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A voice in the chain

بكر بن سوادة الجذامي

بكر بن سوادة بن ثمامة

Appears in 23 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

بكر بن سوادة الجذامي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

1

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

4

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

7

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

1

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

7

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

3

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة فقيه

Al-Dhahabi

ثقة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو ثمامة
Lineage / nisba
الجذامي ، المصري
Generation
الثالثة
Died
في خلافة هشام بن عبد الملك ، وقال الذهبي : سنة 128 هـ
Lived in
مصر
Died in
إفريقية ، وقيل : بل غرق في بحار الأندلس
Travelled to
إفريقية
Relatives
أرسله عمر بن عبد العزيز إلى أهل إفريقية ليفقههم

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

23 total
Bukhari · 4126صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِهِمْ يَوْمَ مُحَارِبٍ وَثَعْلَبَةَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said to Hassan, "Abuse them (with your poems), and Gabriel is with you (i.e, supports you)." (Through another group of sub narrators) Al-Bara bin Azib said, "On the day of Quraiza's (besiege), Allah's Mes4 narratorsMuslim · 499أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : تَلَا قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ : رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ النَّاسِ فَمَنْ تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي سورة إبراهيم آية 36 الآيَةَ 6 narratorsMuslim · 4510مَنْ آوَى ضَالَّةً فَهُوَ ضَالٌّ مَا لَمْ يُعَرِّفْهَا7 narratorsMuslim · 5677إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ بَرَّأَهَا مِنْ ذَلِكَ9 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 7427إِذَا فُتِحَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ فَارِسُ وَالرُّومُ أَيُّ قَوْمٍ أَنْتُمْ ؟ ، قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ نَقُولُ : كَمَا أَمَرَنَا اللَّهُ ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 338خَرَجَ رَجُلَانِ فِي سَفَرٍ فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُمَا مَاءٌ فَتَيَمَّمَا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَصَلَّيَا ، ثُمَّ وَجَدَا الْمَاءَ فِي الْوَقْتِ فَأَعَادَ أَحَدُهُمَا الصَّلَاةَ وَالْوُضُوءَ وَلَمْ يُعِدِ الْآAbu Saeed al-Khudri said: Two persons set out on a journey. Meanwhile the time of prayer came and they had no water. They performed tayammum with clean earth and prayed. Later on they found water within the time of the p6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 339حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ ، عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَوْلَى إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِAta bin Yasar said: Two persons from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; he then narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 481أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَمَّ قَوْمًا فَبَصَقَ فِي الْقِبْلَةِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنْظُرُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ فَرَغَ : لَا يُصَلِّي لَكُمْ ، فَأَرَادَNarrated Abu Sahlah as-Saib ibn Khallad: A man led the people in prayer. He spat towards qiblah while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was looking at him. The Messenger of Allah said to the people when he finished his prayer: He6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 617إِذَا قَضَى الْإِمَامُ الصَّلَاةَ وَقَعَدَ فَأَحْدَثَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ ، فَقَدْ تَمَّتْ صَلَاتُهُ ، وَمَنْ كَانَ خَلْفَهُ مِمَّنْ أَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet ﷺ said: When the Imam completes the prayer and sits (for reciting tashahhud), and then becomes defiled (i. e. his ablution becomes void) before he speaks (to someone), his6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 831الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ، كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَاحِدٌ ، وَفِيكُمُ الْأَحْمَرُ وَفِيكُمُ الْأَبْيَضُ وَفِيكُمُ الْأَسْوَدُ ، اقْرَءُوهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْرَأَهُ أَقْوَامٌ يُقِيمُونَهُ كَمَا يُقَوَّمُ السَّهْمُ يُتَعَجَّلُ أَجْرُهُ وَSahl bin Saad al-Saeedi said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day came out to us while we were reciting the Quran. He said: Praise be to Allah. The Book of Allah is one, and among you are the red, and among you are the whit7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1646لَا ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ سَائِلًا لَا بُدَّ فَاسْأَلِ الصَّالِحِينَNarrated Ibn al-Firasi: Al-Firasi asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: May I beg, Messenger of Allah? The Prophet ﷺ said: No, but if there is no escape from it, beg from the upright.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3823يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَأَشَدُّ ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ الثُّومُ أَفَتُحَرِّمُهُ ؟ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : كُلُوهُ ، وَمَنْ أَكَلَهُ مِنْكُمْ فَلَا يَقْرَبْ هَذَا الْمَسْجِدَ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ رِيحُNarrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The garlic and onions were mentioned before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He was told: The most severe of them is garlic. Would you make it unlawful? The Prophet ﷺ said: Eat it, and he who eats 6 narrators