A voice in the chain
الحجاج بن محمد المصيصي
حجاج بن محمد
Appears in 211 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
الحجاج بن محمد المصيصي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
14
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
44
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
34
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
8
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
107
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
4
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت لكنه اختلط في آخر عمره لما قدم بغداد قبل موته
Al-Dhahabi
قال أحمد : ما كان أضبطه ، وأشد تعاهده للحروف ، ورفع من أمره جدا ، وقال أبو داود : بلغني أن ابن معين كتب عنه نحوا من خمسين ألف حديث
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو محمد
- Laqab
- الأعور ، الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- المصيصي ، الأعور ، الحافظ ، الترمذي الأصل ، الخراساني الأصل
- Generation
- التاسعة
- Died
- 205 هـ ، أو 206 هـ
- Lived in
- بغداد ، المصيصة
- Died in
- بغداد
- Travelled to
- الثغر ، المصيصة ، بغداد
- Relatives
- مولى : سليمان بن مجالد مولى أبي جعفر المنصور ، والد : أحمد
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 1434لَا تُوعِي فَيُوعِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ ، ارْضَخِي مَا اسْتَطَعْتِthat she had gone to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, "Do not shut your money bag; otherwise Allah too will withhold His blessings from you. Spend (in Allah's Cause) as much as you can afford. "8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1569اخْتَلَفَ عَلِيٌّ وَعُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا وَهُمَا بِعُسْفَانَ فِي الْمُتْعَةِ ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ : مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَنْهَى عَنْ أَمْرٍ فَعَلَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَم`Ali and `Uthman differed regarding Hajj-at-Tamattu` while they were at 'Usfan (a familiar place near Mecca). `Ali said, "I see you want to forbid people to do a thing that the Prophet (ﷺ) did?" When `Ali saw that, he as7 narratorsBukhari · 2060فَسَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ ؟ فَقَالَ : إِنْ كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ نَسَاءً فَلَا يَصْلُحُI used to practice money exchange, and I asked Zaid bin 'Arqam about it, and he narrated what the Prophet said in the following Abu Al-Minhal said, "I asked Al-Bara' bin `Azib and Zaid bin Arqam about practicing money ex13 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2061فَسَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ ؟ فَقَالَ : إِنْ كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ نَسَاءً فَلَا يَصْلُحُI used to practice money exchange, and I asked Zaid bin 'Arqam about it, and he narrated what the Prophet said in the following Abu Al-Minhal said, "I asked Al-Bara' bin `Azib and Zaid bin Arqam about practicing money ex13 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3553خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْهَاجِرَةِ إِلَى الْبَطْحَاءِ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَالْعَصْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ عَنَزَةٌ ، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ : وَزَادَفOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to Al-Batha' at noon, performed the ablution and offered' a two rak`at Zuhr prayer and a two-rak`at `Asr prayer while a spearheaded stick was planted before him and the passersby were pass8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4568اذْهَبْ يَا رَافِعُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُلْ : لَئِنْ كَانَ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ فَرِحَ بِمَا أُوتِيَ ، وَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يُحْمَدَ بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلْ مُعَذَّبًا ، لَنُعَذَّبَنَّ أَجْمَعُونَ ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ :Marwan said to his gatekeeper, "Go to Ibn `Abbas, O Rafi`, and say, 'If everybody who rejoices in what he has done, and likes to be praised for what he has not done, will be punished, then all of us will be punished." Ib13 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4584نَزَلَتْ فِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ ، إِذْ بَعَثَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍThe Verse "Obey Allah and Obey the Apostle and those of you (Muslims) who are in authority." (4.59) was revealed in connection with `Abdullah bin Hudhafa bin Qais bin `Adi' when the Prophet (ﷺ) appointed him as the comma6 narratorsBukhari · 4599عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ، وَكَانَ جَرِيحًاRegarding the Verse "Because of the inconvenience of rain or because you are ill." (4.102) (It was revealed in connection with) 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf who was wounded.6 narratorsBukhari · 4665حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ ، قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ : قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ : وَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا شَيْءٌ ، فَغَدَوْتُ عَلَى ابThere was a disagreement between them (i.e. Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Az-Zubair) so I went to Ibn `Abbas in the morning and said (to him), "Do you want to fight against Ibn Zubair and thus make lawful what Allah has made unlawf6 narratorsBukhari · 4681أُنَاسٌ كَانُوا يَسْتَحْيُونَ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّوْا ، فَيُفْضُوا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَأَنْ يُجَامِعُوا نِسَاءَهُمْ ، فَيُفْضُوا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَنَزَلَ ذَلِكَ فِيهِمْThat he heard Ibn 'Abbas reciting "No doubt! They fold up their breasts." (11.5) and asked him about its explanation. He said, "Some people used to hide themselves while answering the call of nature in an open space lest5 narratorsBukhari · 4847حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ أَخْبَرَهُمْ ، أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ رَكْبٌ مِنْ بَنA group of Bani Tamim came to the Prophet (and requested him to appoint a governor for them). Abu Bakr said, "Appoint Al-Qaqa bin Mabad." `Umar said, "Appoint Al-Aqra' bin Habeas." On that Abu Bakr said (to `Umar). "You 5 narratorsBukhari · 5179أَجِيبُوا هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةَ إِذَا دُعِيتُمْ لَهَا`Abdullah bin `Umar said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Accept the marriage invitation if you are invited to it.' " Ibn `Umar used to accept the invitation whether to a wedding banquet or to any other party, even when he6 narrators