A voice in the chain
أيوب السختياني
أيوب بن أبي تميمة : كيسان
Appears in 926 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
أيوب السختياني
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
241
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
234
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
139
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
94
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
164
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
54
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت حجة ، من كبار الفقهاء العباد
Al-Dhahabi
الإمام ، وقال شعبة : ما رأيت مثله ، كان سيد الفقهاء
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو بكر ، ويقال : أبو عثمان
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الحافظ ، السختياني ، البصري ، العذري مولاهم ، الطهوي مولاهم ، كان مولى لعنزة ، وقيل : كان مولى لتميم
- Generation
- الخامسة
- Born
- 66 هـ ، أو 68 هـ ، ويقال : 67 هـ
- Died
- 130 هـ ، أو 131 هـ ، أو 132 هـ ، ويقال : 124 هـ ، ويقال : 125 هـ ، ويقال : 129 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة
- Relatives
- مولى عنزة ، ويقال : مولى جهينة ، ويقال : هو مولى طهية ، وقال الطرطوسي في « فوائده المنتخبة » : مولى لعذرة ، ومواليه حلفاء بني الحريش ، من أثبت أصحاب نافع
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 16ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ ، أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا ، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ الْمَرْءَ لَا يُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ، وَأَنْ يَكْرَهَ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي الْكُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith 1. The one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else. 2. Who loves a person and he l5 narratorsBukhari · 30إِذَا الْتَقَى الْمُسْلِمَانِ بِسَيْفَيْهِمَا ، فَالْقَاتِلُ وَالْمَقْتُولُ فِي النَّارِ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، هَذَا الْقَاتِلُ ، فَمَا بَالُ الْمَقْتُولِ ؟ قَالَ : إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَرِيصًا عَلَى قَتْلِ صَاحِبAt Ar-Rabadha I met Abu Dhar who was wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a similar one. I asked about the reason for it. He replied, "I abused a person by calling his mother with bad names." The Prophet said7 narratorsBukhari · 84أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُئِلَ فِي حَجَّتِهِ ، فَقَالَ : ذَبَحْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ ؟ فَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ ، قَالَ : وَلَا حَرَجَ ، قَالَ : حَلَقْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَذْبَحَ ؟ فَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِSomebody said to the Prophet (during his last Hajj), "I did the slaughtering before doing the Rami.' The Prophet (ﷺ) beckoned with his hand and said, "There is no harm in that." Then another person said. "I got my head s5 narratorsBukhari · 98أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ وَمَعَهُ بِلَالٌ ، فَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُسْمِعِ النِّسَاءَ ، فَوَعَظَهُنَّ وَأَمَرَهُنَّ بِالصَّدَقَةِ ، فَجَعَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تُلْقِي الْقُرْطَ وَالْخَاتَOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came out while Bilal was accompanying him. He went towards the women thinking that they had not heard him (i.e. his sermon). So he preached them and ordered them to pay alms. (Hearing that) the9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 105فَإِنَّ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَمْوَالَكُمْ ، قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ : وَأَعْرَاضَكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ حَرَامٌ ، كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا فِي شَهْرِكُمْ هَذَا ، أَلَا لِيُبَلِّغ الشَّاهِدُ مِنْكُمُ الْغَائِبَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said. No doubt your blood, property, the sub-narrator Muhammad thought that Abu Bakra had also mentioned and your honor (chastity), are sacred to one another as is the sanctity of this day of yours in thi6 narratorsBukhari · 213إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَنَمْ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ مَا يَقْرَأُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you feels drowsy while praying, he should sleep till he understands what he is saying (reciting).5 narratorsBukhari · 233قَدِمَ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ عُكْلٍ أَوْ عُرَيْنَةَ فَاجْتَوَوْا الْمَدِينَةَ ، فَأَمَرَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِلِقَاحٍ ، وَأَنْ يَشْرَبُوا مِنْ أَبْوَالِهَا وَأَلْبَانِهَا ، فَانْطَلَقُوا ، فَلَمَّا صAnas said, "Some people of `Ukl or `Uraina tribe came to Medina and its climate did not suit them. So the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered them to go to the herd of (Milch) camels and to drink their milk and urine (as a medicine). So5 narratorsBukhari · 313كُنَّا نُنْهَى أَنْ نُحِدَّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ ، إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجٍ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ، وَلَا نَكْتَحِلَ وَلَا نَتَطَيَّبَ وَلَا نَلْبَسَ ثَوْبًا مَصْبُوغًا إِلَّا ثَوْبَ عَصْبٍ ، وَقَدْ رُخِّصَ لَWe were forbidden to mourn for a dead person for more than three days except in the case of a husband for whom mourning was allowed for four months and ten days. (During that time) we were not allowed to put kohl (Antimo10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 324يَخْرُجُ الْعَوَاتِقُ وَذَوَاتُ الْخُدُورِ أَوِ الْعَوَاتِقُ ذَوَاتُ الْخُدُورِ ، وَالْحُيَّضُ وَلْيَشْهَدْنَ الْخَيْرَ وَدَعْوَةَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، وَيَعْتَزِلُ الْحُيَّضُ الْمُصَلَّىHafsa said, 'We used to forbid our young women to go out for the two `Id prayers. A woman came and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and she narrated about her sister whose husband took part in twelve holy battles alon5 narratorsBukhari · 326كُنَّا لَا نَعُدُّ الْكُدْرَةَ وَالصُّفْرَةَ شَيْئًاWe never considered yellowish discharge as a thing of importance (as menses).5 narratorsBukhari · 365حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَامَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَA man stood up and asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about praying in a single garment. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Has every one of you two garments?" A man put a similar question to `Umar on which he replied, "When Allah makes you weal5 narratorsBukhari · 468أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدِمَ مَكَّةَ ، فَدَعَا عُثْمَانَ بْنَ طَلْحَةَ فَفَتَحَ الْبَابَ ، فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَبِلَالٌ ، وَأُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، وَعُثْمIbn `Umar said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) arrived at Mecca and sent for `Uthman bin Talha. He opened the gate of the Ka`ba and the Prophet, Bilal, Usama bin Zaid and `Uthman bin Talha entered the Ka`ba and then they closed its do6 narrators