A voice in the chain
شعبة بن الحجاج العتكي
شعبة بن الحجاج بن الورد
Appears in 2,842 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
شعبة بن الحجاج العتكي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
811
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
767
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
275
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
254
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
559
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
176
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حافظ ، متقن
Al-Dhahabi
أمير المؤمنين في الحديث ، ثبت حجة ويخطئ في الأسماء قليلا
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو بسطام
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الحافظ ، العتكي الأزدي مولاهم ، البجلي ، الواسطي الأصل ، ثم البصري
- Generation
- السابعة
- Born
- 83 هـ ، وقال ابن منجويه : 82 هـ
- Died
- 160 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة
- Died in
- البصرة
- Relatives
- موالى عبدة بن الأغر ، ويزيد بن المهلب بن أبي صفرة ، وقال قعنب : مولى الجهاضم من العتيك ، وقال ابن سعد : مولى الأشاقر عتاقة ، وابنه سعد ، وإخوته : بشار ، وحماد ، وعمر بن عبد الأعلى أخوه لأمه
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 10الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ ، وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ مَا نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A Muslim is the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue and hands. And a Muhajir (emigrant) is the one who gives up (abandons) all what Allah has forbidden."14 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 13لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself."8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 15لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ وَالِدِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said "None of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father, his children and all mankind."8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 17آيَةُ الْإِيمَانِ حُبُّ الْأَنْصَارِ ، وَآيَةُ النِّفَاقِ بُغْضُ الْأَنْصَارِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Love for the Ansar is a sign of faith and hatred for the Ansar is a sign of hypocrisy."4 narratorsBukhari · 21ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ ، مَنْ كَانَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا ، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ عَبْدًا لَا يُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ، وَمَنْ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي الْكُفْرِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever possesses the following three qualities will taste the sweetness of faith 1. The one to whom Allah and His Apostle become dearer than anything else. 2. Who loves a person and he loves him o4 narratorsBukhari · 25أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ، وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ ، وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ ، فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said "I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and offer the praye6 narratorsBukhari · 31أَعَيَّرْتَهُ بِأُمِّهِ ، إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ إِخْوَانُكُمْ خَوَلُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ ، فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَWhile I was going to help this man ('Ali Ibn Abi Talib), Abu Bakra met me and asked, "Where are you going?" I replied, "I am going to help that person." He said, "Go back for I have heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'W5 narratorsBukhari · 32لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ سورة الأنعام آية 82 ، قَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَيُّنَا لَمْ يَظْلِمْ ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلّWhen the following Verse was revealed "It is those who believe and confuse not their belief with wrong (worshipping others besides Allah.)" (683), the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked, "Who is amongst us who had9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 34أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا خَالِصًا ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا إِذَا ، اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ ، وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever has the following four (characteristics) will be a pure hypocrite and whoever has one of the following four characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy unless and until he giv8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 48سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ ، وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out to inform the people about the (date of the) night of decree (Al-Qadr) but there happened a quarrel between two Muslim men. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I came out to inform you about (the date 5 narratorsBukhari · 53فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ ، أَمَرَهُمْ بِالْإِيمَانِ بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ ، قَالَ : أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْإِيمَانُ بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ ؟ قَالُوا : اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ، قَالَ : شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لI used to sit with Ibn 'Abbas and he made me sit on his sitting place. He requested me to stay with him in order that he might give me a share from his property. So I stayed with him for two months. Once he told (me) tha4 narratorsBukhari · 55إِذَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ يَحْتَسِبُهَا فَهُوَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If a man spends on his family (with the intention of having a reward from Allah) sincerely for Allah's sake then it is a (kind of) alms-giving in reward for him.5 narrators