A voice in the chain
أبو إسحاق السبيعي
عمرو بن عبد الله بن عبيد ، ويقال : عمرو بن عبد الله بن علي ، ويقال : عمرو بن عبد الله بن أبي شعيرة : ذو يحمد
Appears in 751 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
أبو إسحاق السبيعي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
157
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
97
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
95
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
147
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
151
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
104
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة مكثر عابد ، اختلط بآخره
Al-Dhahabi
هو كالزهري في الكثرة ، وكان صواما قواما
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو إسحاق
- Known as
- أبو إسحاق
- Lineage / nisba
- السبيعي ، الهمداني ، الكوفي
- Generation
- الثالثة
- Born
- 29 هـ ، ويقال : 32 هـ
- Died
- قال ابن عيينة 126 هـ ، وقال يحيى بن سعيد 127 هـ ، وقال أبو نعيم 128 هـ ، وقال عمرو بن علي 129 هـ ، وقال ابن معين 132 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Died in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- ابن ابنه إسرائيل بن يونس بن أبي إسحاق ، ابناه يوسف بن أبي إسحاق ، ويونس بن أبي إسحاق
- School
- متشيع
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 40أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ نَزَلَ عَلَى أَجْدَادِهِ ، أَوْ قَالَ : أَخْوَالِهِ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ ، وَأَنَّهُ صَلَّى قِبَلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) came to Medina, he stayed first with his grandfathers or maternal uncles from Ansar. He offered his prayers facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months, but he wished that he cou7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 126يَا عَائِشَةُ ، لَوْلَا قَوْمُكِ حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ ، قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ : بِكُفْرٍ لَنَقَضْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ ، فَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ ، بَابٌ يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ وَبَابٌ يَخْرُجُونَIbn Az-Zubair said to me, "Aisha used to tell you secretly a number of things. What did she tell you about the Ka`ba?" I replied, "She told me that once the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'O `Aisha! Had not your people been still clo6 narratorsBukhari · 156أَتَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْغَائِطَ ، فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آتِيَهُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ ، فَوَجَدْتُ حَجَرَيْنِ وَالْتَمَسْتُ الثَّالِثَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ ، فَأَخَذْتُ رَوْثَةً فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا ، فThe Prophet (ﷺ) went out to answer the call of nature and asked me to bring three stones. I found two stones and searched for the third but could not find it. So took a dried piece of dung and brought it to him. He took 10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 240أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ وَأَبُو جَهْلٍ وَأَصْحَابٌ لَهُ جُلُوسٌ ، إِذْ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْض ، أَيُّكُمْ يَجِيءُ بِسَلَى جَزُورِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ فَيَضَعُهُ عَلَWhile Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was prostrating (as stated below). Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud Once the Prophet (ﷺ) was offering prayers at the Ka`ba. Abu Jahl was sitting with some of his companions. One of them said to t13 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 252كَانَ يَكْفِي مَنْ هُوَ أَوْفَى مِنْكَ شَعَرًا وَخَيْرٌ مِنْكَWhile I and my father were with Jabir bin 'Abdullah, some people asked him about taking a bath. He replied, "A Sa' of water is sufficient for you." A man said, "A Sa' is not sufficient for me." Jabir said, "A Sa' was suf6 narratorsBukhari · 254أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُفِيضُ عَلَى رَأْسِي ثَلَاثًا ، وَأَشَارَ بِيَدَيْهِ كِلْتَيْهِمَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "As for me, I pour water three times on my head." And he pointed with both his hands.5 narratorsBukhari · 399كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُوَجَّهَ إِلَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) prayed facing Baitul-Maqdis for sixteen or seventeen months but he loved to face the Ka`ba (at Mecca) so Allah revealed "Verily, We have seen the turning of your face to the heaven!" (2144) So the P4 narratorsBukhari · 520بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي عِنْدَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَجَمْعُ قُرَيْشٍ فِي مَجَالِسِهِمْ ، إِذْ قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ : أَلَا تَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى هَذَا الْمُرَائِي ، أَيُّكُمْ يَ`Abdullah bin Mas`ud said, "While Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was praying beside the Ka`ba, there were some Quraish people sitting in a gathering. One of them said, 'Don't you see this (who does deeds just to show off)? Who am6 narratorsBukhari · 593مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْتِينِي فِي يَوْمٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَّا صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) come to me after the 'Asr prayer, he always prayed two rak'at.6 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 narrators