A voice in the chain
أبو زرعة بن عمرو البجلي
أبو زرعة بن عمرو بن جرير بن عبد الله ، قيل : اسمه هرم ، وقيل : عمرو ، وقيل : عبد الله ، وقيل : عبد الرحمن ، وقيل : جرير
Appears in 156 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
أبو زرعة بن عمرو البجلي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
35
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
48
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
16
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
11
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
25
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
21
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو زرعة
- Lineage / nisba
- البجلي ، الكوفي ، الغلابي
- Generation
- الثالثة
- Died
- 91 هـ : 100 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- عمه إبراهيم بن جرير بن عبد الله البجلي ، ابن عمه جرير بن يزيد البجلي ، حفيداه جرير ويحيى ابنا أيوب البجبى
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 36انْتَدَبَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ خَرَجَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ لَا يُخْرِجُهُ إِلَّا إِيمَانٌ بِي وَتَصْدِيقٌ بِرُسُلِي ، أَنْ أُرْجِعَهُ بِمَا نَالَ مِنْ أَجْرٍ أَوْ غَنِيمَةٍ أَوْ أُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ ، وَلَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The person who participates in (Holy battles) in Allah's cause and nothing compels him to do so except belief in Allah and His Apostles, will be recompensed by Allah either with a reward, or booty 5 narratorsBukhari · 50الْإِيمَانُ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَبِلِقَائِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْبَعْثِ ، قَالَ : مَا الْإِسْلَامُ ؟ قَالَ : الْإِسْلَامُ أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا ، وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلَاOne day while the Prophet (ﷺ) was sitting in the company of some people, (The angel) Gabriel came and asked, "What is faith?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, 'Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, (the) meeting with H5 narratorsBukhari · 121لَا تَرْجِعُوا بَعْدِي كُفَّارًا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍThe Prophet (ﷺ) said to me during Hajjat-al-Wida' Let the people keep quiet and listen. Then he said (addressing the people), "Do not (become infidels) revert to disbelief after me by striking the necks (cutting the thro5 narratorsBukhari · 744كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْكُتُ بَيْنَ التَّكْبِيرِ وَبَيْنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ إِسْكَاتَةً ، قَالَ : أَحْسِبُهُ ، قَالَ : هُنَيَّةً ، فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِسْكَاتُكَ Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to keep silent between the Takbir and the recitation of Qur'an and that interval of silence used to be a short one. I said to the Prophet (ﷺ) "May my parents be sacrificed for you! What do you 5 narratorsBukhari · 1149أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قال لِبِلَالٍ عِنْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ : يَا بِلَالُ حَدِّثْنِي بِأَرْجَى عَمَلٍ عَمِلْتَهُ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ دَفَّ نَعْلَيْكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ فِي الْجAt the time of the Fajr prayer the Prophet (ﷺ) asked Bilal, "Tell me of the best deed you did after embracing Islam, for I heard your footsteps in front of me in Paradise." Bilal replied, "I did not do anything worth men5 narratorsBukhari · 1397أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَقَالَ : دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ إِذَا عَمِلْتُهُ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ ؟ , قَالَ : تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا ، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ A Bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise, if I do it." The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Worship Allah, and worship none along with Him, offer the (five) prescribed co6 narratorsBukhari · 1419جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا ؟ قَالَ : أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ ، تَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ وَتَأْمُلُ الْغِنA man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Which charity is the most superior in reward?" He replied, "The charity which you practice while you are healthy, niggardly and afraid of poverty and wis5 narratorsBukhari · 1728اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ، قَالُوا : وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ ؟ قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ، قَالُوا : وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ ؟ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا ، قَالَ : وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Forgive those who get their heads shaved." The people asked. "Also those who get their hair cut short?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Forgive those who have their heads shaved." Th5 narratorsBukhari · 2543مَا زِلْتُ أُحِبُّ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ مُنْذُ ثَلَاثٍ ، سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِيهِمْ ، سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ : هُمْ أَشَدُّ أُمَّتِي عَلَى الدَّجَّالِ ، قَالَ : وَجَاءَتْ صَدَقَاI have loved the people of the tribe of Bani Tamim ever since I heard, three things, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said about them. I heard him saying, These people (of the tribe of Bani Tamim) would stand firm against Ad-Dajjal14 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2748أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ حَرِيصٌ تَأْمُلُ الْغِنَى وَتَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ ، وَلَا تُمْهِلْ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَA man asked the Prophet, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What kind of charity is the best?" He replied. "To give in charity when you are healthy and greedy hoping to be wealthy and afraid of becoming poor. Don't delay giving i6 narratorsBukhari · 2926لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تُقَاتِلُوا الْيَهُودَ حَتَّى ، يَقُولَ : الْحَجَرُ وَرَاءَهُ الْيَهُودِيُّ يَا مُسْلِمُ هَذَا يَهُودِيٌّ وَرَائِي فَاقْتُلْهُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."5 narratorsBukhari · 3073حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو زُرْعَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَامَ فِينَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عThe Prophet (ﷺ) got up amongst us and mentioned Al Ghulul, emphasized its magnitude and declared that it was a great sin saying, "Don't commit Ghulul for I should not like to see anyone amongst you on the Day of Ressurec7 narrators·parallel chain