A voice in the chain
وكيع بن الجراح الرؤاسي
وكيع بن الجراح بن مليح
Appears in 1,244 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
وكيع بن الجراح الرؤاسي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
54
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
338
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
117
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
188
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
97
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
450
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حافظ عابد
Al-Dhahabi
أحد الأعلام ، قال أحمد : ما رأيت أوعى للعلم منه ولا أحفظ ، كان أحفظ من ابن مهدي ، وقال حماد بن زيد : لو شئت لقلت : إنه أرجح من سفيان . وقال أحمد : لما ولي حفص بن غياث القضاء هجره وكيع
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو سفيان
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الرؤاسي، النيسابوري ، الكوفي، الحافظ ، الأعور ، القيسي ، وقيل : الصغد
- Generation
- من كبار التاسعة
- Born
- 127هـ ، أو 128هـ ، أو 129هـ
- Died
- 196هـ ، أو 197هـ ، أو 198هـ
- Lived in
- العراق ، الكوفة
- Died in
- فيد في طريق مكة
- Relatives
- أمه : أم وكيع بنت عمرة بن شداد بن ثور من الرؤاسية ، وأخوه : مليح بن الجراح بن مليح ، وأولاده : أحمد ، وسفيان ، و عبيد ، ومليح . ومستمليه محمد بن أبان البلخي
- School
- قال مروان بن معاوية : رافضي ، ورده ابن معين
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 111هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ كِتَابٌ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ، إِلَّا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ ، أَوْ فَهْمٌ أُعْطِيَهُ رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ أَوْ مَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ ، فَمَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ ؟ قَالَ : الْعَقْلُ وَفَكَاكُ الْأAbu Juhaifa said, "I asked `Ali, 'Have you got any book (which has been revealed to the Prophet (ﷺ) apart from the Qur'an)?' `Ali replied, 'No, except Allah's Book or the power of understanding which has been bestowed (b7 narratorsBukhari · 218إِنَّهُمَا لَيُعَذَّبَانِ ، وَمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي كَبِيرٍ ، أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكَانَ لَا يَسْتَتِرُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ ، وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَكَانَ يَمْشِي بِالنَّمِيمَةِ ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ جَرِيدَةً رَطْبَةً فَشَقَّهَا نِصْفَThe Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves and said, "These two persons are being tortured not for a major sin (to avoid). One of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine, while the other used to go about10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 945وَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ مَا صَلَّيْتُهَا بَعْدُ ، قَالَ : فَنَزَلَ إِلَى بُطْحَانَ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ بَعْدَ مَا غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ بَعْدَهَاWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) returned from the battle of Al-Ahzab (The confederates), he said to us, "None should offer the 'Asr prayer but at Bani Quraiza." The 'Asr prayer became due for some of them on the way. Some of them d6 narratorsBukhari · 1204حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ , قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "التَّسْبِيحُ للرِّجThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The saying 'Sub Han Allah' is for men and clapping is for women.5 narratorsBukhari · 1256لَمَّا غَسَّلْنَا بِنْتَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَنَا وَنَحْنُ نَغْسِلُهَا : ابْدَأَنَ بِمَيَامِنِهَا وَمَوَاضِعِ الْوُضُوءِWhen we washed the deceased daughter of the Prophet, he said to us, while we were washing her, "Start the bath from the right side and from the parts which are washed in ablution."6 narratorsBukhari · 1495أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُتِيَ بِلَحْمٍ تُصُدِّقَ بِهِ عَلَى بَرِيرَةَ ، فَقَالَ : هُوَ عَلَيْهَا صَدَقَةٌ ، وَهُوَ لَنَا هَدِيَّةٌSome meat was presented to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and it had been given to Barira (the freed slave-girl of Aisha) in charity. He said, "This meat is a thing of charity for Barira but it is a gift for us."9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2075حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "One would rather take a rope and cut wood and carry it than ask others).5 narratorsBukhari · 2230بَاعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمُدَبَّرَThe Prophet (ﷺ) sold a Mudabbar (on behalf of his master who was still living and in need of money).6 narratorsBukhari · 2242إِنَّا كُنَّا نُسْلِفُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ ، وَعُمَرَ فِي الْحِنْطَةِ ، وَالشَّعِيرِ ، وَالزَّبِيبِ ، وَالتَّمْرِMuhammad or `Abdullah bin Abu Al-Mujalid said, "Abdullah bin Shaddad and Abu Burda differed regarding As-Salam, so they sent me to Ibn Abi `Aufa and I asked him about it. He replied, 'In the lifetime of Allah's Messenger11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2243إِنَّا كُنَّا نُسْلِفُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ ، وَعُمَرَ فِي الْحِنْطَةِ ، وَالشَّعِيرِ ، وَالزَّبِيبِ ، وَالتَّمْرِMuhammad or `Abdullah bin Abu Al-Mujalid said, "Abdullah bin Shaddad and Abu Burda differed regarding As-Salam, so they sent me to Ibn Abi `Aufa and I asked him about it. He replied, 'In the lifetime of Allah's Messenger11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2448اتَّقِ دَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ ، فَإِنَّهَا لَيْسَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ حِجَابٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) sent Mu'adh to Yemen and said, "Be afraid, from the curse of the oppressed as there is no screen between his invocation and Allah."6 narratorsBukhari · 2507كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ مِنْ تِهَامَةَ ، فَأَصَبْنَا غَنَمًا وَإِبِلًا ، فَعَجِلَ الْقَوْمُ ، فَأَغْلَوْا بِهَا الْقُدُورَ ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلMy grandfather, Rafi` bin Khadij said, "We were in the valley of Dhul-Hulaifa of Tuhama in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) and had some camels and sheep (of the booty). The people hurried (in slaughtering the animals) and6 narrators