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A voice in the chain

بكر بن مضر القرشي

بكر بن مضر بن محمد بن حكيم بن سلمان

Appears in 61 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 مضر القرشي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

11

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

12

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

7

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

8

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

23

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

0

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة ثبت

Al-Dhahabi

ثقة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو محمد ، وقيل : أبو عبد الملك
Lineage / nisba
المصري ، القرشي
Generation
الثامنة
Born
100 هـ ، أو 102 هـ
Died
173 هـ ، أو 174 هـ
Lived in
مصر
Relatives
مولى شرحبيل بن حسنة القرشي ، وقيل : مولى ربيعة بن شرحبيل بن حسنة الكندي ، ابنه : إسحاق بن بكر بن مضر

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

61 total
Bukhari · 390أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى فَرَّجَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِIbn Buhaina, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed, he used to separate his arms from his body so widely that the whiteness of his armpits was visible."7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 807أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى فَرَجَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer prayer he used to keep arms away (from the body) so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible.7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 830صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الظُّهْرَ فَقَامَ وَعَلَيْهِ جُلُوسٌ ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي آخِرِ صَلَاتِهِ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) led us in the Zuhr prayer and got up (after the prostrations of the second rak`a) although he should have sat (for the Tashahhud). So at the end of the prayer, he prostrated twice while sitting5 narratorsBukhari · 2592أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا أَعْتَقَتْ وَلِيدَةً ، وَلَمْ تَسْتَأْذِنْ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُهَا الَّذِي يَدُورُ عَلَيْهَا فِيهِ ، قَالَتْ : أَشَعَرْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنِّي أthe freed slave of Ibn `Abbas, that Maimuna bint Al-Harith told him that she manumitted a slave-girl without taking the permission of the Prophet. On the day when it was her turn to be with the Prophet, she said, "Do you10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3564إِذَا سَجَدَ فَرَّجَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى نَرَى إِبْطَيْهِ ، قَالَ : وَقَالَ ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ : حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) prostrated, he used to keep his arms so widely apart that we used to see his armpits. (The sub-narrator, Ibn Bukair said, "The whiteness of his armpits.")7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3638أَنَّ الْقَمَرَ انْشَقَّ فِي زَمَانِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَThe moon was split into two parts during the lifetime of the Prophet.6 narratorsBukhari · 3870أَنَّ الْقَمَرَ انْشَقَّ عَلَى زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَDuring the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) the moon was split (into two places).6 narratorsBukhari · 4370يَا بِنْتَ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ ، سَأَلْتِ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ، إِنَّهُ أَتَانِي أُنَاسٌ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ بِالْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ قَوْمِهِمْ ، فَشَغَلُونِي عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِThat Kuraib, the freed slave of Ibn `Abbas told him that Ibn `Abbas, `Abdur-Rahman bin Azhar and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama sent him to `Aisha saying, "Pay her our greetings and ask her about our offering of the two-rak`at a8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4507حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ , حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ , عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ , عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ , عَنْ يَزِيدَ مَوْلَى سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ , عَنْ سَلَمَةَ , قَالَ :لَمَّا نَزَلَWhen the Divine Revelation "For those who can fast, they had a choice either fast, or feed a poor for every day," (2.184) was revealed, it was permissible for one to give a ransom and give up fasting, till the Verse succ6 narratorsBukhari · 4696حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ تَلِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ ، عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُضَرَ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ،عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ ال"I told her ('Aisha) (Regarding the above narration), they (Apostles) were betrayed (by Allah)." She said Allah forbid or said similarly.4 narratorsBukhari · 4866انْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ فِي زَمَانِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَThe moon was cleft asunder during the lifetime of the Prophet.6 narratorsMuslim · 242وحَدَّثَنِيهِ أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُضَرَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ .4 narrators