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A voice in the chain

محمود بن غيلان العدوي

محمود بن غيلان

Appears in 417 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

1 intermediate narrator

محمود بن غيلان العدوي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

47

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

6

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

0

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

281

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

75

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

8

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة

Al-Dhahabi

الحافظ

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو أحمد ، وقال ابن حبان : أبو محمد
Laqab
الحافظ
Lineage / nisba
الحافظ ، العدوي مولاهم ، المروزي
Generation
العاشرة
Died
قال البخاري وغيره : 239 هـ . وقال أبو رجاء محمد بن حمدويه المروزي : 249 هـ
Lived in
بغداد
Relatives
العدوي مولاهم

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

417 total
Bukhari · 570أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شُغِلَ عَنْهَا لَيْلَةً فَأَخَّرَهَا حَتَّى رَقَدْنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظْنَا ، ثُمَّ رَقَدْنَا ، ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظْنَا ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا النَّ`Abdullah bin `Umar said, "Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was busy (at the time of the `Isha'), so the prayer was delayed so much so that we slept and woke up and slept and woke up again. The Prophet (ﷺ) came out and said, '7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 604يَا بِلَالُ قُمْ فَنَادِ بِالصَّلَاةِWhen the Muslims arrived at Medina, they used to assemble for the prayer, and used to guess the time for it. During those days, the practice of Adhan for the prayers had not been introduced yet. Once they discussed this 5 narratorsBukhari · 1062انْكَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِIn the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) the sun eclipsed and then he offered a two rak'at prayer.6 narratorsBukhari · 1064أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى بِهِمْ فِي كُسُوفِ الشَّمْسِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي سَجْدَتَيْنِ الْأَوَّلُ الْأَوَّلُ أَطْوَلُThe Prophet (ﷺ) led us and performed four bowing in two rak'at during the solar eclipse and the first rak'a was longer.6 narratorsBukhari · 1121حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ . ح وحَدَّثَنِي مَحْمُودٌ , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ الIn the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) whosoever saw a dream would narrate it to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I had a wish of seeing a dream to narrate it to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) I was a grown up boy and used to sleep i9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1210أَنَّهُ صَلَّى صَلَاةً , قَالَ :The Prophet (ﷺ) once offered the prayer and said, "Satan came in front of me and tried to interrupt my prayer, but Allah gave me an upper hand on him and I choked him. No doubt, I thought of tying him to one of the pilla5 narratorsBukhari · 1339أُرْسِلَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَام ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ صَكَّهُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ ,فَقَالَ : أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لَا يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ ، فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَيْنَهُ , وَقَالَ : اThe angel of death was sent to Moses and when he went to him, Moses slapped him severely, spoiling one of his eyes. The angel went back to his Lord, and said, "You sent me to a slave who does not want to die." Allah rest6 narratorsBukhari · 1578أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ مِنْ كَدَاءٍ وَخَرَجَ مِنْ كُدًا مِنْ أَعْلَى مَكَّةَIn the year of the conquest of Mecca, the Prophet (ﷺ) entered Mecca from Kada' and left Mecca from Kuda, from the higher part of Mecca.5 narratorsBukhari · 1811أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحَرَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحْلِقَ ، وَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ بِذَلِكَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) slaughtered (the Hadi) before he had his head shaved and then he ordered his Companions to do the same.6 narratorsBukhari · 2213جَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الشُّفْعَةَ فِي كُلِّ مَالٍ لَمْ يُقْسَمْ ، فَإِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْحُدُودُ وَصُرِّفَتِ الطُّرُقُ فَلَا شُفْعَةَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave preemption (to the partner) in every joint property, but if the boundaries of the property were demarcated or the ways and streets were fixed, then there was no pre-emption.6 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 · 3050حَدَّثَنِي مَحْمُودٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَ جَاءَ فِي أُسَارَى بَدْرٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَ(who was among the captives of the Battle of Badr) I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting 'Surat-at-Tur' in the Maghrib prayer.6 narrators