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مسلم بن صبيح الهمداني

مسلم بن صبيح

Appears in 135 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

مسلم بن صبيح الهمداني

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

56

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

36

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

9

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

5

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

17

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

12

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة فاضل

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو الضحى
Known as
أبو الضحى
Lineage / nisba
الهمداني مولاهم ، الكوفي ، العطار ، وقيل : مولى آل سعيد بن العاص القرشي
Generation
الرابعة
Died
قال خليفة : توفي في خلافة عمر بن عبد العزيز ، وقال : المدائني : 82 هـ
Lived in
الكوفة
Relatives
مولى همدان ، وقيل : مولى آل سعيد بن العاص القرشي

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

135 total
Bukhari · 363كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ ، فَقَالَ : يَا مُغِيرَةُ خُذْ الْإِدَاوَةَ ، فَأَخَذْتُهَا ، فَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى تَوَارَى عَنِّي فَقَضOnce I was traveling with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, "O Mughira! take this container of water." I took it and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went far away till he disappeared. He answered the call of nature and was wearing a Sy6 narratorsBukhari · 388وَضَّأْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَسَحَ عَلَى خُفَّيْهِ وَصَلَّىIbn Buhaina, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed, he used to separate his arms from his body so widely that the whiteness of his armpits was visible."6 narratorsBukhari · 459لَمَّا أُنْزِلَتِ الْآيَاتُ مِنْ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي الرِّبَا ، خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَرَأَهُنَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ ، ثُمَّ حَرَّمَ تِجَارَةَ الْخَمْرِWhen the verses of Surat "Al-Baqara"' about the usury Riba were revealed, the Prophet (ﷺ) went to the mosque and recited them in front of the people and then banned the trade of alcohol.6 narratorsBukhari · 511رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي وَإِنِّي لَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَأَنَا مُضْطَجِعَةٌ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ ، فَتَكُونُ لِي الْحَاجَةُ فَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَسْتَقْبِلَهُ فَأَنْسَلُّ انْسِلَاThe things which annul the prayers were mentioned before me. They said, "Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they pass in front of the praying people)." I said, "You have made us (i.e. women) dogs. I sa10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 514شَبَّهْتُمُونَا بِالْحُمُرِ وَالْكِلَابِ ، وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي وَإِنِّي عَلَى السَّرِيرِ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ مُضْطَجِعَةً ، فَتَبْدُو لِي الْحَاجَةُ فThe things which annul prayer were mentioned before me (and those were) a dog, a donkey and a woman. I said, "You have compared us (women) to donkeys and dogs. By Allah! I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) praying while I used to lie 10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 794كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِي رُكُوعِهِ وَسُجُودِهِ ، سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِيThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to say in his bowing and prostrations, "Subhanaka l-lahumma Rabbana wa bihamdika; Allahumma ghfir li.' (Exalted [from unbecoming attributes] Are you O Allah our Lord, and by Your praise [do I exalt y6 narratorsBukhari · 817كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ فِي رُكُوعِهِ وَسُجُودِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي يَتَأَوَّلُ الْقُرْآنَThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to say frequently in his bowing and prostrations "Subhanaka l-lahumma Rabbana wa bihamdika, Allahumma ghfir li" (Exalted [from unbecoming attributes] Are you O Allah our Lord, and by Your praise [do 7 narratorsBukhari · 996كُلَّ اللَّيْلِ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى السَّحَرِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered witr prayer at different nights at various hours extending (from the `Isha' prayer) up to the last hour of the night.6 narratorsBukhari · 1007اللَّهُمَّ سَبْعٌ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ ، فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ حَصَّتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى أَكَلُوا الْجُلُودَ وَالْمَيْتَةَ وَالْجِيَفَ وَيَنْظُرَ أَحَدُهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَيَرَى الدُّخَانَ مِنَ الْجُوعِWe were with 'Abdullah and he said, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) saw the refusal of the people to accept Islam he said, "O Allah! Send (famine) years on them for (seven years) like the seven years (of famine during the time) of6 narratorsBukhari · 1020اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلَا عَلَيْنَا فَانْحَدَرَتِ السَّحَابَةُ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ فَسُقُوا النَّاسُ حَوْلَهُمْOne day I went to Ibn Mas`ud who said, "When Quraish delayed in embracing Islam, the Prophet (ﷺ) I invoked Allah to curse them, so they were afflicted with a (famine) year because of which many of them died and they ate 9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2024كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْعَشْرُ ، شَدَّ مِئْزَرَهُ ، وَأَحْيَا لَيْلَهُ ، وَأَيْقَظَ أَهْلَهُWith the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to tighten his waist belt (i.e. work hard) and used to pray all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayers.6 narratorsBukhari · 2084لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ آخِرُ الْبَقَرَةِ ، قَرَأَهُنَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، ثُمَّ حَرَّمَ التِّجَارَةَ فِي الْخَمْرِWhen the last Verses of Surat al- Baqara were revealed, the Prophet (ﷺ) recited them in the mosque and proclaimed the trade of alcohol as illegal.7 narrators