A voice in the chain
بهز بن حكيم القشيري
بهز بن حكيم بن معاوية بن حيدة
Appears in 34 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
بهز بن حكيم القشيري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
0
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
12
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
9
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
8
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
5
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صدوق
Al-Dhahabi
وثقه جماعة ، قال ابن عدي : لم أر له حديثا منكرا
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبد الملك
- Lineage / nisba
- القشيري ، البصري
- Generation
- السادسة
- Died
- قبل 160 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة
- Relatives
- أخو اه : سعيد ، و الصلب ، ابنا حكيم
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Abu Dawud · 56أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُوضَعُ لَهُ وَضُوءُهُ وَسِوَاكُهُ ، فَإِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تَخَلَّى ثُمَّ اسْتَاكَNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Ablution water and tooth-stick were placed by the side of the Prophet ﷺ. When he got up during the night (for prayer), he relieved himself, then he used the tooth-stick.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1346كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعِشَاءَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ ، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَيَرْكَعُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ ، ثُمَّ يَأْوِي إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَيَنَامُ وَطَهُورُهُ مُغَطًّى عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ وَسِوَاكُهُ مَوْضُوعٌ حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Zurarah ibn Awfa said that Aishah was asked about the midnight prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: He used to offer his night prayer in congregation and then return to his family5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1347يُصَلِّي الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ يَأْوِي إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ ، لَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْأَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ ، وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ ، وَقَالَ فِيهِ : فَيُصَلِّي ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ يُسَوِّي بَيْنَهُنَّ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ وَالرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودThe above-mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Banu al-Hakim through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: He (the Prophet) would offer the night prayer and go to his bed. In this version there is n3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1348كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ الْعِشَاءَ ، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَيُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا ، ثُمَّ يَأْوِي إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ ، ثُمَّ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ يُسَوِّي بَيْنَهُنَّ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ وَالرُّZurarah bin Awfa said that Aishah was asked about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: He used to lead the people in the 'Isha prayer and return to his family and pray four rak'ahs and go to his bed. The nar5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1349حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، بThis tradition has also been transmitted by Aishah through a different chain of narrators. But the tradition narrated by Hammad bin Salamah is not equal to the tradition narrated by others.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1575فِي كُلِّ سَائِمَةِ إِبِلٍ فِي أَرْبَعِينَ بِنْتُ لَبُونٍ ، وَلَا يُفَرَّقُ إِبِلٌ عَنْ حِسَابِهَا مَنْ أَعْطَاهَا مُؤْتَجِرًا ، قَالَ ابْنُ الْعَلَاءِ : مُؤْتَجِرًا بِهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرُهَا ، وَمَنْ مَنَعَهَا فَإِنَّا آخِBahz b Hakim reported from his grandfather: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: For forty pasturing camels, one she-camel in her third year is to be given. The camels are not to be separated from reckoning. He who pays zakat 8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 2143ائْتِ حَرْثَكَ أَنَّى شِئْتَ ، وَأَطْعِمْهَا إِذَا طَعِمْتَ ، وَاكْسُهَا إِذَا اكْتَسَيْتَ ، وَلَا تُقَبِّحْ الْوَجْهَ وَلَا تَضْرِبْBahz bin Hakim reported on the authority of his father from his grandfather (Muawiyah ibn Haydah) as saying: I said: Messenger of Allah, how should we approach our wives and how should we leave them? He replied: Approach5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3630حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى الرَّازِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ : أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " Bahz bin Hakim, on his father's authority, said that his grandfather told that the Prophet ﷺ imprisoned a man on suspicion.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3631حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ ، وَمُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ، قَالَ ابْنُ قُدَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيل ، عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ ، قَالَ ابْنُ قُدَامَةَ : إِنَّ أَخَاهُBahz ibn Hakim reported from his grandfather: (Ibn Qudamah's version has: His grandfather's brother or uncle reported: ) - the narrator Mu'ammal said: - He (his grandfather Muawiyah) got up before the Holy Prophet ﷺ who 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4017يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ ؟ قَالَ : احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِذَا كَانَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمBahz bin Hakim said that his father told on the authority of his grandfather: I said: Messenger of Allah, from whom should we conceal our private parts and to whom can we show? He replied: conceal your private parts exce7 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4990وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيُضْحِكَ بِهِ الْقَوْمَ وَيْلٌ لَهُ وَيْلٌ لَهُNarrated Muawiyah ibn Jaydah al-Qushayri: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5139يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، مَنْ أَبَرُّ ؟ قَالَ : أُمَّكَ ، ثُمَّ أُمَّكَ ، ثُمَّ أُمَّكَ ، ثُمَّ أَبَاكَ ، ثُمَّ الْأَقْرَبَ فَالْأَقْرَبَ ، وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لَا يَسْأَلُ رَجُلٌ مَوBahz bin Hakim on his father's authority said that his grandfather said: I said: Messenger of Allah! to whom should I show kindness? He replied: Your mother, next your mother, next your mother, and then comes your father5 narrators