A voice in the chain
سلام بن سليم الحنفي
سلام بن سليم
Appears in 268 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
سلام بن سليم الحنفي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
24
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
53
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
41
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
48
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
55
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
47
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ، متقن ، صاحب حديث
Al-Dhahabi
قال ابن معين : ثقة متقن
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو الأحوص
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الحنفي مولاهم ، الكوفي ، الحافظ
- Generation
- السابعة
- Died
- 179 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- الحنفي مولاهم ، وخال : سليم بن عيسى
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 751سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الِالْتِفَاتِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ؟ فَقَالَ : هُوَ اخْتِلَاسٌ يَخْتَلِسُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَبْدِI asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about looking hither and thither in prayer. He replied, "It is a way of stealing by which Satan takes away (a portion) from the prayer of a person."6 narratorsBukhari · 983مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاتَنَا وَنَسَكَ نُسْكَنَا فَقَدْ أَصَابَ النُّسُكَ ، وَمَنْ نَسَكَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَتِلْكَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ ، فَقَامَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ نِيَارٍ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ نَسَكْتُ قOn the day of Nahr Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) delivered the Khutba after the `Id prayer and said, "Anyone who prayed like us and slaughtered the sacrifice like we did then he acted according to our (Nusuk) tradition of sacrif5 narratorsBukhari · 1132حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدَانُ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي , عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ ، سَمِعْتُ أَبِي , قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ مَسْرُوقًا , قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ كَانَ أَحَI asked 'Aisha which deed was most loved by the Prophet. She said, "A deed done continuously." I further asked, "When did he used to get up (in the night for the prayer)." She said, "He used to get up on hearing the crow10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1144ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ فَقِيلَ : مَا زَالَ نَائِمًا حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ مَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، فَقَالَ : بَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي أُذُنِهِA person was mentioned before the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and he was told that he had kept on sleeping till morning and had not got up for the prayer. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Satan urinated in his ears."5 narratorsBukhari · 1584سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْجَدْرِ أَمِنَ الْبَيْتِ ؟ , هُوَ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قُلْتُ : فَمَا لَهُمْ لَمْ يُدْخِلُوهُ فِي الْبَيْتِ ؟ , قَالَ : إِنَّ قَوْمَكِ قَصَّرَتْ بِهِمُ النَّفَقَةُI asked the Prophet (ﷺ) whether the round wall (near Ka`ba) was part of the Ka`ba. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied in the affirmative. I further said, "What is wrong with them, why have they not included it in the building of th5 narratorsBukhari · 2856يَا مُعَاذُ هَلْ تَدْرِي حَقَّ اللَّهِ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ وَمَا حَقُّ الْعِبَادِ عَلَى اللَّهِ ؟ ، قُلْتُ : اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ، قَالَ : فَإِنَّ حَقَّ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوهُ ، وَلَا يُشْرِكُوا بI was a companion rider of the Prophet (ﷺ) on a donkey called 'Ufair. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked, "O Mu`adh! Do you know what Allah's right on His slaves is, and what the right of His slaves on Him is?" I replied, "Allah and 6 narratorsBukhari · 3034رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَهُوَ يَنْقُلُ التُّرَابَ حَتَّى وَارَى التُّرَابُ شَعَرَ صَدْرِهِ ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا كَثِيرَ الشَّعَرِ وَهُوَ يَرْتَجِزُ بِرَجَزِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ اI saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on the day (of the battle) of the Trench carrying earth till the hair of his chest were covered with dust and he was a hairy man. He was reciting the following verses of `Abdullah (bin Rawaha)4 narratorsBukhari · 3208إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يُجْمَعُ خَلْقُهُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ، ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ مَلَكًا فَيُؤْمَرُ بِأَرْبَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ ، وAllah's Messenger (ﷺ), the true and truly inspired said, "(The matter of the Creation of) a human being is put together in the womb of the mother in forty days, and then he becomes a clot of thick blood for a similar per5 narratorsBukhari · 3291هُوَ اخْتِلَاسٌ يَخْتَلِسُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ أَحَدِكُمْI asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about one's looking here and there during the prayer. He replied, "It is what Satan steals from the prayer of any one of you."6 narratorsBukhari · 4461مَا تَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دِينَارًا ، وَلَا دِرْهَمًا ، وَلَا عَبْدًا ، وَلَا أَمَةً إِلَّا بَغْلَتَهُ الْبَيْضَاءَ الَّتِي كَانَ يَرْكَبُهَا ، وَسِلَاحَهُ وَأَرْضًا جَعَلَهَا لِابْنِ اAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not leave a Dinar or a Dirham or a male or a female slave. He left only his white mule on which he used to ride, and his weapons, and a piece of land which he gave in charity for the needy trave4 narratorsBukhari · 4718إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَصِيرُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ جُثًا كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تَتْبَعُ نَبِيَّهَا ، يَقُولُونَ : يَا فُلَانُ ، اشْفَعْ يَا فُلَانُ ، اشْفَعْ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ الشَّفَاعَةُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسOn the Day of Resurrection the people will fall on their knees and every nation will follow their prophet and they will say, "O so-and-so! Intercede (for us with Allah), "till (the right) intercession is given to the Pro4 narratorsBukhari · 4965سَأَلْتُهَا عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ سورة الكوثر آية 1 ، قَالَتْ :I asked `Aisha 'regarding the verse--'Verily we have granted you the Kauthar.' She replied, "The Kauthar is a river which has been given to your Prophet on the banks of which there are (tents of) hollow pearls and its ut9 narrators·parallel chain