Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
المغيرة بن شعبة الثقفي
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المغيرة بن شعبة بن أبي عامر بن مسعود ابن معتب بن مالك بن كعب بن عمرو بن سعد بن عوف بن قسي : ثقيف بن منبه بن بكر بن هوازن بن منصور بن عكرمة بن خصفة بن قيس عيلان بن مضر بن نزار ، ويقال : ثقيف بن إياد بن نزار ، ويقال : من ولد أفصى بن دعمي بن إياد بن نزار ، وقيل غير ذلك
Appears in 165 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
المغيرة بن شعبة الثقفي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
36
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
40
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
23
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
22
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
23
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
21
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صحابي مشهور ، أسلم قبل الحديبية
Al-Dhahabi
شهد الحديبية
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عيسى ، ويقال : أبو محمد ، ويقال : أبو عبد الله
- Known as
- مغيرة الرأي
- Lineage / nisba
- الثقفي
- Generation
- صحابي مشهور
- Died
- 49هـ ، أو : 50 هـ ونقل الخطيب الإجماع على ذالك ، أو : 56 هـ ، وفى تهذيب الكمال : وقال بعضهم 36 هـ ، 58 هـ ، وكلاهما خطأ
- Lived in
- البصرة ، الكوفة ، المدينة
- Died in
- الكوفة ، المدائن
- Travelled to
- ميسان ، اليمامة ، الشام ، ودسيب ، وأبرقبان ، والأهواز ، تيري ، وبنادر الكبرى ، وهمذان ، ونهاوند ، والبصرة ، وعمان
- Relatives
- أمه : أسماء بنت الأفقم بن عمرو بن ظويلم بن جعيل بن عمرو بن دهمان بن نصر . وقيل : أمه : أمامة بنت الأفقم ، أولاده : عروة ، وعقار ، وحمزة ، ومطرف ، أخو جده : عروة بن مسعود الثقفي ، ابن عم أبيه : جبير بن حية بن مسعود الثقفي ، مولاه : وراد
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 182أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ ، وَأَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ لِحَاجَةٍ لَهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُغِيرَةَ جَعَلَ يَصُبُّ الْمَاءَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ ، فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ وَمI was in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on one of the journeys and he went out to answer the call of nature (and after he finished) I poured water and he performed ablution; he washed his face, forearms and passed 7 narratorsBukhari · 203أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ لِحَاجَتِهِ ، فَاتَّبَعَهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ بِإِدَاوَةٍ فِيهَا مَاءٌ فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِ حِينَ فَرَغَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَمَسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out to answer the call of nature and I followed him with a tumbler containing water, and when he finished, I poured water and he performed ablution and passed wet hands over his Khuffs (so7 narratorsBukhari · 206دَعْهُمَا ، فَإِنِّي أَدْخَلْتُهُمَا طَاهِرَتَيْنِ ، فَمَسَحَ عَلَيْهِمَاMy father said, "Once I was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) on a journey and I dashed to take off his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather). He ordered me to leave them as he had put them after performing ab5 narratorsBukhari · 363كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ ، فَقَالَ : يَا مُغِيرَةُ خُذْ الْإِدَاوَةَ ، فَأَخَذْتُهَا ، فَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى تَوَارَى عَنِّي فَقَضOnce I was traveling with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, "O Mughira! take this container of water." I took it and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went far away till he disappeared. He answered the call of nature and was wearing a Sy6 narratorsBukhari · 388وَضَّأْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَسَحَ عَلَى خُفَّيْهِ وَصَلَّىIbn Buhaina, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed, he used to separate his arms from his body so widely that the whiteness of his armpits was visible."6 narratorsBukhari · 844أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِير(the clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba) Once Al-Mughira dictated to me in a letter addressed to Muawiya that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say after every compulsory prayer, "La ilaha illa l-lahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu l-m10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1043إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَا يَنْكَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا لِحَيَاتِهِ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ فَصَلُّوا وَادْعُوا اللَّهَ"The sun eclipsed in the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on the day when (his son) Ibrahim died. So the people said that the sun had eclipsed because of the death of Ibrahim. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The sun and th5 narratorsBukhari · 1060إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَا يَنْكَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا لِحَيَاتِهِ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمَا فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ وَصَلُّوا حَتَّى يَنْجَلِيَAnd this was narrated by Asma' who said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) finished the eclipse prayer and by then the sun (eclipse) had cleared. Then he delivered the Khutba (religious talk) and praised Allah as He deserved and th4 narratorsBukhari · 1130إِنْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيَقُومُ لِيُصَلِّيَ حَتَّى تَرِمُ قَدَمَاهُ أَوْ سَاقَاهُ , فَيُقَالُ لَهُ : فَيَقُولُ : أَفَلَا أَكُونُ عَبْدًا شَكُورًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to stand (in the prayer) or pray till both his feet or legs swelled. He was asked why (he offered such an unbearable prayer) and he said, "should I not be a thankful slave."4 narratorsBukhari · 1291إِنَّ كَذِبًا عَلَيَّ لَيْسَ كَكَذِبٍ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا ، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ ، سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , يَقُولُ : مَنْ نِيحَ عَلَيْهِ يُعَذI heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Ascribing false things to me is not like ascribing false things to anyone else. Whosoever tells a lie against me intentionally then surely let him occupy his seat in Hell-Fire." I heard t4 narratorsBukhari · 1477إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَرِهَ لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا ، قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِThe clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba narrated, "Muawiya wrote to Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba Write to me something which you have heard from the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ." So Al-Mughira wrote I heard the Prophet saying, "Allah has hat7 narratorsBukhari · 2408إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ عُقُوقَ الْأُمَّهَاتِ ، وَوَأْدَ الْبَنَاتِ ، وَمَنَعَ وَهَاتِ ، وَكَرِهَ لَكُمْ قِيلَ وَقَالَ ، وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ ، وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has forbidden for you, (1) to be undutiful to your mothers, (2) to bury your daughters alive, (3) to not to pay the rights of the others (e.g. charity, etc.) and (4) to beg of men (begging). 6 narrators