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حميد بن أبي حميد الطويل

حميد بن أبي حميد : تير ، ويقال : تيرويه ، ويقال : زاذويه ، ويقال : داور ، ويقال : طرخان ، ويقال : مهران ، ويقال : عبد الرحمن ، ويقال : مخلد.

Appears in 358 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

حميد بن أبي حميد الطويل

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

120

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

32

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

46

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

51

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

73

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

36

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة مدلس ، وعابه زائدة لدخوله في شيء من أمر الأمراء.

Al-Dhahabi

وثقوه

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو عبيدة ، ويقال : أبو عبيد.
Laqab
الطويل
Lineage / nisba
البصري ، الخزاعي مولاهم ، الطويل ، ويقال : السلمي ، ويقال : الدارمي.
Generation
الخامسة.
Born
68 هـ.
Died
في أول خلافة أبي جعفر ، سنة 140هـ ، أو 142 هـ ، أو 143 هـ.
Lived in
البصرة, الشام
Relatives
مولى طلحة الطلحات ، وهو خال حماد بن سلمة. والد إبراهيم بن حميد

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

358 total
Bukhari · 49إِنِّي خَرَجْتُ لِأُخْبِرَكُمْ بِلَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ ، وَإِنَّهُ تَلَاحَى فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ ، فَرُفِعَتْ وَعَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ خَيْرًا لَكُمُ ، الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي السَّبْعِ وَالتِّسْعِ وَالْخَمْسِ"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out to inform the people about the (date of the) night of decree (Al-Qadr) but there happened a quarrel between two Muslim men. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I came out to inform you about (the date 5 narratorsBukhari · 195فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِخْضَبٍ مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ ، فَصَغُرَ الْمِخْضَبُ أَنْ يَبْسُطَ فِيهِ كَفَّهُ ، فَتَوَضَّأَ الْقَوْمُ كُلُّهُمْIt was the time for prayer, and those whose houses were near got up and went to their people (to perform ablution), and there remained some people (sitting). Then a painted stove pot (Mikhdab) containing water was brough4 narratorsBukhari · 241بَزَقَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ثَوْبِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) once spat in his clothes.8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 283سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَا يَنْجُسُThe Prophet (ﷺ) came across me in one of the streets of Medina and at that time I was Junub. So I slipped away from him and went to take a bath. On my return the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Huraira! Where have you been?" I 6 narratorsBukhari · 285سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا أَبَا هِرٍّ ، إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَا يَنْجُسُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) came across me and I was Junub. He took my hand and I went along with him till he sat down I slipped away, went home and took a bath. When I came back, he was still sitting there. He then said to me6 narratorsBukhari · 378إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ ، فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا ، وَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا ، وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَاسْجُدُوا ، وَإِنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا ، وَنَزَلَ لِتِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ، فَقَالُوا Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fell off a horse and his leg or shoulder got injured. He swore that he would not go to his wives for one month and he stayed in a Mashruba [??] (attic room) having stairs made of date palm trun4 narratorsBukhari · 392أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ، فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا وَصَلَّوْا صَلَاتَنَا وَاسْتَقْبَلُوا قِبْلَتَنَا وَذَبَحُوا ذَبِيحَتَنَا ، فَقَدْ حَرُمَتْ عَلَيْنَا دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَأَمْوَالNarrated Maimun bin Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, "O Abu Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?" He replied, "Whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', faces our Qibla duri4 narratorsBukhari · 393قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ : أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ : حَدَّثَنَا خNarrated Maimun bin Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, "O Abu Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?" He replied, "Whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', faces our Qibla duri8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 402يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لَوِ اتَّخَذْنَا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى ؟ فَنَزَلَتْ وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى سورة البقرة آية 125 ، وَآيَةُ الْحِجَابِ ، قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لَوْ أَمَرْMy Lord agreed with me in three things -1. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), I wish we took the station of Abraham as our praying place (for some of our prayers). So came the Divine Inspiration And take you (people) the 9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 405إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا قَامَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ أَوْ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ ، فَلَا يَبْزُقَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ قِبَلَ قِبْلَتِهِ ، وَلَكِنْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ ، ثThe Prophet (ﷺ) saw some sputum in the direction of the Qibla (on the wall of the mosque) and he disliked that and the sign of disgust was apparent from his face. So he got up and scraped it off with his hand and said, "4 narratorsBukhari · 417إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا قَامَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَإِنَّمَا يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ أَوْ رَبُّهُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ قِبْلَتِهِ ، فَلَا يَبْزُقَنَّ فِي قِبْلَتِهِ ، وَلَكِنْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ طَرَفَ رِدThe Prophet (ﷺ) saw expectoration (on the wall of the mosque) in the direction of the Qibla and scraped it off with his hand. It seemed that he disliked it and the sign of disgust was apparent from his face. He said, "If4 narratorsBukhari · 531إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا صَلَّى يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ ، فَلَا يَتْفِلَنَّ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، وَلَكِنْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَىThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whenever anyone of you offers his prayer he is speaking in private to his Lord. So he should not spit to his right but under his left foot." Qatada said, "He should not spit in front of him but to 9 narrators·parallel chain