقيل : الحنفى مولاهم
Generation
الحادية عشرة
Born
124 هـ
Died
203 هـ ، أو 204 هـ ، أو 205 هـ
Lived in
بغداد ، كان يسكن قرية تجاور غزة بالشام
Died in
الكوفة
Travelled to
بغداد
Relatives
مولى إياد ، وقيل : مولى بني حنيفة ، وإخوته يعلى وعمر وإبراهيم بنو عبيد ، وابن أخته علي بن محمد الطنافسي
School
كان عثمانيا

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

43 total
Bukhari · 3340كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي دَعْوَةٍ فَرُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ الذِّرَاعُ وَكَانَتْ تُعْجِبُهُ فَنَهَسَ مِنْهَا نَهْسَةً ، وَقَالَ : أَنَا سَيِّدُ الْقَوْمِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ بِمWe were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) at a banquet and a cooked (mutton) forearm was set before him, and he used to like it. He ate a morsel of it and said, "I will be the chief of all the people on the Day of Resurr5 narratorsBukhari · 3755إِنْ كُنْتَ إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتَنِي لِنَفْسِكَ فَأَمْسِكْنِي , وَإِنْ كُنْتَ إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتَنِي لِلَّهِ فَدَعْنِي وَعَمَلَ اللَّهِBilal said to Abu Bakr, "If you have bought me for yourself then keep me (for yourself), but if you have bought me for Allah's Sake, then leave me for Allah's Work."5 narratorsBukhari · 4218نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ الْأَهْلِيَّةِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the eating of donkey-meat.6 narratorsBukhari · 4632مِمَّنْ أُمِرَ أَنْ يَقْتَدِيَ بِهِمْThat he asked Ibn 'Abbas, "Is there a prostration Surat-al-Sa'd?" (38.24) Ibn 'Abbas said, "Yes," and then recited "We gave...So follow their guidance." (6.85,90) Then he said, "He (David ) is one them (i.e. those prophe12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4807حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ ، عَنْ الْعَوَّامِ ، قَالَ : " سَأَلْتُ مُجَاهِدًا عَنْ سَجْدَةٍ فِي ص ؟ فَقَالَ : سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ مِنْ أَيْنَI asked Mujahid regarding the prostration in Surat Sa`d. He said, "I asked Ibn `Abbas, 'What evidence makes you prostrate?' He said, "Don't you recite--'And among his progeny, David and Solomon..(6.84). Those are they wh4 narratorsBukhari · 6170حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ، قَالَ : قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الرَّجُلُ يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ It was said to the Prophet; , "A man may love some people but he cannot catch up with their good deeds?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Everyone will be with those whom he loves."7 narratorsMuslim · 227اثْنَتَانِ فِي النَّاسِ هُمَا بِهِمْ كُفْرٌ ، الطَّعْنُ فِي النَّسَبِ ، وَالنِّيَاحَةُ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ8 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 2259اسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَبِّي فِي أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهَا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي ، وَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ فِي أَنْ أَزُورَ قَبْرَهَا فَأُذِنَ لِي ، فَزُورُوا الْقُبُورَ فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّرُ الْمَوْتَ6 narratorsMuslim · 6720حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، عَنْ 9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 846إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ، اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَمِلْءُ الْأَرْضِ وَمِلْءُ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدُAbdullah bin Abi Awfa said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listens to him who praises Him. O Allah, our lord, to Thee be the praise in the heavens and in all the earth, and all15 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 1169اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مُغِيثًا مَرِيئًا نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارٍّ عَاجِلًا غَيْرَ آجِلٍNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The people came to the Prophet ﷺ weeping (due to drought). He said (making supplication): O Allah! give us rain which will replenish us, abundant, fertilising and profitable, not injurious, g5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1559لَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسَةِ أَوْسُقٍ زَكَاةٌ وَالْوَسْقُ سِتُّونَ مَخْتُومًاNarrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The Prophet ﷺ said: There is no zakat payable (on grain or dates) on less than five camel-loads. The wasq (one camel-load) measures sixty sa' in weight.6 narrators