A voice in the chain
يحيى بن أبي عمرو السيباني
يحيى بن أبي عمرو
Appears in 14 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
يحيى بن أبي عمرو السيباني
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
8
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
1
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
3
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
2
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو زرعة
- Lineage / nisba
- السيباني ، الحمصي ، الشامي ، الرملي
- Generation
- السادسة
- Died
- 148 هـ ، وقيل بعد 150هـ
- Lived in
- حمص, الشام
- Relatives
- ابن عم الأوزاعي ، وأبيه أبي عمرو السيباني
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Abu Dawud · 39قَدِمَ وَفْدُ الْجِنِّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، انْهَ أُمَّتَكَ أَنْ يَسْتَنْجُوا بِعَظْمٍ أَوْ رَوْثَةٍ أَوْ حُمَمَةٍ ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ لَنَا Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: A deputation of the jinn came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Muhammad, forbid your community to cleans themselves with a bone or dung or charcoal, for in them Allah has provided sustenance for 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2527مَا أَجِدُ لَهُ فِي غَزْوَتِهِ هَذِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا دَنَانِيرَهُ الَّتِي سَمَّىNarrated Yala ibn Munyah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ announced an expedition, and I was a very old man and I had no servant. I, therefore, sought a hireling who would serve instead of me, and I would give him his portion. 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2567إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَتَّخِذُوا ظُهُورَ دَوَابِّكُمْ مَنَابِرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ إِنَّمَا سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمْ لِتُبَلِّغَكُمْ إِلَى بَلَدٍ لَمْ تَكُونُوا بَالِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ الْأَنْفُسِ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ فَعَلَيْهَAbu Hurairah reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying “Do not treat the backs of your beasts as pulpits, for Allaah has made them subject to you only to convey you to a town which you cannot reach without difficulty and He has a5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2676حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ أَبُو النَّضْرِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو زُرْعَةَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو السَّيْبَانِيُّ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ Narrated Wathilah ibn al-Asqa: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ announced to go on expedition for Tabuk. I went to my family and then proceeded (on journey). The vanguard of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had already5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3665لَا يَقُصُّ إِلَّا أَمِيرٌ ، أَوْ مَأْمُورٌ ، أَوْ مُخْتَالٌNarrated Awf ibn Malik al-Ashjai: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Only a ruler, or one put in charge, or one who is presumptuous, gives instructions.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3710أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقُلْنَا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَنْ نَحْنُ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ نَحْنُ ، فَإِلَى مَنْ نَحْنُ ؟ ، قَالَ : إِلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ ، فَقُلْنَاNarrated Ad-Daylami: We came to the Prophet ﷺ and said to him: Messenger of Allah, you know who we are, from where we are and to whom we have come. He said: To Allah and His Messenger. We said: Messenger of Allah, we hav5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4302دَعُوا الْحَبَشَةَ مَا وَدَعُوكُمْ وَاتْرُكُوا التُّرْكَ مَا تَرَكُوكُمْNarrated from Abi Sukainah One of the Companions: The Prophet ﷺ said: Let the Abyssinians alone as long as they let you alone, and let the Turks alone as long as they leave you alone.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4322حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ ، عَنِ السَّيْبَانِيِّ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ ، وَذَكَرَ الA similar tradition has been transmitted by Abu Umamah from the prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators. In this version he mentioned the prayers to the same effect.5 narratorsTirmidhi · 2642إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَلَقَ خَلْقَهُ فِي ظُلْمَةٍ ، فَأَلْقَى عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ نُورِهِ ، فَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ النُّورِ اهْتَدَى ، وَمَنْ أَخْطَأَهُ ضَلَّ ، فَلِذَلِكَ أَقُولُ : جَفَّ الْقَلَمُ عَلَى عِلْمِ 5 narratorsNasa'i · 3178لَمَّا أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِحَفْرِ الْخَنْدَقِ ، عَرَضَتْ لَهُمْ صَخْرَةٌ حَالَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْحَفْرِ ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَخَذَ الْمِع5 narratorsNasa'i · 5738تُنْقِعُونَهُ عَلَى غَدَائِكُمْ وَتَشْرَبُونَهُ عَلَى عَشَائِكُمْ , وَتُنْقِعُونَهُ عَلَى عَشَائِكُمْ وَتَشْرَبُونَهُ عَلَى غَدَائِكُمْ6 narratorsNasa'i · 5739انْبِذُوهُ عَلَى غَدَائِكُمْ وَاشْرَبُوهُ عَلَى عَشَائِكُمْ , وَانْبِذُوهُ عَلَى عَشَائِكُمْ وَاشْرَبُوهُ عَلَى غَدَائِكُمْ , وَانْبِذُوهُ فِي الشِّنَانِ وَلَا تَنْبِذُوهُ فِي الْقِلَالِ فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ تَأَخَّرَ صَارَ خَ5 narrators