A voice in the chain
خليفة بن خياط العصفري
خليفة بن خياط بن خليفة بن خياط
Appears in 22 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
خليفة بن خياط العصفري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
22
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
0
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
0
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
0
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صدوق ربما أخطأ ، وكان أخباريا علامة
Al-Dhahabi
صدوق
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عمرو ، وكناه ابن أبي حاتم : أبو بكر
- Laqab
- الحافظ ، شباب
- Known as
- شباب
- Lineage / nisba
- العصفري ، التميمي ، البصري ، الحافظ
- Generation
- العاشرة
- Died
- 240 هـ أو 246 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 1338الْعَبْدُ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ , وَتُوُلِّيَ , وَذَهَبَ أَصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ قَرْعَ نِعَالِهِمْ ، أَتَاهُ مَلَكَانِ فَأَقْعَدَاهُ , فَيَقُولَانِ لَهُ : مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ مُحَمَّThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When a human being is laid in his grave and his companions return and he even hears their foot steps, two angels come to him and make him sit and ask him What did you use to say about this man, Muh8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1651أَهَلَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هُوَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ بِالْحَجِّ ، وَلَيْسَ مَعَ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ هَدْيٌ غَيْرَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَطَلْحَةَ ، وَقَدِمَ عَلِيٌّ مِنْ الْيَمَنِ وThe Prophet (ﷺ) and his companions assumed Ihram for Hajj and none except the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and Talha had the Hadi (sacrifice) with them. `Ali arrived from Yemen and had a Hadi with him. `Ali said, "I have assumed Ih7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3207حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، وقَالَ لِي خَلِيفَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ وَهِشَامٌ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "While I was at the House in a state midway between sleep and wakefulness, (an angel recognized me) as the man lying between two men. A golden tray full of wisdom and belief was brought to me and my14 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3239رَأَيْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي مُوسَى رَجُلًا آدَمَ طُوَالًا جَعْدًا كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ رِجَالِ شَنُوءَةَ ، وَرَأَيْتُ عِيسَى رَجُلًا مَرْبُوعًا مَرْبُوعَ الْخَلْقِ إِلَى الْحُمْرَةِ وَالْبَيَاضِ سَبِطَ الرَّأْسِ ، وَرَأَيْتThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "On the night of my Ascent to the Heaven, I saw Moses who was a tall brown curlyhaired man as if he was one of the men of Shan'awa tribe, and I saw Jesus, a man of medium height and moderate complex10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3637أَنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُرِيَهُمْ آيَةً فَأَرَاهُمُ انْشِقَاقَ الْقَمَرِThat the Meccan people requested Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to show them a miracle, and so he showed them the splitting of the moon.10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3686صَعِدَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى أُحُدٍ وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ , وَعُمَرُ , وَعُثْمَانُ فَرَجَفَ بِهِمْ , فَضَرَبَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ ، قَالَ :The Prophet (ﷺ) ascended the mountain of Uhud and he was accompanied by Abu Bakr, 'Umar and 'Uthman. The mountain shook beneath them. The Prophet (ﷺ) hit it with his foot and said, "O Uhud ! Be firm, for on you there is 9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3813تِلْكَ الرَّوْضَةُ : الْإِسْلَامُ , وَذَلِكَ الْعَمُودُ : عَمُودُ الْإِسْلَامِ , وَتِلْكَ الْعُرْوَةُ : عُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَى , فَأَنْتَ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ حَتَّى تَمُوتَWhile I was sitting in the Mosque of Medina, there entered a man (Abdullah bin Salam) with signs of solemnity over his face. The people said, "He is one of the people of Paradise." He prayed two light rak`at and then lef12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3996مَاتَ أَبُو زَيْدٍ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ عَقِبًا وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّاAbu Zaid died and did not leave any offspring, and he was one of the Badr warriors.5 narratorsBukhari · 4090حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ , حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ , حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ , عَنْ قَتَادَةَ , عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ , أَنَّ رِعْلًا , وَذَكْوَانَ , وَعُصَيَّةَ ,(The tribes of) Ril, Dhakwan, 'Usaiya and Bani Lihyan asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to provide them with some men to support them against their enemy. He therefore provided them with seventy men from the Ansar whom we used10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4120كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَجْعَلُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ النَّخَلَاتِ حَتَّى افْتَتَحَ قُرَيْظَةَ , وَالنَّضِيرَ , وَإِنَّ أَهْلِي أَمَرُونِي أَنْ آتِيَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَسْأَSome (of the Ansar) used to present date palm trees to the Prophet (ﷺ) till Banu Quraiza and Banu An- Nadir were conquered (then he returned to the people their date palms). My people ordered me to ask the Prophet (ﷺ) to6 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4476حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ , حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ , عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ , عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . ح وقَالَ لِي خَلِيفَةُ ,حَدَّثَنَا يَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "On the Day of Resurrection the Believers will assemble and say, 'Let us ask somebody to intercede for us with our Lord.' So they will go to Adam and say, 'You are the father of all the people, and 9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5068كَانَ يَطُوفُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَلَهُ تِسْعُ نِسْوَةٍThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to go round (have sexual relations with) all his wives in one night, and he had nine wives.10 narrators·parallel chain