A voice in the chain
سلمة بن كهيل الحضرمي
سلمة بن كهيل بن حصين
Appears in 123 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 كهيل الحضرمي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
17
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
25
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
21
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
13
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
30
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
17
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة ، له مائتا حديث وخمسون حديثا
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو يحيى
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الحافظ ، الحضرمي ، الكوفى ، التنعي
- Generation
- الرابعة
- Born
- 47 هـ
- Died
- 121 هـ ، أو 122 هـ ، أو 123 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Died in
- النجف
- Relatives
- خاله أبو الزعراء عبد الله بن هانئ الكندي ، ابناه : يحيى ، ومحمد
- School
- كان فيه تشيع قليل
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 1953جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ ، أَفَأَقْضِيهِ عَنْهَا ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَدَيْنُ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّA man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My mother died and she ought to have fasted one month (for her missed Ramadan). Shall I fast on her behalf?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied in the affirmative an35 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2230بَاعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمُدَبَّرَThe Prophet (ﷺ) sold a Mudabbar (on behalf of his master who was still living and in need of money).6 narratorsBukhari · 2305كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سِنٌّ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ ، فَجَاءَهُ يَتَقَاضَاهُ ، فَقَالَ : أَعْطُوهُ ، فَطَلَبُوا سِنَّهُ ، فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُ إِلَّا سِنًّا فَوْقَهَا ، فَقَالَ : أَعْطُThe Prophet (ﷺ) owed somebody a camel of a certain age. When he came to demand it back, the Prophet (ﷺ) said (to some people), "Give him (his due)." When the people searched for a camel of that age, they found none, but 5 narratorsBukhari · 2306أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَقَاضَاهُ ، فَأَغْلَظَ فَهَمَّ بِهِ أَصْحَابُهُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : دَعُوهُ فَإِنَّ لِصَاحِبِ الْحَقِّ مَقَالًA man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) demanding his debts and behaved rudely. The companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to harm him, but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said (to them), "Leave him, for the creditor (i.e. owner of a right)5 narratorsBukhari · 2390اشْتَرُوهُ فَأَعْطُوهُ إِيَّاهُ ، فَإِنَّ خَيْرَكُمْ أَحْسَنُكُمْ قَضَاءًA man demanded his debts from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in such a rude manner that the companions of the Prophet intended to harm him, but the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Leave him, no doubt, for he (the creditor) has the right to de5 narratorsBukhari · 2392أَعْطُوهُ ، فَإِنَّ مِنْ خِيَارِ النَّاسِ أَحْسَنَهُمْ قَضَاءًA man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and demanded a camel (the Prophet (ﷺ) owed him). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told his companions to give him (a camel). They said, "We do not find except an older camel (than what he demands). (Th6 narratorsBukhari · 2393حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سThe Prophet (ﷺ) owed a camel of a certain age to a man who came to demand it back. The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered his companions to give him. They looked for a camel of the same age but found nothing but a camel one year older.5 narratorsBukhari · 2401دَعُوهُ ، فَإِنَّ لِصَاحِبِ الْحَقِّ مَقَالًاA man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and demanded his debts and used harsh words. The companions of the Prophet wanted to harm him, but the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Leave him, as the creditor (owner of the right) has the right to spe6 narratorsBukhari · 2426لَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ : أَخَذْتُ صُرَّةً مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا ، فَعَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا فَلَمْ أI found a purse containing one hundred Diners. So I went to the Prophet (and informed him about it), he said, "Make public announcement about it for one year" I did so, but nobody turned up to claim it, so I again went t8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2437كُنْتُ مَعَ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ صُوحَانَ فِي غَزَاةٍ ، فَوَجَدْتُ سَوْطًا ، فَقَالَا لِي : أَلْقِهِ ، قُلْتُ : لَا ، وَلَكِنْ إِنْ وَجَدْتُ صَاحِبَهُ وَإِلَّا اسْتَمْتَعْتُ بِهِ ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا While I as in the company of Salman bin Rabi`a and Suhan, in one of the holy battles, I found a whip. One of them told me to drop it but I refused to do so and said that I would give it to its owner if I found him, other9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2606حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : كَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) owed a man some debt (and that man demanded it very harshly). The companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) wanted to harm him, but the Prophet (ﷺ) said to them, "Leave him, as the creditor has the right to spe6 narratorsBukhari · 2609إِنَّ لِصَاحِبِ الْحَقِّ مَقَالًا ، ثُمَّ قَضَاهُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ سِنِّهِ ، وَقَالَ : أَفْضَلُكُمْ أَحْسَنُكُمْ قَضَاءًThe Prophet (ﷺ) took a camel of special age from somebody on credit. Its owner came and demanded it back (harshly). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No doubt, he who has a right, can demand it." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) gave him an ol6 narrators