A voice in the chain
عامر الشعبي
عامر بن شراحيل ، وقيل : ابن عبد الله بن شراحيل ، وقيل : ابن شراحيل بن عبد
Appears in 539 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
عامر الشعبي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
113
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
111
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
76
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
66
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
113
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
60
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ، مشهور ، فقيه فاضل
Al-Dhahabi
أحد الأعلام
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عمرو
- Lineage / nisba
- الشعبي ، الحميري ، الكوفي ، الهمداني ، الكباري
- Generation
- الثالثة
- Born
- لست سنين خلت من خلافة عمر ، لسنتين مضتا من خلافة عمر ، 19 هـ ، أو : 20 هـ ، وقيل : 21 هـ ، وقيل : 31 هـ ، وذكر ابن حزم أن مولده كان بعد قتل عمر
- Died
- 103 هـ قاله الهيثم بن عدي ، ويحيى بن بكير ، يحيى بن معين ، 104 هـ قاله يحيى بن معين ، وإسماعيل بن مجالد ، وأبو نعيم ، ومحمد بن عمران البجلي ، وعمر بن شبيب المسلي ، وعبد الله بن إدريس ، 105هـ قاله إسحاق بن يحيى ، محمد بن عبد الله بن نمير ، أو : 106 هـ قاله علي ابن المديني ، وعمرو بن علي ، 107 هـ قاله علي ابن المديني ، أو : 109 هـ قاله ابن حبان ، 110 هـ قاله علي بن عبد الله التميمي
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Travelled to
- نيسابور ، المدينة
- Relatives
- عمه : قيس بن عبد ، وأمه : من سبي جلولاء ، وكاتب عبد الله بن مطيع ، وكاتب عبد الله بن يزيد
- School
- وكان شيعيا فرأى منهم أمورا وسمع إفراطهم فترك رأيهم وكان يعيبهم
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 10الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ ، وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ مَا نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A Muslim is the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue and hands. And a Muhajir (emigrant) is the one who gives up (abandons) all what Allah has forbidden."14 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 52الْحَلَالُ بَيِّنٌ وَالْحَرَامُ بَيِّنٌ ، وَبَيْنَهُمَا مُشَبَّهَاتٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ ، فَمَنِ اتَّقَى الْمُشَبَّهَاتِ اسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ ، وَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي الشُّبُهَاتِ كَرَاعٍ يَرْعَI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'Both legal and illegal things are evident but in between them there are doubtful (suspicious) things and most of the people have no knowledge about them. So whoever saves himself fr4 narratorsBukhari · 97ثَلَاثَةٌ لَهُمْ أَجْرَانِ ، رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمَنَ بِنَبِيِّهِ وَآمَنَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَالْعَبْدُ الْمَمْلُوكُ إِذَا أَدَّى حَقَّ اللَّهِ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ ، وَرَجُلٌ كَانَOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came out while Bilal was accompanying him. He went towards the women thinking that they had not heard him (i.e. his sermon). So he preached them and ordered them to pay alms. (Hearing that) the6 narratorsBukhari · 111هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ كِتَابٌ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ، إِلَّا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ ، أَوْ فَهْمٌ أُعْطِيَهُ رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ أَوْ مَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ ، فَمَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ ؟ قَالَ : الْعَقْلُ وَفَكَاكُ الْأAbu Juhaifa said, "I asked `Ali, 'Have you got any book (which has been revealed to the Prophet (ﷺ) apart from the Qur'an)?' `Ali replied, 'No, except Allah's Book or the power of understanding which has been bestowed (b7 narratorsBukhari · 175إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ الْمُعَلَّمَ فَقَتَلَ فَكُلْ ، وَإِذَا أَكَلَ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ ، قُلْتُ : أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَأَجِدُ مَعَهُ كَلْبًا آخَرَ ، قَالَ : فَلَا تَأْكُلْ ، فَإِنَّمَا I asked the Prophet (about the hunting dogs) and he replied, "If you let loose (with Allah's name) your tamed dog after a game and it hunts it, you may eat it, but if the dog eats of (that game) then do not eat it becaus5 narratorsBukhari · 206دَعْهُمَا ، فَإِنِّي أَدْخَلْتُهُمَا طَاهِرَتَيْنِ ، فَمَسَحَ عَلَيْهِمَاMy father said, "Once I was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) on a journey and I dashed to take off his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather). He ordered me to leave them as he had put them after performing ab5 narratorsBukhari · 728قُمْتُ لَيْلَةً أُصَلِّي عَنْ يَسَارِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي أَوْ بِعَضُدِي حَتَّى أَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، وَقَالَ : بِيَدِهِ مِنْ وَرَائِيOne night I stood to the left of the Prophet (ﷺ) in the prayer but he caught hold of me by the hand or by the shoulder (arm) till he made me stand on his right and beckoned with his hand (for me) to go from behind (him).5 narratorsBukhari · 857أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ مَرَّ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ مَنْبُوذٍ ، فَأَمَّهُمْ وَصَفُّوا عَلَيْهِI heard Ash-Shu'bi saying, "A person who was accompanying the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by a grave that was separated from the other graves told me that the Prophet (ﷺ) once led the people in the (funeral) prayer and the people6 narratorsBukhari · 951إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا نَبْدَأُ مِنْ يَوْمِنَا هَذَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ ، ثُمَّ نَرْجِعَ فَنَنْحَرَ ، فَمَنْ فَعَلَ فَقَدْ أَصَابَ سُنَّتَنَاI heard the Prophet (p.b.u.h) delivering a Khutba saying, "The first thing to be done on this day (first day of 'Id ul Adha) is to pray; and after returning from the prayer we slaughter our sacrifices (in the name of All5 narratorsBukhari · 955مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاتَنَا وَنَسَكَ نُسُكَنَا فَقَدْ أَصَابَ النُّسُكَ ، وَمَنْ نَسَكَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّهُ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ وَلَا نُسُكَ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ نِيَارٍ خَالُ الْبَرَاءِ : يَا رَسُولَ اللّThe Prophet (ﷺ) delivered the Khutba after offering the prayer on the Day of Nahr and said, "Whoever offers the prayer like us and slaughters like us then his Nusuk (sacrifice) will be accepted by Allah. And whoever slau5 narratorsBukhari · 965إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا نَبْدَأُ فِي يَوْمِنَا هَذَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ ، ثُمَّ نَرْجِعَ فَنَنْحَرَ ، فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَصَابَ سُنَّتَنَا ، وَمَنْ نَحَرَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ لَحْمٌ قَدَّمَهُ لِأَهْلِهِ لَيThe Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "The first thing that we should do on this day of ours is to pray and then return to slaughter the sacrifice. So anyone who does so, he acted according to our Sunna (tradition), and whoever sl5 narratorsBukhari · 968إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا نَبْدَأُ بِهِ فِي يَوْمِنَا هَذَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ ، ثُمَّ نَرْجِعَ فَنَنْحَرَ ، فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَصَابَ سُنَّتَنَا وَمَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ لَحْمٌ عَجَّلَهُ لِأَهْلThe Prophet (ﷺ) delivered the Khutba on the day of Nahr (`Id-ul-Adha) and said, "The first thing we should do on this day of ours is to pray and then return and slaughter (our sacrifices). So anyone who does so he acted 5 narrators