Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
أبو مالك الأشعري
كعب بن عاصم
Appears in 16 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
أبو مالك الأشعري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
1
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
1
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
6
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
1
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
2
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
5
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صحابي
Al-Dhahabi
صحابي
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو مالك
- Lineage / nisba
- الأشعري
- Generation
- صحابي
- Lived in
- الشام ، مصر
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
No names recorded.
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 5590لَيَكُونَنَّ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَقْوَامٌ يَسْتَحِلُّونَ الْحِرَ ، وَالْحَرِيرَ ، وَالْخَمْرَ ، وَالْمَعَازِفَ وَلَيَنْزِلَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ إِلَى جَنْبِ عَلَمٍ يَرُوحُ بِسَارِحَةٍ لَهُمْ يَأْتِيهِمْ يَعْنِي الْفَقِيرَ لِحَاجَةٍ that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "From among my followers there will be some people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instrume6 narratorsMuslim · 534الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الإِيمَانِ ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَأُ الْمِيزَانَ ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَآَنِ أَوْ تَمْلَأُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ ، وَالصَّلَاةُ نُورٌ ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ بُرْهَان7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 677فَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَصَفَّ الرِّجَالَ وَصَفَّ خَلْفَهُمُ الْغِلْمَانَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى بِهِمْ ، فَذَكَرَ صَلَاتَهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : هَكَذَا صَلَاةُNarrated Abu Malik al-Ashari: Should I not tell you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led the prayer? He said: He had the iqamah announced, drew the men up in line and drew up the youths behind them, then led them in prayer. 8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2499مَنْ فَصَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَمَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ أَوْ وَقَصَهُ فَرَسُهُ أَوْ بَعِيرُهُ أَوْ لَدَغَتْهُ هَامَّةٌ أَوْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ أَوْ بِأَيِّ حَتْفٍ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَإِنَّهُ شَهِيدٌ وَإِنَّ لَهNarrated Abu Malik al-Ashari: Abu Malik heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who goes forth in Allah's path and dies or is killed is a martyr, or has his neck broken through being thrown by his horse or by his camel, o7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3688لَيَشْرَبَنَّ نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي الْخَمْرَ يُسَمُّونَهَا بِغَيْرِ اسْمِهَاNarrated Abdur Rahman ibn Ghanam: Malik ibn Abu Maryam said: Abdur Rahman ibn Ghanam entered upon us and we discussed tila' and he said: Abu Malik al-Ashari told me that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Some of my 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4253إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَجَارَكُمْ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ خِلَالٍ : أَنْ لَا يَدْعُوَ عَلَيْكُمْ نَبِيُّكُمْ فَتَهْلَكُوا جَمِيعًا ، وَأَنْ لَا يَظْهَرَ أَهْلُ الْبَاطِلِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْحَقِّ ، وَأَنْ لَا تَجْتَمِعُوا عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍNarrated Abu Malik al-Ashari: The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah has protected you from three things: that your Prophet should not invoke a curse on you and should all perish, that those who follow what is false should not prevai8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 5083يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، حَدِّثْنَا بِكَلِمَةٍ نَقُولُهَا إِذَا أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَمْسَيْنَا وَاضْطَجَعْنَا فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَقُولُوا : اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ ، أَنْتَ Narrated Abu Malik: The people asked: Tell us a word which we repeat in the morning, evening and when we rise. So he commanded us to say: "O Allah! Creator of Heavens and Earth; Knower of all that is hidden and open; Tho7 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 5096إِذَا وَلَجَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ ، فَلْيَقُلْ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الْمَوْلَجِ وَخَيْرَ الْمَخْرَجِ ، بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا ، ثُمَّ لِيُNarrated Abu Malik Al-Ashari: The Prophet ﷺ said: When a man goes into his house, he should say: "O Allah! I ask Thee for good both when entering and when going out; in the name of Allah we have entered, and in the name 8 narrators·parallel chainTirmidhi · 3517الْوُضُوءُ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَأُ الْمِيزَانَ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَآَنِ أَوْ تَمْلَأُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ، وَالصَّلَاةُ نُورٌ ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ بُرْهَانٌ7 narratorsNasa'i · 2257لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصِّيَامُ فِي السَّفَرِ6 narratorsNasa'i · 2439إِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَأُ الْمِيزَانَ ، وَالتَّسْبِيحُ وَالتَّكْبِيرُ يَمْلَأُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ، وَالصَّلَاةُ نُورٌ ، وَالزَّكَاةُ بُرْهَانٌ ، وَالصَّبْرُ ضِيَاءٌ ، و7 narratorsIbn Majah · 280إِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلأُ الْمِيزَانِ ، وَالتَّسْبِيحُ وَالتَّكْبِيرُ مِلْءُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ، وَالصَّلَاةُ نُورٌ ، وَالزَّكَاةُ بُرْهَانٌ ، وَالصَّبْرُ ضِيَاءٌ ، وَا7 narrators