A voice in the chain
الأسود بن يزيد النخعي
الأسود بن يزيد بن قيس
Appears in 357 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
الأسود بن يزيد النخعي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
83
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
73
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
37
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
28
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
96
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
40
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
مخضرم ، ثقة ، مكثر ، فقيه
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عمرو ، أبو نصر ، ويقال : أبو عبد الرحمن
- Lineage / nisba
- النخعي ، الكوفي
- Generation
- الثانية
- Died
- 74 هـ ، أو 75 هـ
- Lived in
- العراق
- Died in
- الكوفة
- Travelled to
- اليمن
- Relatives
- أخو : عبد الرحمن بن يزيد ، وابن أخي : علقمة بن قيس ، ووالد : عبد الرحمن بن الأسود ، وخال : إبراهيم النخعي ، أحد أصحاب عبد الله بن مسعود
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 126يَا عَائِشَةُ ، لَوْلَا قَوْمُكِ حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ ، قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ : بِكُفْرٍ لَنَقَضْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ ، فَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ ، بَابٌ يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ وَبَابٌ يَخْرُجُونَIbn Az-Zubair said to me, "Aisha used to tell you secretly a number of things. What did she tell you about the Ka`ba?" I replied, "She told me that once the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'O `Aisha! Had not your people been still clo6 narratorsBukhari · 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 · 271كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى وَبِيصِ الطِّيبِ فِي مَفْرِقِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌIt is as if I am just looking at the glitter of scent in the parting of the Prophet's head hair while he was a Muhrim.6 narratorsBukhari · 299حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : " كُنْتُ أَغْتَسِلُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمThe Prophet (ﷺ) and I used to take a bath from a single pot while we were Junub. During the menses, he used to order me to put on an Izar (dress worn below the waist) and used to fondle me. While in I'tikaf, he used to b6 narratorsBukhari · 302كَانَتْ إِحْدَانَا إِذَا كَانَتْ حَائِضًا فَأَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُبَاشِرَهَا أَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَتَّزِرَ فِي فَوْرِ حَيْضَتِهَا ، ثُمَّ يُبَاشِرُهَا ، قَالَتْ : وَأَيُّكُمْ يَمْلِك(on the authority of his father) `Aisha said "Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) wanted to fondle anyone of us during her periods (menses), he used to order her to put on an Izar and start fondling her." `Aisha added, "None 9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 508أَعَدَلْتُمُونَا بِالْكَلْبِ وَالْحِمَارِ ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي مُضْطَجِعَةً عَلَى السَّرِيرِ فَيَجِيءُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَيَتَوَسَّطُ السَّرِيرَ فَيُصَلِّي ، فَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُسَنِّحَهُ ، فَأَDo you make us (women) equal to dogs and donkeys? While I used to lie in my bed, the Prophet (ﷺ) would come and pray facing the middle of the bed. I used to consider it not good to stand in front of him in his prayers. S6 narratorsBukhari · 511رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي وَإِنِّي لَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَأَنَا مُضْطَجِعَةٌ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ ، فَتَكُونُ لِي الْحَاجَةُ فَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَسْتَقْبِلَهُ فَأَنْسَلُّ انْسِلَاThe things which annul the prayers were mentioned before me. They said, "Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they pass in front of the praying people)." I said, "You have made us (i.e. women) dogs. I sa10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 514شَبَّهْتُمُونَا بِالْحُمُرِ وَالْكِلَابِ ، وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي وَإِنِّي عَلَى السَّرِيرِ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ مُضْطَجِعَةً ، فَتَبْدُو لِي الْحَاجَةُ فThe things which annul prayer were mentioned before me (and those were) a dog, a donkey and a woman. I said, "You have compared us (women) to donkeys and dogs. By Allah! I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) praying while I used to lie 10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 592رَكْعَتَانِ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَعُهُمَا سِرًّا وَلَا عَلَانِيَةً ، رَكْعَتَانِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ وَرَكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) never missed two rak`at before the Fajr prayer and after the `Asr prayer openly and secretly.6 narratorsBukhari · 593مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْتِينِي فِي يَوْمٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَّا صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) come to me after the 'Asr prayer, he always prayed two rak'at.6 narratorsBukhari · 664كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا فَذَكَرْنَا الْمُوَاظَبَةَ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَالتَّعْظِيمَ لَهَا ، قَالَتْ :"We were with `Aisha discussing the regularity of offering the prayer and dignifying it. She said, 'When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fell sick with the fatal illness and when the time of prayer became due and Adhan was pronoun10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 676كَانَ يَكُونُ فِي مِهْنَةِ أَهْلِهِ تَعْنِي خِدْمَةَ أَهْلِهِ ، فَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ خَرَجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِThat he asked 'Aisha "What did the Prophet (ﷺ) use to do in his house?" She replied, "He used to keep himself busy serving his family and when it was the time for prayer he would go for it."6 narrators