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Companion of the Prophet ﷺ

سهل بن أبي حثمة الأنصاري

سهل بن أبي حثمة : عبد الله ، وقيل : عامر بن ساعدة بن عامر بن عدي بن جشم بن مجدعة بن حارثة بن الحارث بن الخزرج

Appears in 54 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

سهل بن أبي حثمة الأنصاري

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

10

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

11

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

11

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

4

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

15

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

3

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

صحابي صغير

Al-Dhahabi

صحابي

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو عبد الرحمن ، ويقال : أبو يحيى ، ويقال : أبو محمد ، أبو عبد الرحمن
Lineage / nisba
الأنصاري ، الخزرجي ، المدني ، الأوسي ، الحارثي
Generation
صحابي صغير
Born
3هـ
Died
في أول خلافة معاوية
Lived in
المدينة
Relatives
أمه : أم الربيع بنت سالم بن عدي بن مجدعة ، ابنه : محمد ، ابن أخيه : محمد بن سليمان بن أبي حثمة ، صاحب النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - ودليله ليلة أحد .

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

54 total
Bukhari · 2191نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ الثَّمَرِ بِالتَّمْرِ ، وَرَخَّصَ فِي الْعَرِيَّةِ أَنْ تُبَاعَ بِخَرْصِهَا يَأْكُلُهَا أَهْلُهَا رُطَبًاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the selling of fruits (fresh dates) for dried dates but allowed the sale of fruits on the 'Araya by estimation and their new owners might eat their dates fresh. Sufyan (in another narration)5 narratorsBukhari · 2383نَهَى عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ بَيْعِ الثَّمَرِ بِالتَّمْرِ ، إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْعَرَايَا فَإِنَّهُ أَذِنَ لَهُمْAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the sale of Muzabana, i.e. selling of fruits for fruits, except in the case of 'Araya; he allowed the owners of 'Araya such kind of sale.8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2384نَهَى عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ بَيْعِ الثَّمَرِ بِالتَّمْرِ ، إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْعَرَايَا فَإِنَّهُ أَذِنَ لَهُمْAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the sale of Muzabana, i.e. selling of fruits for fruits, except in the case of 'Araya; he allowed the owners of 'Araya such kind of sale.8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2702حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ ، قَالَ : انْطَلَقَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ، وَمُحَيِّصَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ زَ'Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhaiyisa bin Mas'ud bin Zaid went to Khaibar when it had a peace treaty (with the Muslims).5 narratorsBukhari · 3173أَتَحْلِفُونَ وَتَسْتَحِقُّونَ قَاتِلَكُمْ أَوْ صَاحِبَكُمْ ، قَالُوا : وَكَيْفَ نَحْلِفُ وَلَمْ نَشْهَدْ وَلَمْ نَرَ ، قَالَ : فَتُبْرِيكُمْ يَهُودُ بِخَمْسِينَ ، فَقَالُوا : كَيْفَ نَأْخُذُ أَيْمَانَ قَوْمٍ كُفَّارٍ فَ'Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhaiyisa bin Mas'ud bin Zaid set out to Khaibar, the inhabitants of which had a peace treaty with the Muslims at that time. They parted and later on Muhaiyisa came upon 'Abdullah bin Sah! and foun5 narratorsBukhari · 4131يَقُومُ الْإِمَامُ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَطَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ مَعَهُ وَطَائِفَةٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْعَدُوِّ وُجُوهُهُمْ إِلَى الْعَدُوِّ , فَيُصَلِّي بِالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ يَقُومُونَ فَيَرْكَعُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِ(describing the Fear prayer) The Imam stands up facing the Qibla and one batch of them (i.e. the army) (out of the two) prays along with him and the other batch faces the enemy. The Imam offers one rak'a with the first b6 narratorsBukhari · 6142أَتَسْتَحِقُّونَ قَتِيلَكُمْ أَوْ قَالَ صَاحِبَكُمْ بِأَيْمَانِ خَمْسِينَ مِنْكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَمْرٌ لَمْ نَرَهُ قَالَ :`Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhaiyisa bin Mas`ud went to Khaibar and they dispersed in the gardens of the date-palm trees. `Abdullah bin Sahl was murdered. Then `Abdur-Rahman bin Sahl, Huwaiyisa and Muhaiyisa, the two sons of15 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 6143أَتَسْتَحِقُّونَ قَتِيلَكُمْ أَوْ قَالَ صَاحِبَكُمْ بِأَيْمَانِ خَمْسِينَ مِنْكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَمْرٌ لَمْ نَرَهُ قَالَ :`Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhaiyisa bin Mas`ud went to Khaibar and they dispersed in the gardens of the date-palm trees. `Abdullah bin Sahl was murdered. Then `Abdur-Rahman bin Sahl, Huwaiyisa and Muhaiyisa, the two sons of15 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 6898أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ انْطَلَقُوا إِلَى خَيْبَرَ ، فَتَفَرَّقُوا فِيهَا ، وَوَجَدُوا أَحَدَهُمْ قَتِيلًا ، وَقَالُوا لِلَّذِي وُجِدَ فِيهِمْ : قَدْ قَتَلْتُمْ صَاحِبَنَا ، قَالُوا : مَا قَتَلْنَا وَلَا عَلِمْنَا قَ(a man from the Ansar) that a number of people from his tribe went to Khaibar and dispersed, and then they found one of them murdered. They said to the people with whom the corpse had been found, "You have killed our com4 narratorsBukhari · 7192أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَهْلٍ ، وَمُحَيِّصَةَ خَرَجَا إِلَى خَيْبَرَ مِنْ جَهْدٍ أَصَابَهُمْ ، فَأُخْبِرَ مُحَيِّصَةُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ قُتِلَ وَطُرِحَ فِي فَقِيرٍ أَوْ عَيْنٍ ، فَأَتَى يَهُودَ ، فَقَالَ : أَنْتُمْSahl bin Abi Hathma and some great men of his tribe said, `Abdullah bin 'Sahl and Muhaiyisa went out to Khaibar as they were struck with poverty and difficult living conditions. Then Muhaiyisa was informed that `Abdullah7 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 1947صَلَّى بِأَصْحَابِهِ فِي الْخَوْفِ ، فَصَفَّهُمْ خَلْفَهُ صَفَّيْنِ ، فَصَلَّى بِالَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُ رَكْعَةً ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى صَلَّى الَّذِينَ خَلْفَهُمْ رَكْعَةً ، ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمُوا وَتَأَخَّ7 narratorsMuslim · 3887نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ الثَّمَرِ بِالتَّمْرِ ، وَقَالَ : ذَلِكَ الرِّبَا ، تِلْكَ الْمُزَابَنَةُ5 narrators