A voice in the chain
يزيد بن هارون الواسطي
يزيد بن هارون بن زاذي ، ويقال : زاذان بن ثابت .
Appears in 407 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
يزيد بن هارون الواسطي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
32
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
68
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
58
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
81
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
61
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
107
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة متقن عابد .
Al-Dhahabi
قال أحمد : حافظ متقن ، وقال ابن المديني : ما رأيت أحفظ منه ، وقال العجلي : ثبت متعبد حسن الصلاة جدا ، يصلي الضحى ست عشرة ركعة ، وقد عمي .
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو خالد .
- Lineage / nisba
- السلمي مولاهم ، الواسطي ، ويقال : البخاري الأصل
- Generation
- التاسعة .
- Born
- 117هـ ، أو : 118 هـ .
- Died
- 206 هـ .
- Lived in
- العراق .
- Died in
- واسط .
- Relatives
- السلمي مولاهم ، كاتب أبي شيبة القاضي جد أبي بكر بن أبي شيبة ، مولى بجيلة .
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 149لَقَدْ ظَهَرْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتِنَا ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَاعِدًا عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِOnce I went up the roof of our house and saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) answering the call of nature while sitting over two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (See Hadith No. 147).6 narratorsBukhari · 181أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا أَفَاضَ مِنْ عَرَفةَ عَدَلَ إِلَى الشِّعْبِ فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ ، قَالَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ : فَجَعَلْتُ أَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُ"When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) departed from `Arafat, he turned towards a mountain pass where he answered the call of nature. (After he had finished) I poured water and he performed ablution and then I said to him, "O Allah6 narratorsBukhari · 251فَدَعَتْ بِإِنَاءٍ نَحْوًا مِنْ صَاعٍ ، فَاغْتَسَلَتْ وَأَفَاضَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا وَبَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهَا حِجَابٌ`Aisha's brother and I went to `Aisha and he asked her about the bath of the Prophet. She brought a pot containing about a Sa` of water and took a bath and poured it over her head and at that time there was a screen betw10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 378إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ ، فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا ، وَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا ، وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَاسْجُدُوا ، وَإِنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا ، وَنَزَلَ لِتِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ، فَقَالُوا Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fell off a horse and his leg or shoulder got injured. He swore that he would not go to his wives for one month and he stayed in a Mashruba [??] (attic room) having stairs made of date palm trun4 narratorsBukhari · 662مَنْ غَدَا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرَاحَ أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ نُزُلَهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ كُلَّمَا غَدَا أَوْ رَاحَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah will prepare for him who goes to the mosque (every) morning and in the afternoon (for the congregational prayer) an honorable place in Paradise with good hospitality for (what he has done) ev6 narratorsBukhari · 847إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلَّوْا وَرَقَدُوا ، وَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَزَالُوا فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) delayed the `Isha' prayer until midnight and then came to us. Having prayed he faced us and said, "The people had prayed and slept but you were in the prayer as long as you were waiting for it."4 narratorsBukhari · 1334أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى عَلَى أَصْحَمَةَ النَّجَاشِيِّ فَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer of As-Hama An-Najash and said four Takbir.7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1586يَا عَائِشَةُ ، لَوْلَا أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ ، لَأَمَرْتُ بالبيت فَهُدِمَ ، فَأَدْخَلْتُ فِيهِ مَا أُخْرِجَ مِنْهُ وَأَلْزَقْتُهُ بِالْأَرْضِ ، وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ بَابَيْنِ بَابًا شَرْقِيًّا وَبَابًا'Aisha said that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to her, "O Aisha! Were your nation not close to the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance, I would have had the Ka'ba demolished and would have included in it the portion which had been le6 narratorsBukhari · 1610لَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبَّلَكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ"I saw `Umar bin Al-Khattab kissing the Black Stone and he then said, (to it) 'Had I not seen Allah's Apostle kissing you, (stone) I would not have kissed you.' "6 narratorsBukhari · 1742أَتَدْرُونَ أَيُّ يَوْمٍ هَذَا ؟ , قَالُوا : اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ، فَقَالَ : فَإِنَّ هَذَا يَوْمٌ حَرَامٌ ، أَفَتَدْرُونَ أَيُّ بَلَدٍ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا : اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ، قَالَ : بَلَدٌ حَرَامٌ ، أَAt Mina, the Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Do you know what is the day today?" The people replied, "Allah and His Apostle know it better." He said, "It is the forbidden (sacred) day. And do you know what town is this?" They r8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1935إِنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّهُ احْتَرَقَ ، قَالَ : مَا لَكَ ؟ قَالَ : أَصَبْتُ أَهْلِي فِي رَمَضَانَ ، فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِكْتَلA man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said that he had been burnt (ruined). The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him what was the matter. He replied, "I had sexual intercourse with my wife in Ramadan (while I was fasting)." Then a basket f7 narratorsBukhari · 2675أَقَامَ رَجُلٌ سِلْعَتَهُ ، فَحَلَفَ بِاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَعْطَى بِهَا مَا لَمْ يُعْطِهَا ، فَنَزَلَتْ : إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلا سورة آل عمران آية 77A man displayed some goods in the market and took a false oath that he had been offered so much for them though he was not offered that amount Then the following Divine Verse was revealed-- "Verily! Those who purchase a 5 narrators