A voice in the chain
Appears in 4 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
No onward narrator is recorded
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
3
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
1
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
0
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
0
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
No names recorded.
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
No names recorded.
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 3833جَاءَ سَيْلٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَكَسَا مَا بَيْنَ الْجَبَلَيْنِIn the pre-lslamic period of ignorance a flood of rain came and filled the valley in between the two mountains (around the Ka'ba).6 narratorsBukhari · 6190حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُThat his father (Hazn bin Wahb) went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and the Prophet (ﷺ) asked (him), "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Hazn." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You are Sahl." Hazn said, "I will not change the name wi14 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 6193جَلَسْتُ إِلَى سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، فَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ جَدَّهُ حَزْنًا قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : مَا اسْمُكَ ؟ قَالَ : اسْمِي حَزْنٌ . قَالَ :That when his grandfather, Hazn visited the Prophet (ﷺ) the Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him), "What is your name?" He said, "My name is Hazn." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, " But you are Sahl." He said, "I will not change my name with 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4956مَا اسْمُكَ , قَالَ : حَزْنٌ , قَالَ : أَنْتَ سَهْلٌ , قَالَ : لَا ، السَّهْلُ يُوطَأُ وَيُمْتَهَنُSaeed bin Musayyab told that his father said on the authority of his grandfather (Hazn): The Prophet ﷺ asked: What is your name? He replied: Hazn (rugged). He said: You are Sahl (smooth). He said: No, smooth is trodden u7 narrators