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A voice in the chain

صفوان بن سليم القرشي

صفوان بن سليم

Appears in 45 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

صفوان بن سليم القرشي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

10

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

5

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

7

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

6

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

10

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

7

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة ، مفت عابد ، رمي بالقدر

Al-Dhahabi

يقال : إنه لم يضع جنبه أربعين سنة ، وقيل : إن جبهته ثقبت من كثرة السجود ، وكان قانعا لا يقبل جوائز السلطان ، ثقة حجة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو عبد الله ، وقيل : أبو الحارث
Laqab
الحافظ
Lineage / nisba
الحافظ ، القرشي ، المدني ، الزهري مولاهم
Generation
الرابعة
Born
60هـ
Died
124هـ ، أو 132هـ
Lived in
المدينة
Relatives
مولى حميد بن عبد الرحمن بن عوف القرشي
School
رمي بالقدر

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

45 total
Bukhari · 279بَيْنَا أَيُّوبُ يَغْتَسِلُ عُرْيَانًا فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِ جَرَادٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ ، فَجَعَلَ أَيُّوبُ يَحْتَثِي فِي ثَوْبِهِ ، فَنَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ : يَا أَيُّوبُ ، أَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَغْنَيْتُكَ عَمَّا تَرَى ؟ قَالَ : بَلَى وَعِزَّThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) Job (Aiyub) was taking a bath naked, golden locusts began to fall on him. Job started collecting them in his clothes. His Lord addressed him, 'O Job! Haven't I given you enough6 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 858الْغُسْلُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُحْتَلِمٍThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Ghusl (taking a bath) on Friday is compulsory for every Muslim reaching the age of puberty."5 narratorsBukhari · 879غُسْلُ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُحْتَلِمٍAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) said, "The taking of a bath on Friday is compulsory for every male (Muslim) who has attained the age of puberty."5 narratorsBukhari · 895غُسْلُ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُحْتَلِمٍAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The taking of a bath on Friday is compulsory for every Muslim who has attained the age of puberty."5 narratorsBukhari · 2665غُسْلُ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُحْتَلِمٍThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Bath on Friday is compulsory for those who have attained the age of puberty."5 narratorsBukhari · 3256إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ يَتَرَاءَوْنَ أَهْلَ الْغُرَفِ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ كَمَا يَتَرَاءَيُونَ الْكَوْكَبَ الدُّرِّيَّ الْغَابِرَ فِي الْأُفُقِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ ، أَوِ الْمَغْرِبِ لِتَفَاضُلِ مَا بَيْنَهُمْ ، قَالُوا : يَا The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The people of Paradise will look at the dwellers of the lofty mansions (i.e. a superior place in Paradise) in the same way as one looks at a brilliant star far away in the East or in the West on th5 narratorsBukhari · 3417خُفِّفَ عَلَى دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام الْقُرْآنُ فَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِدَوَابِّهِ فَتُسْرَجُ فَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُسْرَجَ دَوَابُّهُ وَلَا يَأْكُلُ إِلَّا مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The reciting of the Zabur (i.e. Psalms) was made easy for David. He used to order that his riding animals be saddled, and would finish reciting the Zabur before they were saddled. And he would neve9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3443أَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَالْأَنْبِيَاءُ إِخْوَةٌ لِعَلَّاتٍ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ شَتَّى وَدِينُهُمْ وَاحِدٌAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Both in this world and in the Hereafter, I am the nearest of all the people to Jesus, the son of Mary. The prophets are paternal brothers; their mothers are different, but their religion is o10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 6006السَّاعِي عَلَى الْأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، أَوْ كَالَّذِي يَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَيَقُومُ اللَّيْلَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said "The one who looks after and works for a widow and for a poor person, is like a warrior fighting for Allah's Cause or like a person who fasts during the day and prays all the night." Narrated Abu Hur3 narratorsBukhari · 7198مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ ، وَلَا اسْتَخْلَفَ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ إِلَّا كَانَتْ لَهُ بِطَانَتَانِ : بِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَحُضُّهُ عَلَيْهِ ، وَبِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالشَّرِّ وَتَحُضُّهُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah never sends a prophet or gives the Caliphate to a Caliph but that he (the prophet or the Caliph) has two groups of advisors A group advising him to do good and exhorts him to do it, and the o29 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 205وحَدَّثَنِي حَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُطَّلِبِ ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ مَوْلَى 12 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 312إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ رِيحًا مِنْ الْيَمَنِ ، أَلْيَنَ مِنَ الْحَرِيرِ ، فَلَا تَدَعُ أَحَدًا فِي قَلْبِهِ ، قَالَ أَبُو عَلْقَمَةَ : مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ ، وقَالَ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ : مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنَ إِيمَانٍ ، إِلّ7 narrators