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Companion of the Prophet ﷺ

عمرو بن أمية الضمري

عمرو بن أمية بن خويلد بن عبد الله بن إياس ابن عبد بن ناشرة بن كعب بن جدي بن ضمرة بن بكر بن عبد مناة بن علي بن كنانة بن خزيمة بن مدركة بن إلياس بن مضر بن نزار

Appears in 23 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

عمرو بن أمية الضمري

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

8

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

2

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

1

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

1

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

9

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

2

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

صحابي مشهور

Al-Dhahabi

من أبطال الصحابة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو أمية
Lineage / nisba
الضمري ، الكناني ، الحجازي
Generation
صحابي مشهور
Died
خلافة معاوية
Lived in
الحبشة ، المدينة
Died in
المدينة
Relatives
والد جعفر بن عمرو بن أمية ، وعبد الله بن عمرو بن أمية ، والفضل بن عمرو بن أمية ، ابن أخيه الزبرقان بن عبد الله

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

23 total
Bukhari · 204حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَخْبَرَهُ ، أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صَلMy father said, "I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) passing wet hands over his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather)."9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 205رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى عِمَامَتِهِ وَخُفَّيْهِMy father said, "I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) passing wet hands over his turban and Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather).11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 208أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ ، فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، فَأَلْقَى السِّكِّينَ ، فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْMy father said, "I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) taking a piece of (cooked) mutton from the shoulder region and then he was called for prayer. He put his knife down and prayed without repeating ablution."6 narratorsBukhari · 675رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْكُلُ ذِرَاعًا يَحْتَزُّ مِنْهَا ، فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، فَقَامَ فَطَرَحَ السِّكِّينَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْMy father said, "I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) eating a piece of meat from the shoulder of a sheep and he was called for the prayer. He stood up, put down the knife and prayed but did not perform ablution.''6 narratorsBukhari · 2923يَأْكُلُ مِنْ كَتِفٍ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْهَا ، ثُمَّ دُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْI saw the Prophet (ﷺ) eating of a shoulder (of a sheep) by cutting from it and then he was called to prayer and he prayed without repeating his ablution. Narrated Az-Zuhri as above (Hadith No. 173...) and added that the 8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5408أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فِي يَدِهِ ، فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَأَلْقَاهَا وَالسِّكِّينَ الَّتِي يَحْتَزُّ بِهَا ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْthat he saw the Prophet (ﷺ) holding a shoulder piece of mutton in his hand and cutting part of it with a knife. Then he was called for the prayer whereupon he put down the shoulder piece and the knife with which he was c5 narratorsBukhari · 5422رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهَا ، فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، فَقَامَ فَطَرَحَ السِّكِّينَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْI saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cutting part of the shoulder of mutton with a knife. He ate of it and then was called for prayer whereupon he got up and put down the knife and offered the prayer without performing new abluti6 narratorsBukhari · 5462رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فِي يَدِهِ فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَأَلْقَاهَا وَالسِّكِّينَ الَّتِي كَانَ يَحْتَزُّ بِهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْThat he saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cutting a piece of mutton from its shoulder part he was carrying in his hand. When he was called for prayer, he put it down and the knife with which he was cutting it. Then he stood up a8 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 792أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفٍ ، يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى ، وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ5 narratorsMuslim · 793حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : &qu6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 444كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ فَنَامَ عَنِ الصُّبْحِ ، حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : تَنَحَّوNarrated Amr ibn Umayyah ad-Damri: We were in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during one of his journeys. He overslept abandoning the morning prayer until the sun had arisen. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ awoke and sa8 narrators·parallel chainTirmidhi · 1836احْتَزَّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ مَضَى إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ6 narrators