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Companion of the Prophet ﷺ

عبد الله بن يزيد الأوسي

عبد الله بن يزيد بن زيد بن حصين بن عمرو بن الحارث بن خطمة : عبد الله بن خثيم بن مالك بن الأوس

Appears in 42 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

عبد الله بن يزيد الأوسي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

14

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

8

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

6

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

6

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

5

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 موسى
Lineage / nisba
الأوسي ، الأنصاري ، الخطمي
Generation
صحابي صغير
Died
بعد 70 هـ
Lived in
الكوفة
Died in
الكوفة
Relatives
ابنه موسى بن عبد الله بن يزيد الخطمي ، وابن ابنته عدي بن ثابت الأنصاري ، وكان أميرا على الكوفة لابن الزبير ، وكان الشعبي كاتبه

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

42 total
Bukhari · 55إِذَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ يَحْتَسِبُهَا فَهُوَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If a man spends on his family (with the intention of having a reward from Allah) sincerely for Allah's sake then it is a (kind of) alms-giving in reward for him.5 narratorsBukhari · 690كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَالَ : سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ، لَمْ يَحْنِ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا ظَهْرَهُ حَتَّى يَقَعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَاجِدًا ، ثُمَّ نَقَعُ(and he was not a liar) When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah" none of us bent his back (for prostration) till the Prophet (ﷺ) prostrated and then we would prostrate after him.9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 747إِذَا صَلَّوْا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ قَامُوا قِيَامًا حَتَّى يَرَوْنَهُ قَدْ سَجَدَ(And Al-Bara was not a liar) Whenever we offered prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he raised his head from the bowing, we used to remain standing till we saw him prostrating .5 narratorsBukhari · 811سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ، لَمْ يَحْنِ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا ظَهْرَهُ حَتَّى يَضَعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَبْهَتَهُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ(He was not a liar) We used to pray behind the Prophet (ﷺ) and when he said, "Sami'a l-lahu liman hamidah", none of us would bend his back (to go for prostration) till the Prophet (ﷺ) had placed his, forehead on the grou5 narratorsBukhari · 1022خَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ، وَخَرَجَ مَعَهُ الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ ، وَزَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ ، فَاسْتَسْقَى فَقَامَ بِهِمْ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى غَيْرِ مِنْبَرٍ ، فَاسْNarrated 'Abdullah bin Yazid Al-Ansari that he went out with Al-Bara' bin 'Azib, and Zaid bin Arqam and invoked for rain. He ('Abdullah bin Yazid) stood up but not on a pulpit and invoked Allah for rain and then offered 4 narratorsBukhari · 1674أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَمَعَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ الْمَغْرِبَ وَالْعِشَاءَ بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered the Maghrib and `Isha' prayers together at Al-Muzdalifa.6 narratorsBukhari · 1884لَمَّا خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى أُحُدٍ رَجَعَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ ، فَقَالَتْ فِرْقَةٌ : نَقْتُلُهُمْ ، وَقَالَتْ فِرْقَةٌ : لَا نَقْتُلُهُمْ ، فَنَزَلَتْ : فَمَا لَكُمْ فِي الْمُنَافِWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) went out for (the battle of) Uhud, some of his companions (hypocrites) returned (home). A party of the believers remarked that they would kill those (hypocrites) who had returned, but another party s5 narratorsBukhari · 2474نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ النُّهْبَى وَالْمُثْلَةِThe Prophet (ﷺ) forbade robbery (taking away what belongs to others without their permission), and also forbade mutilation (or maiming) of bodies.4 narratorsBukhari · 4006نَفَقَةُ الرَّجُلِ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ صَدَقَةٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A man's spending on his family is a deed of charity."5 narratorsBukhari · 4050حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ , حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ , عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ , سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ يُحَدِّثُ , عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ , قَالَ : لَمَّا خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) set out for (the battle of) Uhud, some of those who had gone out with him, returned. The companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) were divided into two groups. One group said, "We will fight them (i.e. the enem5 narratorsBukhari · 4414أَنَّهُ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ الْمَغْرِبَ وَالْعِشَاءَ جَمِيعًاThat Abu Aiyub informed him that he offered the Maghrib and `Isha' prayers together with the Prophet during Hajjat-ul-Wada`.6 narratorsBukhari · 4589إِنَّهَا طَيْبَةُ ، تَنْفِي الْخَبَثَ كَمَا تَنْفِي النَّارُ خَبَثَ الْفِضَّةِRegarding the Verse-- "Then what is the matter with you that you are divided into two parties about the hypocrites?" (4.88) Some of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) returned from the battle of Uhud (i.e. refused to figh7 narrators