A voice in the chain
سعيد بن سليمان الضبي
سعيد بن سليمان ، وقال ابن حبان : سعيد بن سليمان بن كنانة
Appears in 30 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
سعيد بن سليمان الضبي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
11
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
1
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
7
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
2
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
6
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
3
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حافظ
Al-Dhahabi
الحافظ ،و قال أبو حاتم : لعله أوثق من عفان ، وقال صالح جزرة : سمعته يقول : حججت ستين حجة وما دلست قط ، وقال أحمد : كان يصحف
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عثمان
- Laqab
- سعدويه ، الحافظ
- Known as
- سعدويه
- Lineage / nisba
- الضبي ، الواسطي ، البزاز ، الحافظ
- Generation
- كبار العاشرة
- Died
- 225 هـ
- Lived in
- بغداد ، الكرخ
- Died in
- بغداد
- School
- من أهل السنة
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 171أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا حَلَقَ رَأْسَهُ كَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَخَذَ مِنْ شَعَرِهِWhen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got his head shaved, Abu- Talha was the first to take some of his hair.6 narratorsBukhari · 953كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَغْدُو يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ تَمَرَاتٍAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated The Prophet (ﷺ) used to eat odd number of dates.8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1345أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قَتْلَى أُحُدٍThe Prophet (ﷺ) buried every two martyrs in of Uhud in one grave.5 narratorsBukhari · 2684سَأَلَنِي يَهُودِيٌّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْحِيرَةِ ، أَيَّ الْأَجَلَيْنِ قَضَى مُوسَى ؟ قُلْتُ : لَا أَدْرِي حَتَّى أَقْدَمَ عَلَى حَبْرِ الْعَرَبِ ، فَأَسْأَلَهُ ، فَقَدِمْتُ ، فَسَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ، فَقَالَ :قَضَى أَكْA Jew from Hira asked me which one of the two periods Musa (i.e. Prophet Moses) completed. I said, "I don't know, (but wait) till I see the most learned 'Arab and inquire him about it." So, I went to Ibn `Abbas and asked6 narratorsBukhari · 4220لَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ شَيْئًا وَأَهْرِقُوهَاWe where afflicted with severe hunger on the day of Khaibar. While the cooking pots were boiling and some of the food was well-cooked, the announcer of the Prophet (ﷺ) came to say, "Do not eat anything the donkey-meat an4 narratorsBukhari · 4645حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّه6 narratorsBukhari · 4882سُورَةُ التَّوْبَةِ ، قَالَ : التَّوْبَةُ هِيَ الْفَاضِحَةُ مَا زَالَتْ تَنْزِلُ وَمِنْهُمْ وَمِنْهُمْ حَتَّى ظَنُّوا أَنَّهَا لَنْ تُبْقِيَ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا ذُكِرَ فِيهَا ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : سُورَةُ الْأَنْفَالِ ،I asked Ibn `Abbas about Surat Al-Tauba, and he said, "Surat Al-Tauba? It is exposure (of all the evils of the infidels and the hypocrites). And it continued revealing (that the oft-repeated expression) '...and of them .6 narratorsBukhari · 6788أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا أَهَمَّتْهُمُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَخْزُومِيَّةُ الَّتِي سَرَقَتْ ، فَقَالُوا : مَنْ يُكَلِّمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَمَنْ يَجْتَرِئُ عَلَيْهِ ، إِلَّا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، حِThe Quraish people became very worried about the Makhzumiya lady who had committed theft. They said, "Nobody can speak (in favor of the lady) to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and nobody dares do that except Usama who is the favo5 narratorsBukhari · 6942لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَإِنَّ عُمَرَ مُوثِقِي عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ، وَلَوِ انْقَضَّ أُحُدٌ مِمَّا فَعَلْتُمْ بِعُثْمَانَ ، كَانَ مَحْقُوقًا أَنْ يَنْقَضَّI heard Sa'id bin Zaid saying, "I have seen myself tied and forced by 'Umar to leave Islam (Before 'Umar himself embraced Islam). And if the mountain of Uhud were to collapse for the evil which you people had done to 'Ut5 narratorsBukhari · 6952أَنْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : يَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ، أَنْصُرُهُ إِذَا كَانَ مَظْلُومًا ، أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا كَانَ ظَالِمًا كَيْفَ أَنْصُرُهُ ؟ ، قَالَ : تَحْجُزُهُ أَوْ تَمْنَعُهُ مِنَ الظُّلْAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Help your brother whether he is an oppressor or an oppressed," A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I will help him if he is oppressed, but if he is an oppressor, how shall I help him?" The 5 narratorsBukhari · 7391أَكْثَرُ مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَحْلِفُ لَا وَمُقَلِّبِ الْقُلُوبِThe Prophet (ﷺ) frequently used to swear, "No, by the One Who turns the hearts."5 narratorsMuslim · 4388أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِرَجُلٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا ، فَأَقَادَ وَلِيَّ الْمَقْتُولِ مِنْهُ ، فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ ، وَفِي عُنُقِهِ نِسْعَةٌ يَجُرُّهَا ، فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ6 narrators