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A voice in the chain

عبد السلام بن حرب الملائي

عبد السلام بن حرب بن سلم

Appears in 31 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

عبد السلام بن حرب الملائي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

2

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

0

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

10

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

11

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

2

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

6

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة حافظ ، له مناكير

Al-Dhahabi

ثقة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو بكر
Laqab
الحافظ
Lineage / nisba
الحافظ ، النهدي ، الملائي ، الكوفي ، البصري الأصل
Generation
صغار الثامنة
Born
91 هـ
Died
186هـ ، أو 187هـ
Lived in
الكوفة
Died in
الكوفة
Travelled to
الكوفة
Relatives
شريك أبي نعيم في بيع الملا

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

31 total
Bukhari · 4385أَجَلْ ، وَلَكِنْ لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ ، فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا أَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهَاWhen Abu Musa arrived (at Kufa as a governor) he honored this family of Jarm (by paying them a visit). I was sitting near to him, and he was eating chicken as his lunch, and there was a man sitting amongst the people. Ab6 narratorsBukhari · 5342لَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ أَنْ تُحِدَّ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجٍ ، فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَكْتَحِلُ وَلَا تَلْبَسُ ثَوْبًا مَصْبُوغًا إِلَّا ثَوْبَ عَصْبٍThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "She should not use perfume except when she becomes clean from her menses whereupon she can use Qust, and Azfar (two kinds of incense).5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 202أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَسْجُدُ وَيَنَامُ وَيَنْفُخُ ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي وَلَا يَتَوَضَّأُ ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : صَلَّيْتَ وَلَمْ تَتَوَضَّأْ وَقَدْ نِمْتَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to prostrate and sleep (in prostration) and produce puffing sounds (during sleep). Then he would stand and pray and would not perform ablution. I said to him: yo8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 776كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا اسْتَفْتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ ، قَالَ : سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرَكَNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began his prayer, he said: "Glory be to Thee, O Allah, " and "Praise be to Thee" and "Blessed is Thy name, and Exalted is Thy greatness, sand there is no god 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1686حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ الْمِصْرِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ حَيَّةَ ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ ، قَالَ : لَمَّا بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اSaad said When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took the oath of allegiance from woman, a woman of high rank, who seemed to be one of the women of Mudar, rose and said Prophet of Allah ﷺ, we are dependant on our parents, our son5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2211حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْبَزَّازُ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَرْبٍ ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ ، عَنْ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِAbu Tamimah reported from a man of his tribe “The Prophet ﷺ heard a man say his wife “O my younger sister! So he prohibited him (addressing his wife in this manner) Abu Dawud said “This tradition has also been transmitte6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2472يَمُرُّ بِالْمَرِيضِ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ ، فَيَمُرُّ كَمَا هُوَ وَلَا يُعَرِّجُ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُAccording to the version of Al Nufaili, Aishah said “The Prophet ﷺ used to pass by a patient while he was observing I’tikaf (in the mosque) but he passed as usual and did not stay asking about him. ” According to the ver7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2696حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ الْحَكَمِ ، عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: Ali separated between a slave-girl and her child. The Prophet ﷺ prohibited it and made the sale transactions withdrawn. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Maimun (b. Abi Shaib) did not meet Ali. He 7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3049لَا إِنَّمَا الْعُشُورُ عَلَى النَّصَارَى وَالْيَهُودِNarrated A man of Banu Taghlib: Harb ibn Ubaydullah ibn Umayr ath-Thaqafi told on the authority of his grandfather, a man of Banu Taghlib: I came to the Prophet ﷺ, embraced Islam, and he taught me Islam. He also taught m6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3756إِذَا اجْتَمَعَ الدَّاعِيَانِ ، فَأَجِبْ أَقْرَبَهُمَا بَابًا ، فَإِنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمَا بَابًا أَقْرَبَهُمَا جِوَارًا ، وَإِنْ سَبَقَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَأَجِبْ الَّذِي سَبَقَNarrated Abdur Rahman al-Himyari: A companion of the Prophet ﷺ reported him as saying: When two people come together to issue an invitation, accept that of the one whose door is nearer in neighbourhood, but if one of the6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4652أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَرَانِي بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي تَدْخُلُ مِنْهُ أُمَّتِي ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَكَ حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: Gabriel came and taking me by the hand showed the gate of Paradise by which my people will enter. Abu Bakr then said: Messenger of Allah! I wish I had been with you so that I mi6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5036تُشَمِّتُ الْعَاطِسَ ثَلَاثًا ، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تُشَمِّتَهُ فَشَمِّتْهُ ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَكُفَّNarrated Ubayd ibn Rifaah az-Zuraqi: The Prophet ﷺ said: Invoke a blessing on one who sneezes three times; (and if he sneezes more often), then if you wish to invoke a blessing on him, you may invoke, and if you wish (to7 narrators