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محمد بن بشر العبدي

محمد بن بشر بن الفرافصة بن المختار بن رديح

Appears in 169 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

محمد بن بشر العبدي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

8

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

83

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

12

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

4

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

17

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

45

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة حافظ

Al-Dhahabi

قال أبو داود : هو أحفظ من كان بالكوفة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو عبد الله
Laqab
الحافظ
Lineage / nisba
العبدي ، الكوفي ، الحافظ
Generation
التاسعة
Died
203 هـ
Lived in
الكوفة
Died in
الكوفة
Relatives
قال أحمد بن المعذل : هو ابن عمنا ، جدنا البختري بن المختار ، من أصحاب الحسن بن صالح

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

169 total
Bukhari · 2530حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، أَنَّهُ لَمَّا أَقْبَلَ يُرِيدُ الْإِسْلَامَWhen Abu Huraira accompanied by his slave set out intending to embrace Islam they lost each other on the way. The slave then came while Abu Huraira was sitting with the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Huraira! Your5 narratorsBukhari · 3682حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "In a dream I saw myself drawing water from a well with a bucket. Abu Bakr came and drew a bucket or two weakly. May Allah forgive him. Then 'Umar bin Al-Khattab came and the bucket turned into a ve6 narratorsBukhari · 4616نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ ، وَإِنَّ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَخَمْسَةَ أَشْرِبَةٍ ، مَا فِيهَا شَرَابُ الْعِنَبِ(The Verse of) prohibiting alcoholic drinks was revealed when there were in Medina five kinds of (alcoholic) drinks none of which was produced from grapes.5 narratorsBukhari · 5113كَانَتْ خَوْلَةُ بِنْتُ حَكِيمٍ مِنَ اللَّائِي وَهَبْنَ أَنْفُسَهُنَّ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : أَمَا تَسْتَحِي الْمَرْأَةُ أَنْ تَهَبَ نَفْسَهَا لِلرَّجُلِ ؟ ، فَلَمَّا نَزَKhaula bint Hakim was one of those ladies who presented themselves to the Prophet (ﷺ) for marriage. `Aisha said, "Doesn't a lady feel ashamed for presenting herself to a man?" But when the Verse "(O Muhammad) You may pos11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5826رَأَيْتُ بِشِمَالِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَيَمِينِهِ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا ثِيَابٌ بِيضٌ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ مَا رَأَيْتُهُمَا قَبْلُ وَلَا بَعْدُOn the day of the battle of Uhud, on the right and on the left of the Prophet (ﷺ) were two men wearing white clothes, and I had neither seen them before, nor did I see them afterwards.6 narratorsBukhari · 6194مَاتَ صَغِيرًا ، وَلَوْ قُضِيَ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَبِيٌّ عَاشَ ابْنُهُ ، وَلَكِنْ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدَهُI asked Abi 'Aufa, "Did you see Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet (ﷺ) ?" He said, "Yes, but he died in his early childhood. Had there been a Prophet after Muhammad then his son would have lived, but there is no Prophet aft4 narratorsBukhari · 7126لَا يَدْخُلُ الْمَدِينَةَ رُعْبُ الْمَسِيحِ لَهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ مَلَكَانِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The terror caused by Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal will not enter Medina and at that time Medina will have seven gates and there will be two angels at each gate (guarding them).10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 7186بَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَعْتَقَ غُلَامًا لَهُ عَنْ دُبُرٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرَهُ ، فَبَاعَهُ بِثَمَانِ مِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ بِثَمَنِهِ إِلThe Prophet (ﷺ) came to know that one of his companions had given the promise of freeing his slave after his death, but as he had no other property than that slave, the Prophet (ﷺ) sold that slave for 800 dirhams and sen6 narratorsMuslim · 98حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ : إِذَا وَلَدَتِ 3 narratorsMuslim · 215إِذَا كَفَّرَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ ، فَقَدْ بَاءَ بِهَا أَحَدُهُمَا6 narratorsMuslim · 480أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا بِلَحْمٍ ، فَرُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ الذِّرَاعُ ، وَكَانَتْ تُعْجِبُهُ ، فَنَهَسَ مِنْهَا نَهْسَةً ، فَقَالَ : أَنَا سَيِّدُ النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، وَهَلْ 6 narratorsMuslim · 590بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ يَبْدَأُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، إِذَا دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ ؟ قَالَتْ : بِالسِّوَاكِ6 narrators