A voice in the chain
ابن أبي شيبة العبسي
عبد الله بن محمد بن أبي شيبة : إبراهيم بن عثمان بن خواستي
Appears in 2,497 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
ابن أبي شيبة العبسي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
21
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
1,321
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
60
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
2
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
1,093
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حافظ ، صاحب تصانيف
Al-Dhahabi
قال الفلاس : ما رأيت أحفظ منه . وقال صالح جزرة : هو أحفظ من أدركنا عند المناظرة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو بكر
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الواسطي الأصل ، الكوفي ، العبسي مولاهم ، الحافظ
- Generation
- العاشرة
- Born
- 159 هـ
- Died
- 235 هـ ، أو 234 هـ
- Lived in
- واسط, دمشق, الكوفة
- Died in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- العبسي مولاهم ، وابنه أبو شيبة إبراهيم بن أبي بكر بن أبي شيبة
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 1216كُنْتُ أُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ وَقَالَ : إِنَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لَشُغْلًاI used to greet the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was in prayer and he would return my greeting, but when we returned (from Ethiopia) I greeted the Prophet (while he was praying) but he did not return the greeting, and (after fin6 narratorsBukhari · 1959أَفْطَرْنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ غَيْمٍ ، ثُمَّ طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ ، قِيلَ لِهِشَامٍ : فَأُمِرُوا بِالْقَضَاءِ ، قَالَ : لَا بُدَّ مِنْ قَضَاءٍAsma bint Abi Bakr said, "We broke our fast during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) on a cloudy day and then the sun appeared." Hisham was asked, "Were they ordered to fast in lieu of that day?" He replied, "It had to be 5 narratorsBukhari · 2044كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعْتَكِفُ فِي كُلِّ رَمَضَانٍ عَشْرَةَ أَيَّامٍ ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْعَامُ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ ، اعْتَكَفَ عِشْرِينَ يَوْمًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform I'tikaf every year in the month of Ramadan for ten days, and when it was the year of his death, he stayed in I'tikaf for twenty days.5 narratorsBukhari · 2934أَبُو جَهْلٍ وَنَاسٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَنُحِرَتْ جَزُورٌ بِنَاحِيَةِ مَكَّةَ ، فَأَرْسَلُوا فَجَاءُوا مِنْ سَلَاهَا وَطَرَحُوهُ عَلَيْهِ فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ فَأَلْقَتْهُ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِقُرَيْشٍ ، اOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) was offering the prayer in the shade of the Ka`ba. Abu Jahl and some Quraishi men sent somebody to bring the Abdominal contents of a shecamel which had been slaughtered somewhere in Mecca, and when h9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3097تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا فِي بَيْتِي مِنْ شَيْءٍ يَأْكُلُهُ ذُو كَبِدٍ إِلَّا شَطْرُ شَعِيرٍ فِي رَفٍّ لِي ، فَأَكَلْتُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى طَالَ عَلَيَّ فَكِلْتُهُ فَفَنِيَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) died, and there was nothing in my house that a living being could eat, except some barley Lying on a shelf. So, I ate of it for a long period and measured it, and (after a short period) it was consu5 narratorsBukhari · 3193أُرَاهُ ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : شَتَمَنِي ابْنُ آدَمَ وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يَشْتِمَنِي وَيُكَذِّبُنِي ، وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَمَّا شَتْمُهُ ، فَقَوْلُهُ : إِنَّ لِي وَلَدًا وَأَمَّا تَكْذِيبُهُ ، فَقَوْلُهُ : لَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah the Most Superior said, "The son of Adam slights Me, and he should not slight Me, and he disbelieves in Me, and he ought not to do so. As for his slighting Me, it is that he says that I6 narratorsBukhari · 3879أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى عَلَى أَصْحَمَةَ النَّجَاشِيِّ فَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer for Ashama, the Negus, with four Takbir.6 narratorsBukhari · 3907حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ , وَفَاطِمَةَ , عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، صَنَعْتُ سُفْرَةً لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللّI prepared the journey food for the Prophet (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr when they wanted (to migrate to) Medina. I said to my father (Abu Bakr), "I do not have anything to tie the container of the journey food with except my waist 6 narratorsBukhari · 3959كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ بَدْرٍ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ وَبِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ , بِعِدَّةِ أَصْحَابِ طَالُوتَ الَّذِينَ جَاوَزُوا مَعَهُ النَّهَرَ , وَمَا جَاوَزَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌWe used to say that the warriors of Badr were over three-hundred-and-ten, as many as the Companions of Saul who crossed the river with him; and none crossed the river with him but a believer.9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4063رَأَيْتُ يَدَ طَلْحَةَ شَلَّاءَ وَقَى بِهَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍI saw Talha's paralyzed hand with which he had protected the Prophet (ﷺ) on the day of Uhud.5 narratorsBukhari · 4117حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ , حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ , عَنْ هِشَامٍ , عَنْ أَبِيهِ , عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا , قَالَتْ : لَمَّا رَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) returned from Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench) and laid down his arms and took a bath, Gabriel came and said (to the Prophet (ﷺ) ), You have laid down your arms? By Allah, we angels have not laid them down y5 narratorsBukhari · 4359إِنَّكُمْ مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ لَنْ تَزَالُوا بِخَيْرٍ مَا كُنْتُمْ إِذَا هَلَكَ أَمِيرٌ تَأَمَّرْتُمْ فِي آخَرَ ، فَإِذَا كَانَتْ بِالسَّيْفِ كَانُوا مُلُوكًا يَغْضَبُونَ غَضَبَ الْمُلُوكِ ، وَيَرْضَوْنَ رِضَا الْمُلُوكِWhile I was at Yemen, I met two men from Yemen called Dhu Kala and Dhu `Amr, and I started telling them about Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Dhu `Amr said to me, "If what you are saying about your friend (i.e. the Prophet) is tr5 narrators