A voice in the chain
مصعب بن سعد الزهري
مصعب بن سعد بن أبي وقاص
Appears in 53 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
مصعب بن سعد الزهري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
9
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
13
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
5
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
9
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
11
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
6
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو زرارة
- Lineage / nisba
- القرشي ، الزهري ، المدني
- Generation
- الثالثة
- Died
- 103 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- ابن أخيه : إسماعيل بن محمد بن سعد بن أبي وقاص ، أمه : خولة ابنة عمرو بن أوس بن سلامة الوائلية ، من أولاده : زرارة ، ويعقوب وعقبة
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 790صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْب أَبِي فَطَبَّقْتُ بَيْنَ كَفَّيَّ ثُمَّ وَضَعْتُهُمَا بَيْنَ فَخِذَيَّ ، فَنَهَانِي أَبِي وَقَالَ : كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ فَنُهِينَا عَنْهُ وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ أَيْدِينَا عَلَى الرُّكَبِI offered prayer beside my father and approximated both my hands and placed them in between the knees. My father told me not to do so and said, "We used to do the same but we were forbidden (by the Prophet) to do it and 5 narratorsBukhari · 2822كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْهُنَّ دُبُرَ الصَّلَاةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُرَدَّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ اSa`d used to teach his sons the following words as a teacher teaches his students the skill of writing and used to say that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to seek Refuge with Allah from them (i.e. the evils) at the end of ev6 narratorsBukhari · 2896هَلْ تُنْصَرُونَ وَتُرْزَقُونَ إِلَّا بِضُعَفَائِكُمْOnce Sa'd (bin Abi Waqqas) thought that he was superior to those who were below him in rank. On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You gain no victory or livelihood except through (the blessings and invocations of) the poor amo5 narratorsBukhari · 4416أَلَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى ؟ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ نَبِيٌّ بَعْدِيAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) set out for Tabuk. appointing `Ali as his deputy (in Medina). `Ali said, "Do you want to leave me with the children and women?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Will you not be pleased that you will be to me 10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4728سَأَلْتُ أَبِي قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِالأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالا سورة الكهف آية 103 هُمْ الْحَرُورِيَّةُ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ، هُمْ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى ، أَمَّا الْيَهُودُ فَكَذَّبُوا مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ I asked my father, "Was the Verse-- 'Say (O Muhammad) Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of their deeds?'(18.103) revealed regarding Al-Haruriyya?" He said, "No, but regarding the Jews and the Christians, f6 narratorsBukhari · 6365أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِهِنَّ ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُرَدَّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا يَعْنِي فِتْSa'd used to recommend five (statements) and mentioned that the Prophet (ﷺ) I used to recommend it. (It was) "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from miserliness; and seek refuge with You from cowardice; and seek refuge wit5 narratorsBukhari · 6370اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُرَدَّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِSa'd bin Abi Waqqas used to recommend these five (statements) and say that the Prophet (ﷺ) said so (and they are) "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from miserliness, and seek refuge with You from cowardice, and seek refug6 narratorsBukhari · 6374اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أُرَدَّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِSeek refuge with Allah by saying the words which the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say while seeking refuge with Allah, "0 Allah! I seek refuge with You from cowardice, and seek refuge with You from miserliness, and seek refuge wi6 narratorsBukhari · 6390اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ نُرَدَّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا ، وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach us these words as he used to teach us the Book (Qur'an) "O Allah! seek refuge with You from miserliness, and seek refuge with You from cowardice, and seek refuge with You from being brought 5 narratorsMuslim · 535دَخَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، عَلَى ابْنِ عَامِرٍ ، يَعُودُهُ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ ، فَقَالَ : أَلَا تَدْعُو اللَّهَ لِي يَا ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؟ قَالَ : إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ي7 narratorsMuslim · 1194وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضْرِبَ بِالأَكُفِّ عَلَى الرُّكَبِ6 narratorsMuslim · 1196رَكَعْتُ ، فَقُلْتُ : بِيَدَيَّ هَكَذَا ، يَعْنِي طَبَّقَ بِهِمَا ، وَوَضَعَهُمَا بَيْنَ فَخِذَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ أَبِي : قَدْ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا ، ثُمّ أُمِرْنَا بِالرُّكَبِ6 narrators