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A voice in the chain

عدي بن ثابت الأنصاري

عدي بن ثابت

Appears in 120 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

عدي بن ثابت الأنصاري

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

42

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

24

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

11

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

13

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

15

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

15

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة رمي بالتشيع

Al-Dhahabi

ثقة لكنه قاص الشيعة وإمام مسجدهم بالكوفة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Laqab
الحافظ
Lineage / nisba
الأنصاري ، الكوفي ، الظفري ، الحافظ ، الواعظ
Generation
الرابعة
Died
115 هـ ، أو 116 هـ
Lived in
الكوفة
Relatives
ابن بنت عبد الله بن يزيد الخطمي ، قال ابن عبد البر : عبيد بن عازب هو جد عدي بن ثابت ، وقال أبو زرعة الدمشقي في تاريخه : عمرو بن أخطب هو جد عدي بن ثابت ومحمد بن ثابت ، وعروة بن ثابت
School
كان رافضيا غاليا فيه

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

120 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 · 767أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَقَرَأَ فِي الْعِشَاءِ فِي إِحْدَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بِالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِThe Prophet (ﷺ) was on a journey and recited in one of the first two rak`at of the `Isha' prayer "Wa t-teeni wa z-zaitun." (95)4 narratorsBukhari · 769سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقْرَأُ : وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ فِي الْعِشَاءِ ، وَمَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا أَحْسَنَ صَوْتًا مِنْهُ أَوْ قِرَاءَةًI heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting wa t-teeni wa z-zaitun" (95) in the `Isha' prayer, and I never heard a sweeter voice or a better way of recitation than that of the Prophet.4 narratorsBukhari · 964أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَمْ يُصَلِّ قَبْلَهَا وَلَا بَعْدَهَا ، ثُمَّ أَتَى النِّسَاءَ وَمَعَهُ بِلَالٌ فَأَمَرَهُنَّ بِالصَّدَقَةِ ، فَجَعَلْنَ يُلْقِينَ The Prophet (ﷺ) offered a two rak'at prayer on the Day of Id ul Fitr and he did not pray before or after it. Then he went towards women along with Bilal and ordered them to pay alms and so they started giving their earri5 narratorsBukhari · 989أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَمْ يُصَلِّ قَبْلَهَا وَلَا بَعْدَهَا وَمَعَهُ بِلَالٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) went out and offered a two rak'at prayer on the Day of 'Id ul Fitr and did not offer any other prayer before or after it and at that time Bilal was accompanying him.5 narratorsBukhari · 1382لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِنَّ لَهُ مُرْضِعًا فِي الْجَنَّةِWhen Ibrahim (the son of Prophet) expired, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There is a wet-nurse for him in Paradise."4 narratorsBukhari · 1431خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ عِيدٍ ، فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَمْ يُصَلِّ قَبْلُ وَلَا بَعْدُ ، ثُمَّ مَالَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ , وَمَعَهُ بِلَالٌ فَوَعَظَهُنَّ , وَأَمَرَهُنَّ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقْنَThe Prophet (ﷺ) went out for the 'Id prayer on the 'Id day and offered a two rak'at prayer; and he neither offered a prayer before it or after it. Then he went towards the women along with Bilal. He preached them and ord5 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 · 2398مَنْ تَرَكَ مَالًا فَلِوَرَثَتِهِ ، وَمَنْ تَرَكَ كَلًّا فَإِلَيْنَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If someone leaves some property, it will be for the inheritors, and if he leaves some weak offspring, it will be for us to support them."5 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 · 2727نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ التَّلَقِّي ، وَأَنْ يَبْتَاعَ الْمُهَاجِرُ لِلْأَعْرَابِيِّ ، وَأَنْ تَشْتَرِطَ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلَاقَ أُخْتِهَا ، وَأَنْ يَسْتَامَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى سَوْمِ أَخِيهAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade (1) the meeting of the caravan (of goods) on the way, (2) and that a residing person buys for a bedouin, (3) and that a woman stipulates the divorce of the wife of the would-be husband, (4) 13 narrators·parallel chain