A voice in the chain
إسرائيل بن يونس السبيعي
إسرائيل بن يونس بن أبي إسحاق
Appears in 299 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
إسرائيل بن يونس السبيعي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
78
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
16
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
44
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
82
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
36
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
43
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ، تُكلم فيه بلا حجة
Al-Dhahabi
قال أحمد : ثقة ، وتعجب من حفظه ، وقال أبو حاتم : هو من أتقن أصحاب أبي إسحاق ، وضعفه ابن المديني
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو يوسف
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الحافظ ، السبيعي ، الهمداني ، الكوفي
- Generation
- السابعة
- Born
- 100 هـ
- Died
- قال أبو نعيم ، وقعنب بن المحرر : 160 هـ . وقال هارون بن حاتم ، عن دبيس : 161 هـ . وقال خليفة بن خياط ، ومحمد بن سعد : 162 هـ ، وقال مغلطاي : 164 هـ
- Lived in
- بغداد, الكوفة
- Travelled to
- بغداد
- Relatives
- أخو عيسى بن يونس ، وابن عمه يوسف بن إسحاق بن أبي إسحاق السبيعي ، وابن أخيه غصن بن حماد : محمد بن يونس بن أبي إسحاق ، من أتقن أصحاب أبي إسحاق السبيعي
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 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 · 170لَأَنْ تَكُونَ عِنْدِي شَعَرَةٌ مِنْهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَاI said to 'Abida, "I have some of the hair of the Prophet (ﷺ) which I got from Anas or from his family." 'Abida replied. "No doubt if I had a single hair of that it would have been dearer to me than the whole world and w5 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 · 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 narratorsBukhari · 1139سَبْعٌ وَتِسْعٌ وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سِوَى رَكْعَتِي الْفَجْرِI asked Aisha about the night prayer of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and she said, "It was seven, nine or eleven rak`at besides the two rak`at of the Fajr prayer (i.e. Sunna). "7 narratorsBukhari · 1422بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَا , وَأَبِي , وَجَدِّي , وَخَطَبَ عَلَيَّ فَأَنْكَحَنِي , وَخَاصَمْتُ إِلَيْهِ ، وَكَانَ أَبِي يَزِيدُ أَخْرَجَ دَنَانِيرَ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهَا فَوَضَعَهَا عِنMy grandfather, my father and I gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). The Prophet (ﷺ) got me engaged and then got me married. One day I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) with a complaint. My father Yazid had take4 narratorsBukhari · 1683إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ حُوِّلَتَا عَنْ وَقْتِهِمَا فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ الْمَغْرِبَ وَالْعِشَاءَ ، فَلَا يَقْدَمُ النَّاسُ جَمْعًا حَتَّى يُعْتِمُوا وَصَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَI went out with `Abdullah , to Mecca and when we proceeded to am' he offered the two prayers (the Maghrib and the `Isha') together, making the Adhan and Iqama separately for each prayer. He took his supper in between the5 narratorsBukhari · 1844اعْتَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ ، فَأَبَى أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ أَنْ يَدَعُوهُ ، يَدْخُلُ مَكَّةَ ، حَتَّى قَاضَاهُمْ لَا يُدْخِلُ مَكَّةَ سِلَاحًا إِلَّا فِي الْقِرَابِThe Prophet (ﷺ) assumed Ihram for Umra in the month of Dhul-Qa'da but the (pagan) people of Mecca refused to admit him into Mecca till he agreed on the condition that he would not bring into Mecca any arms but sheathed.4 narratorsBukhari · 1915كَانَ أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، إِذَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ صَائِمًا فَحَضَرَ الْإِفْطَارُ فَنَامَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ ، لَمْ يَأْكُلْ لَيْلَتَهُ وَلَا يَوْمَهُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَIt was the custom among the companions of Muhammad that if any of them was fasting and the food was presented (for breaking his fast), but he slept before eating, he would not eat that night and the following day till su4 narratorsBukhari · 2355الْمَعْدِنُ جُبَارٌ ، وَالْبِئْرُ جُبَارٌ ، وَالْعَجْمَاءُ جُبَارٌ ، وَفِي الرِّكَازِ الْخُمْسُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "No bloodmoney will be charged if somebody dies in a mine or in a well or is killed by an animal; and if somebody finds a treasure in his land he has to give one-fifth of it to the Government.6 narratorsBukhari · 2439انْطَلَقْتُ ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَاعِي غَنَمٍ يَسُوقُ غَنَمَهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : لِمَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ : لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ، فَسَمَّاهُ ، فَعَرَفْتُهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : هَلْ فِي غَنَمِكَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ ؟ فَقَالَ : نَعَمْ ، فَقُلْتWhile I was on my way, all of a sudden I saw a shepherd driving his sheep, I asked him whose servant he was. He replied that he was the servant of a man from Quraish, and then he mentioned his name and I recognized him. 11 narrators·parallel chain