A voice in the chain
سليمان بن مهران الأعمش
سليمان بن مهران
Appears in 1,763 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
سليمان بن مهران الأعمش
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
388
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
481
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
196
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
215
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
226
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
257
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حافظ ، عارف بالقراءات ورع لكنه يدلس
Al-Dhahabi
الحافظ ، أحد الأعلام
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو محمد
- Laqab
- الأعمش ، الحافظ ، شيخ الإسلام
- Lineage / nisba
- الحافظ ، الأسدي الكاهلي مولاهم ، الكوفي ، يقال : إن أصله من طبرستان ، ويقال : الدباوندي
- Generation
- الخامسة
- Born
- 61 هـ يوم قتل الحسين ، وقال ابن حبان : ولد قبل مقتل الحسين بسنتين
- Died
- قال أبو عوانة ، وعبد الله بن داود : 147 هـ . وقال وكيع ، وغير واحد : 148 هـ . وصححه الخطيب . وقيل : 145 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Travelled to
- واسط ، مكة
- Relatives
- مولى بني كاهل
- School
- فيه تشيع
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 32لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ سورة الأنعام آية 82 ، قَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَيُّنَا لَمْ يَظْلِمْ ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلّWhen the following Verse was revealed "It is those who believe and confuse not their belief with wrong (worshipping others besides Allah.)" (683), the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked, "Who is amongst us who had9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 34أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا خَالِصًا ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا إِذَا ، اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ ، وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever has the following four (characteristics) will be a pure hypocrite and whoever has one of the following four characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy unless and until he giv8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 68كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ فِي الْأَيَّامِ كَرَاهَةَ السَّآمَةِ عَلَيْنَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to take care of us in preaching by selecting a suitable time, so that we might not get bored. (He abstained from pestering us with sermons and knowledge all the time).5 narratorsBukhari · 125بَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي خَرِبِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَهُوَ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى عَسِيبٍ مَعَهُ ، فَمَرَّ بِنَفَرٍ مِنْ الْيَهُودِ ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ : سَلُوهُ عَنِ الرّWhile I was going with the Prophet (ﷺ) through the ruins of Medina and he was reclining on a date-palm leaf stalk, some Jews passed by. Some of them said to the others Ask him (the Prophet) about the spirit. Some of them6 narratorsBukhari · 132كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً ، فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَسَأَلَهُ ، فَقَالَ : فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُI used to get the emotional urethral discharge frequently so I requested Al-Miqdad to ask the Prophet (ﷺ) about it. Al-Miqdad asked him and he replied, "One has to perform ablution (after it)." (See Hadith No. 269).6 narratorsBukhari · 178كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ فَسَأَلَهُ ، فَقَالَ : فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُI used to get emotional urethral discharges frequently and felt shy to ask Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about it. So I requested Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad to ask (the Prophet (ﷺ) ) about it. Al-Miqdad asked him and he replied, "On8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 218إِنَّهُمَا لَيُعَذَّبَانِ ، وَمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي كَبِيرٍ ، أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكَانَ لَا يَسْتَتِرُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ ، وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَكَانَ يَمْشِي بِالنَّمِيمَةِ ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ جَرِيدَةً رَطْبَةً فَشَقَّهَا نِصْفَThe Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves and said, "These two persons are being tortured not for a major sin (to avoid). One of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine, while the other used to go about10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 224أَتَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُبَاطَةَ قَوْمٍ فَبَالَ قَائِمًا ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَجِئْتُهُ بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) went to the dumps of some people and passed urine while standing. He then asked for water and so I brought it to him and he performed ablution.5 narratorsBukhari · 249تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ غَيْرَ رِجْلَيْهِ ، وَغَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ وَمَا أَصَابَهُ مِنَ الْأَذَى ، ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ ، ثُمَّ نَحَّى رِجْلَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُ(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) performed ablution like that for the prayer but did not wash his feet. He washed off the discharge from his private parts and then poured water over his body. He withdrew h7 narratorsBukhari · 257وَضَعْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَاءً لِلْغُسْلِ ، فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ أَفْرَغَ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فَغَسَلَ مَذَاكِيرَهُ ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ يَدَهُ بِالْأَرْضِ ، ثُمَّ مَضْمI placed water for the bath of the Prophet. He washed his hands twice or thrice and then poured water on his left hand and washed his private parts. He rubbed his hands over the earth (and cleaned them), rinsed his mouth7 narratorsBukhari · 259صَبَبْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غُسْلًا ، فَأَفْرَغَ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : بِيَدِهِ الْأَرْضَ فَمَسَحَهَا بِالتُّرَابِ ثُمَّ غَسَلَهَا ، I placed water for the bath of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he poured water with his right hand on his left and washed them. Then he washed his private parts and rubbed his hands on the ground, washed them with water, rinsed his 7 narratorsBukhari · 260أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ ، فَغَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ دَلَكَ بِهَا الْحَائِطَ ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَهَا ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ غُThe Prophet (ﷺ) took the bath of Janaba. (sexual relation or wet dream). He first cleaned his private parts with his hand, and then rubbed it (that hand) on the wall (earth) and washed it. Then he performed ablution like7 narrators