A voice in the chain
يحيى بن سليمان الجعفي
يحيى بن سليمان بن يحيى بن سعيد بن مسلم بن عبد الله بن مسلم
Appears in 43 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
1 intermediate narrator
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
يحيى بن سليمان الجعفي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
43
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
0
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
0
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
0
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صدوق يخطئ
Al-Dhahabi
صويلح ، قال النسائي : ليس بثقة ، وقال أبو حاتم : شيخ
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو سعيد
- Lineage / nisba
- الجعفي ، الكوفي ، المقرئ
- Generation
- العاشرة
- Died
- 237 هـ ، أو 238 هـ ، ويقال : 239 هـ
- Lived in
- مصر
- Died in
- مصر
- Travelled to
- مصر
- Relatives
- ابن عم أبيه عمرو بن عثمان بن سعيد الجعفي ، عمه عمرو بن عثمان بن سعيد الجعفي
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 114لَمَّا اشْتَدَّ بِالنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَجَعُهُ ، قَالَ : ائْتُونِي بِكِتَابٍ أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ ، قَالَ عُمَرُ : إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَIbn `Abbas said, "When the ailment of the Prophet (ﷺ) became worse, he said, 'Bring for me (writing) paper and I will write for you a statement after which you will not go astray.' But `Umar said, 'The Prophet is serious6 narratorsBukhari · 450مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا ، قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ : حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : يَبْتَغِي بِهِ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ مِثْلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِI heard `Uthman bin `Affan saying, when people argued too much about his intention to reconstruct the mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "You have talked too much. I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'Whoever built a mosque, (7 narratorsBukhari · 682لَمَّا اشْتَدَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَجَعُهُ قِيلَ لَهُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ، فَقَالَ : مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ ، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَجُلٌ رَقِيقٌ إِذَا My father said, "When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) became seriously ill, he was told about the prayer. He said, 'Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer.' `Aisha said, 'Abu Bakr is a softhearted man and he would be overp14 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 993صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى ، فَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَنْصَرِفَ فَارْكَعْ رَكْعَةً تُوتِرُ لَكَ مَا صَلَّيْتَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Night prayer is offered as two rak'at followed by two rak'at and so on, and if you want to finish it, pray only one rak'a which will be witr for all the previous rak'at." Al-Qasim said, "Since we a6 narratorsBukhari · 1101سَافَرَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، فَقَالَ : صَحِبْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ أَرَهُ يُسَبِّحُ فِي السَّفَرِ ، وَقَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ : لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اIbn `Umar went on a journey and said, "I accompanied the Prophet (ﷺ) and he did not offer optional prayers during the journey, and Allah says 'Verily! In Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) you have a good example to follow.' " (33.215 narratorsBukhari · 1233وَسَلْهَا عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَقُلْ لَهَا إِنَّا أُخْبِرْنَا أَنَّكِ تُصَلِّينَهُمَا ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْهَا ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍI was sent to Aisha by Ibn `Abbas, Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and `Abdur-Rahman bin Azhar . They told me to greet her on their behalf and to ask her about the offering of the two rak`at after the `Asr prayer and to say to he6 narratorsBukhari · 1235دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا وَهِيَ تُصَلِّي قَائِمَةً وَالنَّاسُ قِيَامٌ ، فَقُلْتُ : مَا شَأْنُ النَّاسِ ، فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ , فَقُلْتُ : آيَةٌ ، فَقَالَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا : أَيْ نI went to 'Aisha and she was standing praying and the people, too, were standing (praying). So I said, "What is the matter with the people?" She beckoned with her head towards the sky. I said, "(Is there) a sign?" She no6 narratorsBukhari · 1373قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَطِيبًا ، فَذَكَرَ فِتْنَةَ الْقَبْرِ الَّتِي يَفْتَتِنُ فِيهَا الْمَرْءُ ، فَلَمَّا ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ ضَجَّ الْمُسْلِمُونَ ضَجَّةًAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) once stood up delivering a sermon and mentioned the trial which people will face in the grave. When he mentioned that, the Muslims started shouting loudly.6 narratorsBukhari · 1607طَافَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ يَسْتَلِمُ الرُّكْنَ بِمِحْجَنٍIn his Last Hajj the Prophet (ﷺ) performed Tawaf of the Ka'ba riding a camel and pointed a bent-headed stick towards the Corner (Black Stone).10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1829خَمْسٌ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ كُلُّهُنَّ فَاسِقٌ ، يَقْتُلُهُنَّ فِي الْحَرَمِ : الْغُرَابُ ، وَالْحِدَأَةُ ، وَالْعَقْرَبُ ، وَالْفَأْرَةُ ، وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Five kinds of animals are harmful and could be killed in the Haram (Sanctuary). These are the crow, the kite, the scorpion, the mouse and the rabid dog."6 narratorsBukhari · 1989أَنَّ النَّاسَ شَكُّوا فِي صِيَامِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ بِحِلَابٍ وَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ فِي الْمَوْقِفِ ، فَشَرِبَ مِنْهُ وَالنَّاسُ يَنْظُرُونَThe people doubted whether the Prophet (ﷺ) was fasting on the day of 'Arafat or not, so I sent milk while he was standing at 'Arafat, he drank it and the people were looking at him.6 narratorsBukhari · 2189نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ بَيْعِ الثَّمَرِ حَتَّى يَطِيبَ ، وَلَا يُبَاعُ شَيْءٌ مِنْهُ إِلَّا بِالدِّينَارِ ، وَالدِّرْهَمِ إِلَّا الْعَرَايَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the selling of fruits unless they get ripe, and none of them should be sold except for Dinar or Dirham (i.e. money), except the 'Araya trees (the dates of which could be sold for dates).5 narrators