A voice in the chain
واصل بن حيان الأحدب
واصل بن حيان
Appears in 31 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
واصل بن حيان الأحدب
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
13
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
8
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
2
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
3
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
3
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
2
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Laqab
- الأحدب
- Lineage / nisba
- الأسدي ، الكوفي ، البصري ، الأحدب
- Generation
- السادسة
- Died
- 120هـ ، وقال ابن حبان : مات سنة 129هـ ، وذكره البخاري في فصل من مات من 150هـ إلى 160هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Died in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- من بني أسد بن الحارث بن ثعلبة بن دودان ، مولى أبي بكر بن عياش من فوق
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 31أَعَيَّرْتَهُ بِأُمِّهِ ، إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ إِخْوَانُكُمْ خَوَلُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ ، فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَWhile I was going to help this man ('Ali Ibn Abi Talib), Abu Bakra met me and asked, "Where are you going?" I replied, "I am going to help that person." He said, "Go back for I have heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'W5 narratorsBukhari · 389رَأَى رَجُلًا لَا يُتِمُّ رُكُوعَهُ وَلَا سُجُودَهُ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ ، قَالَ لَهُ حُذَيْفَةُ : مَا صَلَّيْتَ ، قَالَ : وَأَحْسِبُهُ ، قَالَ : لَوْ مُتَّ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ سُنَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيIbn Buhaina, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed, he used to separate his arms from his body so widely that the whiteness of his armpits was visible."5 narratorsBukhari · 808رَأَى رَجُلًا لَا يُتِمُّ رُكُوعَهُ وَلَا سُجُودَهُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ ، قَالَ لَهُ حُذَيْفَةُ : مَا صَلَّيْتَ ، قَالَ : وَأَحْسِبُهُ ، قَالَ : وَلَوْ مُتَّ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ سُنَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيHudhaifa said, "I saw a person not performing his bowing and prostrations perfectly. When he completed the prayer, I told him that he had not prayed." I think that Hudhaifa added (i.e. said to the man), "Had you died, yo5 narratorsBukhari · 1237أَتَانِي آتٍ مِنْ رَبِّي فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَوْ قَالَ بَشَّرَنِي أَنَّهُ مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ , قُلْتُ : وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ ، قَالَ : وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Someone came to me from my Lord and gave me the news (or good tidings) that if any of my followers dies worshipping none (in any way) along with Allah, he will enter Paradise." I asked, "Even5 narratorsBukhari · 1594جَلَسْتُ مَعَ شَيْبَةَ عَلَى الْكُرْسِيِّ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ ، فَقَالَ : لَقَدْ جَلَسَ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ : لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ لَا أَدَعَ فِيهَا صَفْرَاءَ وَلَا بَيْضَاءَ إِلَّا ق(One day) I sat along with Shaiba on the chair inside the Ka`ba. He (Shaiba) said, "No doubt, `Umar sat at this place and said, 'I intended not to leave any yellow (i.e. gold) or white (i.e. silver) (inside the Ka`ba) un12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2545إِنَّ إِخْوَانَكُمْ خَوَلُكُمْ ، جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ ، فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ ، وَلَا تُكَلِّفُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ ، فَإِنْ كI saw Abu Dhar Al-Ghifari wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a cloak. We asked him about that (i.e. how both were wearing similar cloaks). He replied, "Once I abused a man and he complained of me to the Pro5 narratorsBukhari · 4761أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَI or somebody, asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) "Which is the biggest sin in the Sight of Allah?" He said, "That you set up a rival (in worship) to Allah though He Alone created you." I asked, "What is next?" He said, "Then, 11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5043قَرَأْتُ الْمُفَصَّلَ الْبَارِحَةَ ، فَقَالَ : هَذًّا كَهَذِّ الشِّعْرِ ، إِنَّا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا الْقِرَاءَةَ ، وَإِنِّي لَأَحْفَظُ الْقُرَنَاءَ الَّتِي كَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِهِنَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ We went to `Abdullah in the morning and a man said, "Yesterday I recited all the Mufassal Suras." On that `Abdullah said, "That is very quick, and we have the (Prophet's) recitation, and I remember very well the recitati5 narratorsBukhari · 6811أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا ، وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَI said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Which is the biggest sin?" He said, "To set up rivals to Allah by worshipping others though He alone has created you." I asked, "What is next?" He said, "To kill your child lest it shoul21 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 7066بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّامُ الْهَرْجِ ، يَزُولُ فِيهَا الْعِلْمُ ، وَيَظْهَرُ فِيهَا الْجَهْلُI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying; (It will be) from among the most wicked people who will be living at the time when the Hour will be established."6 narratorsBukhari · 7113إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ الْيَوْمَ شَرٌّ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانُوا يَوْمَئِذٍ يُسِرُّونَ ، وَالْيَوْمَ يَجْهَرُونَHudhaifa bin Al-Yaman said, 'The hypocrites of today are worse than those of the lifetime of the Prophet, because in those days they used to do evil deeds secretly but today they do such deeds openly.'5 narratorsBukhari · 7275لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ لَا أَدَعَ فِيهَا صَفْرَاءَ وَلَا بَيْضَاءَ ، إِلَّا قَسَمْتُهَا بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ، قُلْتُ : مَا أَنْتَ بِفَاعِل ، قَالَ : لِمَ قُلْتُ لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ صَاحِبَاكَ ؟ قَالَ : هُمَا الْمَرْءَانِ يُقI sat with Shaiba in this Mosque (Al-Masjid-Al-Haram), and he said, "`Umar once sat beside me here as you are now sitting, and said, 'I feel like distributing all the gold and silver that are in it (i.e., the Ka`ba) amon7 narrators