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زهير بن حرب الحرشي

زهير بن حرب بن شداد

Appears in 820 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

زهير بن حرب الحرشي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

14

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

760

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

43

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

0

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

1

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

2

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة ثبت

Al-Dhahabi

قال يعقوب بن شيبة : هو أثبت من أبي بكر بن أبي شيبة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو خيثمة
Lineage / nisba
الحرشي مولاهم ، النسائي ، البغدادي
Generation
العاشرة
Born
160 هـ
Died
234 هـ ، وقيل : 232 هـ
Lived in
بغداد
Died in
بغداد
Relatives
مولى بني الحريش بن كعب بن عامر بن صعصعة ، ابنه : أبو بكر أحمد بن أبي خيثمة

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

820 total
Bukhari · 1686لَمْ يَزَلِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُلَبِّي حَتَّى رَمَى جَمْرَةَ الْعَقَبَةِIbn `Abbas said, "Usama bin Zaid rode behind the Prophet (ﷺ) from `Arafat to Al-Muzdalifa; and then from Al-Muzdalifa to Mina, Al-Fadl rode behind him." He added, "Both of them (Usama and Al-Fadl) said, 'The Prophet (ﷺ) 9 narratorsBukhari · 1687لَمْ يَزَلِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُلَبِّي حَتَّى رَمَى جَمْرَةَ الْعَقَبَةِIbn `Abbas said, "Usama bin Zaid rode behind the Prophet (ﷺ) from `Arafat to Al-Muzdalifa; and then from Al-Muzdalifa to Mina, Al-Fadl rode behind him." He added, "Both of them (Usama and Al-Fadl) said, 'The Prophet (ﷺ) 9 narratorsBukhari · 2221أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّ بِشَاةٍ مَيِّتَةٍ ، فَقَالَ : هَلَّا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِإِهَابِهَا ؟ قَالُوا : إِنَّهَا مَيِّتَةٌ ، قَالَ : إِنَّمَا حَرُمَ أَكْلُهَاOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) passed by a dead sheep and said to the people, "Wouldn't you benefit by its skin?" The people replied that it was dead. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "But its eating only is illegal."7 narratorsBukhari · 2232أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسْأَلُ عَنِ الْأَمَةِ تَزْنِي وَلَمْ تُحْصَنْ ؟ قَالَ : اجْلِدُوهَا ، ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا ، ثُمَّ بِيعُوهَا بَعْدَ الثَّالِثَةِ أَوِ الرّthat Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about an unmarried slave-girl who committed illegal sexual intercourse. They heard him saying, "Flog her, and if she commits illegal sexual intercourse after that, flog her again, and8 narratorsBukhari · 2233أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسْأَلُ عَنِ الْأَمَةِ تَزْنِي وَلَمْ تُحْصَنْ ؟ قَالَ : اجْلِدُوهَا ، ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا ، ثُمَّ بِيعُوهَا بَعْدَ الثَّالِثَةِ أَوِ الرّthat Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about an unmarried slave-girl who committed illegal sexual intercourse. They heard him saying, "Flog her, and if she commits illegal sexual intercourse after that, flog her again, and8 narratorsBukhari · 2543مَا زِلْتُ أُحِبُّ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ مُنْذُ ثَلَاثٍ ، سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِيهِمْ ، سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ : هُمْ أَشَدُّ أُمَّتِي عَلَى الدَّجَّالِ ، قَالَ : وَجَاءَتْ صَدَقَاI have loved the people of the tribe of Bani Tamim ever since I heard, three things, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said about them. I heard him saying, These people (of the tribe of Bani Tamim) would stand firm against Ad-Dajjal14 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3880حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، عَنْ صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ , وَابْنُ الْمُسَيَّ"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made them (i.e. the Muslims) stand in rows at the Musalla (i.e. praying place) and led the funeral prayer for the Negus and said four Takbir."8 narratorsBukhari · 4366هُمْ أَشَدُّ أُمَّتِي عَلَى الدَّجَّالِI have not ceased to like Banu Tamim ever since I heard of three qualities attributed to them by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (He said) They, out of all my followers, will be the strongest opponent of Ad-Dajjal; `Aisha had a sl5 narratorsBukhari · 5531أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّ بِشَاةٍ مَيِّتَةٍ ، فَقَالَ : هَلَّا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِإِهَابِهَا ؟ قَالُوا إِنَّهَا مَيِّتَةٌ ، قَالَ : إِنَّمَا حَرُمَ أَكْلُهَاOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) passed by a dead sheep and said (to the people), "Why don't you use its hide?" They said, "But it is dead," He said, "Only eating it, is prohibited."7 narratorsBukhari · 5946حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : أُتِيَ عُمَرُ بِامْرَأَةٍ تَشِمُ ، فَقَامَ ، فَقَالَ : أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ مA woman who used to practise tattooing was brought to `Umar. `Umar got up and said, "I beseech you by Allah, which of you heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying something about tattooing?" l got up and said, "0 chief of the Believ5 narratorsBukhari · 6406كَلِمَتَانِ خَفِيفَتَانِ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ ثَقِيلَتَانِ فِي الْمِيزَانِ حَبِيبَتَانِ إِلَى الرَّحْمَنِ : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There are two expressions which are very easy for the tongue to say, but they are very heavy in the balance and are very dear to The Beneficent (Allah), and they are, 'Subhan Allah Al- `Azim and 'S5 narratorsBukhari · 7258أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَTwo men sued each other before the Prophet.8 narrators