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Companion of the Prophet ﷺ

عقبة بن الحارث القرشي

عقبة بن الحارث بن عامر بن نوفل بن عبد مناف بن قصي

Appears in 20 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

عقبة بن الحارث القرشي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

15

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

0

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

2

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

1

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

2

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

0

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

صحابي من مسلمة الفتح

Al-Dhahabi

من مسلمة الفتح

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو سروعة
Lineage / nisba
النوفلي ، المكي ، القرشي
Generation
صحابي
Died
بعد 50 هـ
Lived in
مكة
Relatives
أخته لأمه : بنت عبيدة بن الحارث بن المطلب ، واخوه لامه : أبا سروعة أخو عقبة لأمه ، إخوته : الوليد ، وأبو مسلم ، وأبو حسين

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

20 total
Bukhari · 88أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ ابْنَةً لِأَبِي إِهَابِ بْنِ عَزِيزٍ ، فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ ، فَقَالَتْ : إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُ عُقْبَةَ وَالَّتِي تَزَوَّجَ ، فَقَالَ لَهَا عُقْبَةُ : مَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكِ أَرْضَعْتِنِي وَلَا أَخْبَرْ`Uqba bin Al-Harith said that he had married the daughter of Abi Ihab bin `Aziz. Later on a woman came to him and said, "I have suckled (nursed) `Uqba and the woman whom he married (his wife) at my breast." `Uqba said to5 narratorsBukhari · 851ذَكَرْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ تِبْرٍ عِنْدَنَا فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ يَحْبِسَنِي فَأَمَرْتُ بِقِسْمَتِهِI offered the `Asr prayer behind the Prophet (ﷺ) at Medina. When he had finished the prayer with Taslim, he got up hurriedly and went out by crossing the rows of the people to one of the dwellings of his wives. The peopl5 narratorsBukhari · 1221صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعَصْرَ ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَامَ سَرِيعًا دَخَلَ عَلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَرَأَى مَا فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ تَعَجُّبِهِمْ لِسُرْعَتِهِ , فَقI offered the 'Asr prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and after finishing the prayer with Taslim he got up quickly and went to some of his wives and then came out. He noticed the signs of astonishment on the faces of the people5 narratorsBukhari · 1430صَلَّى بِنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعَصْرَ فَأَسْرَعَ ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ خَرَجَ فَقُلْتُ أَوْ قِيلَ لَهُ : فَقَالَ : كُنْتُ خَلَّفْتُ فِي الْبَيْتِ تِبْرًا مِنَ الصَّدَOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) offered the 'Asr prayer and then hurriedly went to his house and returned immediately. I (or somebody else) asked him (as to what was the matter) and he said, "I left at home a piece of gold which wa4 narratorsBukhari · 2052أَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَوْدَاءَ ؟ ، جَاءَتْ فَزَعَمَتْ أَنَّهَا أَرْضَعَتْهُمَا ، فَذَكَرَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ، وَتَبَسَّمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : 'Uqba bin Al-Harith said that a black woman came and claimed that she had suckled both of them (i.e. 'Uqba and his wife). So, he mentioned that to the Prophet (ﷺ) who turned his face from him and smiled and said, "How (c5 narratorsBukhari · 2316جِيءَ بِالنُّعَيْمَانِ ، أَوِ ابْنِ النُّعَيْمَانِ شَارِبًا ، فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ أَنْ يَضْرِبُواWhen An-Nuaman or his son was brought in a state of drunkenness, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered all those who were present in the house to beat him. I was one of those who beat him. We beat him with shoes and palm-leaf st5 narratorsBukhari · 2640كَيْفَ وَقَدْ قِيلَ فَفَارَقَهَا وَنَكَحَتْ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ'Uqba married the daughter of Abu Ihab bin 'Aziz, and then a woman came and said, "I suckled 'Uqba and his wife." 'Uqba said to her, "I do not know that you have suckled me, and you did not inform me." He then sent someo5 narratorsBukhari · 2659أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ يَحْيَى بِنْتَ أَبِي إِهَابٍ ، قَالَ : فَجَاءَتْ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ ، فَقَالَتْ : قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي ، قَالَ :That he had married Um Yahya bint Abu Ihab. He said. "A black slave-lady came and said, 'I suckled you both.' I then mentioned that to the Prophet (ﷺ) who turned his face aside." `Uqba further said, "I went to the other 9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2660تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً ، فَجَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ ، فَقَالَتْ : إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : وَكَيْفَ وَقَدْ قِيلَ دَعْهَا عَنْكَ أَوْ نَحْوَهُI married a woman and later on a woman came and said, "I suckled you both." So, I went to the Prophet (to ask him about it). He said, "How can you (keep her as a wife) when it has been said (that you were foster brother 4 narratorsBukhari · 3542حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ، قَالَ : صَلَّى أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ الْعَصْرَ ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ(Once) Abu Bakr offered the 'Asr prayer and then went out walking and saw Al-Hasan playing with the boys. He lifted him on to his shoulders and said, " Let my parents be sacrificed for your sake! (You) resemble the Proph5 narratorsBukhari · 3750حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ، قَالَ : رَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَI saw Abu Bakr carrying Al-Hasan and saying, "Let my father be sacrificed for you; you resemble the Prophet and not 'Ali," while 'Ali was laughing at this.6 narratorsBukhari · 5104حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ، عَنْ عُI married a woman and then a black lady came to us and said, "I have suckled you both (you and your wife)." So I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "I married so-and-so and then a black lady came to us and said to me, 'I 7 narrators·parallel chain