A voice in the chain
زهير بن معاوية الجعفي
زهير بن معاوية بن حديج بن الرحيل بن زهير بن خيثمة
Appears in 320 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
زهير بن معاوية الجعفي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
65
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
89
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
106
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
7
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
42
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
11
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة حجة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو خيثمة
- Lineage / nisba
- الجعفي ، الكوفي
- Generation
- السابعة
- Born
- 100 هـ
- Died
- 172هـ ، أو : 173هـ ، أو : 174هـ ، 177هـ
- Lived in
- الجزيرة
- Died in
- قال مطين : الجزيرة ، وقال ابن سعد : الحربية ، وقال عبد القادر الرهاوي : بحران
- Relatives
- أخو : حديج ، والرحيل
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 40أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ نَزَلَ عَلَى أَجْدَادِهِ ، أَوْ قَالَ : أَخْوَالِهِ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ ، وَأَنَّهُ صَلَّى قِبَلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) came to Medina, he stayed first with his grandfathers or maternal uncles from Ansar. He offered his prayers facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months, but he wished that he cou7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 156أَتَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْغَائِطَ ، فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آتِيَهُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ ، فَوَجَدْتُ حَجَرَيْنِ وَالْتَمَسْتُ الثَّالِثَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ ، فَأَخَذْتُ رَوْثَةً فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا ، فThe Prophet (ﷺ) went out to answer the call of nature and asked me to bring three stones. I found two stones and searched for the third but could not find it. So took a dried piece of dung and brought it to him. He took 10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 232أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَغْسِلُ الْمَنِيَّ مِنْ ثَوْبِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ أَرَاهُ فِيهِ بُقْعَةً أَوْ بُقَعًاI used to wash the semen off the clothes of the Prophet (ﷺ) and even then I used to notice one or more spots on them.5 narratorsBukhari · 252كَانَ يَكْفِي مَنْ هُوَ أَوْفَى مِنْكَ شَعَرًا وَخَيْرٌ مِنْكَWhile I and my father were with Jabir bin 'Abdullah, some people asked him about taking a bath. He replied, "A Sa' of water is sufficient for you." A man said, "A Sa' is not sufficient for me." Jabir said, "A Sa' was suf6 narratorsBukhari · 254أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُفِيضُ عَلَى رَأْسِي ثَلَاثًا ، وَأَشَارَ بِيَدَيْهِ كِلْتَيْهِمَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "As for me, I pour water three times on my head." And he pointed with both his hands.5 narratorsBukhari · 297أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَتَّكِئُ فِي حَجْرِي وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ ، ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to lean on my lap and recite Qur'an while I was in menses.5 narratorsBukhari · 331إِذَا أَقْبَلَتِ الْحَيْضَةُ فَدَعِي الصَّلَاةَ ، وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ فَاغْسِلِي عَنْكِ الدَّمَ وَصَلِّيThe Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Give up the prayer when your menses begin and when it has finished, wash the blood off your body (take a bath) and start praying."5 narratorsBukhari · 417إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا قَامَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَإِنَّمَا يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ أَوْ رَبُّهُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ قِبْلَتِهِ ، فَلَا يَبْزُقَنَّ فِي قِبْلَتِهِ ، وَلَكِنْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ طَرَفَ رِدThe Prophet (ﷺ) saw expectoration (on the wall of the mosque) in the direction of the Qibla and scraped it off with his hand. It seemed that he disliked it and the sign of disgust was apparent from his face. He said, "If4 narratorsBukhari · 621لَا يَمْنَعَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ أَوْ أَحَدًا مِنْكُمْ أَذَانُ بِلَالٍ مِنْ سَحُورِهِ ، فَإِنَّهُ يُؤَذِّنُ أَوْ يُنَادِي بِلَيْلٍ لِيَرْجِعَ قَائِمَكُمْ وَلِيُنَبِّهَ نَائِمَكُمْ ، وَلَيْسَ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْفَجْرُ أَوِ الصُّبْAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Bilal pronounces the Adhan at night, so keep on eating and drinking (Suhur) till Ibn Um Maktum pronounces the Adhan."5 narratorsBukhari · 674إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ فَلَا يَعْجَلْ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ حَاجَتَهُ مِنْهُ وَإِنْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you is having his meals, he should not hurry up till he is; satisfied even if the prayer has been started."7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 702إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُنَفِّرِينَ فَأَيُّكُمْ مَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ فَلْيَتَجَوَّزْ ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِA man came and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! By Allah, I keep away from the morning prayer only because So and so prolongs the prayer when he leads us in it." The narrator said, "I never saw Allah's Apostle more furiou5 narratorsBukhari · 725أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنِّي أَرَاكُمْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ظَهْرِي ، وَكَانَ أَحَدُنَا يُلْزِقُ مَنْكِبَهُ بِمَنْكِبِ صَاحِبِهِ وَقَدَمَهُ بِقَدَمِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Straighten your rows for I see you from behind my back." Anas added, "Everyone of us used to put his shoulder with the shoulder of his companion and his foot with the foot of his companion."4 narrators