A voice in the chain
عبد الله بن عون المزني
عبد الله بن عون بن أرطبان
Appears in 172 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
عبد الله بن عون المزني
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
46
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
48
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
11
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
10
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
41
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
16
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت فاضل
Al-Dhahabi
قال هشام بن حسان : لم تر عيناي مثله . وقال قرة : كنا نعجب من ورع ابن سيرين فأنساناه ابن عون . وقال الأوزاعي : إذا مات ابن عون وسفيان استوى الناس
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عون
- Laqab
- الخراز
- Lineage / nisba
- المزني مولاهم ، الخراز ، البصري ، أصله من سبي ميسان
- Generation
- السادسة
- Born
- 46 هـ ، أو 66 هـ
- Died
- 150 هـ ، ويقال : 151 هـ ، ويقال : 152 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة
- Travelled to
- المدينة ، والكوفة ، ومكة ، والشام
- Relatives
- مولى مزينة ، وجده أرطبان مولى لعبد الله بن مغفل المزني ، وقيل : مولى لعبد الله بن درة بن سراق المزني ، وزوجته أم محمد عمة بكار بن محمد بن عبد الله بن محمد بن سيرين ، وصاحبه حسين بن حسن البصري
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 67فَإِنَّ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَمْوَالَكُمْ وَأَعْرَاضَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ حَرَامٌ ، كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا فِي شَهْرِكُمْ هَذَا فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا ، لِيُبَلِّغ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ ، فَإِنَّ الشَّاهِدَ عَسَى أَنْ يُبَلِّغَ Once the Prophet (ﷺ) was riding his camel and a man was holding its rein. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked, "What is the day today?" We kept quiet, thinking that he might give that day another name. He said, "Isn't it the day of Na6 narratorsBukhari · 171أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا حَلَقَ رَأْسَهُ كَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَخَذَ مِنْ شَعَرِهِWhen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got his head shaved, Abu- Talha was the first to take some of his hair.6 narratorsBukhari · 482صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِحْدَى صَلَاتَيِ الْعَشِيِّ ، قَالَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ : سَمَّاهَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ، وَلَكِنْ نَسِيتُ أَنَا ، قَالَ : فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَAbu Huraira said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) led us in one of the two `Isha' prayers (Abu Huraira named that prayer but I forgot it)." Abu Huraira added, "He prayed two rak`at and then finished the prayer with Taslim. He sto5 narratorsBukhari · 981أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ فَنُخْرِجَ الْحُيَّضَ وَالْعَوَاتِقَ وَذَوَاتِ الْخُدُورِ ، قَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ : أَوِ الْعَوَاتِقَ ذَوَاتِ الْخُدُورِ ، فَأَمَّا الْحُيَّضُ فَيَشْهَدْنَ جَمَاعَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَدَعْوَتَهُمْ وَيWe were ordered to go out (for 'Id) and also to take along with us the menstruating women, mature girls and virgins staying in seclusion. (Ibn 'Aun said, "Or mature virgins staying in seclusion)." The menstruating women 5 narratorsBukhari · 1037اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي شَامِنَا وَفِي يَمَنِنَا ، قَالَ : قَالُوا : وَفِي نَجْدِنَا ، قَالَ : قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي شَامِنَا وَفِي يَمَنِنَا ، قَالَ : قَالُوا : وَفِي نَجْدِنَا ، قَالَ : قَالَ : هُنَ(The Prophet) said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen." People said, "Our Najd as well." The Prophet again said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen." They said again, "Our Najd as well." On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said5 narratorsBukhari · 1257تُوُفِّيَتْ بِنْتُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَنَا :اغْسِلْنَهَا ثَلَاثًا , أَوْ خَمْسًا , أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ ، فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُنَّ فَآذِنَّنِي ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا آذَنThe daughter of the Prophet (ﷺ) expired, and he said to us, "Wash her three or five times, or more if you see it necessary, and when you finish, notify me." So, (when we finished) we informed him and he unfastened his wa4 narratorsBukhari · 1555كُنَّا عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فَذَكَرُوا الدَّجَّالَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : مَكْتُوبٌ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ كَافِرٌ ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ ، وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ : أَمَّا مُوسَى كَأَنِّيI was in the company of Ibn `Abbas and the people talked about Ad-Dajjal and said, "Ad-Dajjal will come with the word Kafir (non-believer) written in between his eyes." On that Ibn `Abbas said, "I have not heard this fro5 narratorsBukhari · 1787حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ , عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ ، قَالَا : قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ That `Aisha said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The people are returning after performing the two Nusuks (i.e. Hajj and `Umra) but I am returning with one only?" He said, "Wait till you become clean from your menses and then8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1994أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِوَفَاءِ النَّذْرِ ، وَنَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ صَوْمِ هَذَا الْيَوْمِA man went to Ibn 'Umar I. and said, "A man vowed to fast one day (the sub-narrator thinks that he said that the day was Monday), and that day happened to be 'Id day." Ibn 'Umar said, "Allah orders vows to be fulfilled a5 narratorsBukhari · 2051الْحَلَالُ بَيِّنٌ وَالْحَرَامُ بَيِّنٌ وَبَيْنَهُمَا أُمُورٌ مُشْتَبِهَةٌ ، فَمَنْ تَرَكَ مَا شُبِّهَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ ، كَانَ لِمَا اسْتَبَانَ أَتْرَكَ ، وَمَنِ اجْتَرَأَ عَلَى مَا يَشُكُّ فِيهِ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ ،The Prophet (ﷺ) said "Both legal and illegal things are obvious, and in between them are (suspicious) doubtful matters. So whoever forsakes those doubtful things lest he may commit a sin, will definitely avoid what is cl20 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2161نُهِينَا أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍWe were forbidden that a town dweller should sell goods of a desert dweller.5 narratorsBukhari · 2541إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَغَارَ عَلَى بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ وَهُمْ غَارُّونَ ، وَأَنْعَامُهُمْ تُسْقَى عَلَى الْمَاءِ ، فَقَتَلَ مُقَاتِلَتَهُمْ وَسَبَى ذَرَارِيَّهُمْ وَأَصَابَ يَوْمَئِذٍ جُوَيْI wrote a letter to Nafi' and Nafi' wrote in reply to my letter that the Prophet (ﷺ) had suddenly attacked Bani Mustaliq without warning while they were heedless and their cattle were being watered at the places of water5 narrators