Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
سمرة بن جندب الفزاري
سمرة بن جندب بن هلال بن حديج بن مرة بن حزم بن عمرو بن جابر بن ذي الرياستين
Appears in 155 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
سمرة بن جندب الفزاري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
13
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
14
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
41
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
31
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
29
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
27
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صحابي مشهور
Al-Dhahabi
صحابي
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو سعيد ، ويقال : أبو عبد الله ، ويقال : أبو عبد الرحمن ، ويقال : أبو محمد ، ويقال : أبو سليمان ، ويقال : أبو عبد الرحيم
- Lineage / nisba
- الفزاري ، حليف الأنصار
- Generation
- صحابي مشهور
- Died
- 58 هـ ، وقيل 59 هـ ، ،وقيل أول 60 هـ ، وقيل بين 55هـ إلى60 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة ، الكوفة
- Died in
- قال ابن عبد البر : البصرة ، قال أبو حاتم : الكوفة .
- Relatives
- حليف الأنصار ، كان خليفة زياد على البصرة وأقره معاوية عليها ثم عزله ، ابناه : سعد ، وسليمان ، أمه : الكلفاء بنت الحارث بن خالد الفزارية ، أخو سمرة لأمه : ثابت بن مرة
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 332أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مَاتَتْ فِي بَطْنٍ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَامَ وَسَطَهَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer for the dead body of a woman who died during delivery (i.e. childbirth) and he stood by the middle of her body.6 narratorsBukhari · 845كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةً أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to face us on completion of the prayer.4 narratorsBukhari · 1143أَمَّا الَّذِي يُثْلَغُ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحَجَرِ ، فَإِنَّهُ يَأْخُذُ الْقُرْآنَ فَيَرْفِضُهُ وَيَنَامُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said in his narration of a dream that he saw, "He whose head was being crushed with a stone was one who learnt the Qur'an but never acted on it, and slept ignoring the compulsory prayers."5 narratorsBukhari · 1331صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ فِي نِفَاسِهَا فَقَامَ عَلَيْهَا وَسَطَهَاI offered the funeral prayer behind the Prophet (ﷺ) for a woman who had died during childbirth and he stood up by the middle of the coffin.5 narratorsBukhari · 1332صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ فِي نِفَاسِهَا فَقَامَ عَلَيْهَا وَسَطَهَاI offered the funeral prayer behind the Prophet (ﷺ) for a woman who had died during childbirth and he stood up by the middle of the coffin.5 narratorsBukhari · 1386كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةً أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ , فَقَالَ : مَنْ رَأَى مِنْكُمُ اللَّيْلَةَ رُؤْيَا ؟ , قَالَ : فَإِنْ رَأَى أَحَدٌ قَصَّهَا ، فَيَقُولُ : مَا شَاءَ اWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) finished the (morning) prayer, he would face us and ask, "Who amongst you had a dream last night?" So if anyone had seen a dream he would narrate it. The Prophet (ﷺ) would say "Ma sha'a-llah" (An4 narratorsBukhari · 2085رَأَيْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَتَيَانِي ، فَأَخْرَجَانِي إِلَى أَرْضٍ مُقَدَّسَةٍ ، فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا عَلَى نَهَرٍ مِنْ دَمٍ فِيهِ رَجُلٌ قَائِمٌ ، وَعَلَى وَسَطِ النَّهَرِ رَجُلٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حِجَارَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "This night I dreamt that two men came and took me to a Holy land whence we proceeded on till we reached a river of blood, where a man was standing, and on its bank was standing another man with sto4 narratorsBukhari · 2791رَأَيْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَتَيَانِي فَصَعِدَا بِي الشَّجَرَةَ فَأَدْخَلَانِي دَارًا هِيَ أَحْسَنُ وَأَفْضَلُ لَمْ أَرَ قَطُّ أَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا ، قَالَا : أَمَّا هَذِهِ الدَّارُ فَدَارُ الشُّهَدَاءِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Last night two men came to me (in a dream) and made me ascend a tree and then admitted me into a better and superior house, better of which I have never seen. One of them said, 'This house is the h4 narratorsBukhari · 3236رَأَيْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَتَيَانِي ، قَالَا : الَّذِي يُوقِدُ النَّارَ مَالِكٌ خَازِنُ النَّارِ ، وَأَنَا جِبْرِيلُ ، وَهَذَا مِيكَائِيلُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Last night I saw (in a dream) two men coming to me. One of them said, "The person who kindles the fire is Malik, the gate-keeper of the (Hell) Fire, and I am Gabriel, and this is Michael."4 narratorsBukhari · 3354أَتَانِي اللَّيْلَةَ آتِيَانِ فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ طَوِيلٍ لَا أَكَادُ أَرَى رَأْسَهُ طُولًا وَإِنَّهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Two persons came to me at night (in dream) (and took me along with them). We passed by a tall man who was so tall that I was not able to see his head and that person was Abraham."5 narratorsBukhari · 4674أَتَانِي اللَّيْلَةَ آتِيَانِ ، فَابْتَعَثَانِي ، فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ مَبْنِيَّةٍ بِلَبِنِ ذَهَبٍ ، وَلَبِنِ فِضَّةٍ ، فَتَلَقَّانَا رِجَالٌ شَطْرٌ مِنْ خَلْقِهِمْ كَأَحْسَنِ مَا أَنْتَ رَاءٍ ، وَشَطْرٌ كَأَقْAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Tonight two (visitors) came to me (in my dream) and took me to a town built with gold bricks and silver bricks. There we met men who, half of their bodies, look like the mosthandsome human be5 narratorsBukhari · 6096رَأَيْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَتَيَانِي قَالَا : الَّذِي رَأَيْتَهُ يُشَقُّ شِدْقُهُ فَكَذَّابٌ يَكْذِبُ بِالْكَذْبَةِ تُحْمَلُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ الْآفَاقَ فَيُصْنَعُ بِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I saw (in a dream), two men came to me." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) narrated the story (saying), "They said, 'The person, the one whose cheek you saw being torn away (from the mouth to the ear) was a lia4 narrators