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A voice in the chain

معاوية بن سلام الحبشي

معاوية بن سلام بن أبي سلام : ممطور

Appears in 59 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

معاوية بن سلام الحبشي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

8

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

25

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

9

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

0

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

15

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

2

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة

Al-Dhahabi

ثقة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو سلام
Laqab
الأسود
Lineage / nisba
الحبشي ، ويقال : الألهاني ، الدمشقي
Generation
السابعة
Died
فى حدود 170 هـ أو بعدها
Lived in
حمص ، دمشق
Relatives
أخوه : زيد بن سلام بن أبي سلام ، وجده : أبي سلام الأسود

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

59 total
Bukhari · 1045لَمَّا كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نُودِيَ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ جَامِعَةٌ"When the sun eclipsed in the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) an announcement was made that a prayer was to be offered in congregation."6 narratorsBukhari · 1809قَدْ أُحْصِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَحَلَقَ رَأْسَهُ ، وَجَامَعَ نِسَاءَهُ ، وَنَحَرَ هَدْيَهُ ، حَتَّى اعْتَمَرَ عَامًا قَابِلًاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) was prevented from performing (`Umra) Therefore, he shaved his head and had sexual relations with his wives and slaughtered his Hadi and performed Umra in the following year.6 narratorsBukhari · 2312جَاءَ بِلَالٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِتَمْرٍ بَرْنِيٍّ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مِنْ أَيْنَ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ بِلَالٌ : كَانَ عِنْدَنَا تَمْرٌ رَدِيٌّ فَبِعْتOnce Bilal brought Barni (i.e. a kind of dates) to the Prophet (ﷺ) and the Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "From where have you brought these?" Bilal replied, "I had some inferior type of dates and exchanged two Sas of it for one6 narratorsBukhari · 2341مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ ، فَإِنْ أَبَى فَلْيُمْسِكْ أَرْضَهُThe people used to rent their land for cultivation for one-third, one-fourth or half its yield. The Prophet said, "Whoever has land should cultivate it himself or give it to his (Muslim) brother gratis; otherwise keep it5 narratorsBukhari · 4171بَايَعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِthat Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak had informed him that he was one of those who had given the Pledge of allegiance (of Al-Hudaibiya) beneath the Tree.6 narratorsBukhari · 5266إِذَا حَرَّمَ امْرَأَتَهُ لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ ، وَقَالَ : لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ سورة الأحزاب آية 21that he heard Ibn 'Abbas saying, "If a man makes his wife unlawful for him, it does not mean that she is divorced." He added, "Indeed in the Messenger of Allah , you have a good example to follow."7 narratorsBukhari · 6626مَنِ اسْتَلَجَّ فِي أَهْلِهِ بِيَمِينٍ ، فَهُوَ أَعْظَمُ إِثْمًا لِيَبَرَّ ، يَعْنِي : الْكَفَّارَةَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Anyone who takes an oath through which his family may be harmed, and insists on keeping it, he surely commits a sin greater (than that of dissolving his oath). He should rather compensate for6 narratorsBukhari · 7198مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ ، وَلَا اسْتَخْلَفَ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ إِلَّا كَانَتْ لَهُ بِطَانَتَانِ : بِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَحُضُّهُ عَلَيْهِ ، وَبِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالشَّرِّ وَتَحُضُّهُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah never sends a prophet or gives the Caliphate to a Caliph but that he (the prophet or the Caliph) has two groups of advisors A group advising him to do good and exhorts him to do it, and the o29 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 302مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ بِمِلَّةٍ غَيْرِ الإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا ، فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ ، وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَيْءٍ ، عُذِّبَ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ نَذْرٌ فِي شَيْءٍ لَا يَمْلِكُهُ5 narratorsMuslim · 716كُنْتُ قَائِمًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَجَاءَ حِبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ الْيَهُودِ ، فَقَالَ : السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، فَدَفَعْتُهُ دَفْعَةً كَادَ يُصْرَعُ مِنْهَا ، فَقَالَ :7 narratorsMuslim · 717وحَدَّثَنِيهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّارِمِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ ، فِي هَذَا الإِسْنَادِ بِمِثْلِهِ ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : كُنْتُ قَ3 narratorsMuslim · 1363إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ ، فَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةُ ، فَمَا أَدْرَكْتُمْ فَصَلُّوا ، وَمَا سَبَقَكُمْ فَأَتِمُّوا6 narrators