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عمرو بن علي الفلاس

عمرو بن علي بن بحر بن كنيز

Appears in 384 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

عمرو بن علي الفلاس

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

49

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

11

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

3

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

18

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

298

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

5

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة حافظ

Al-Dhahabi

قال أبو زرعة : لم نر بالبصرة أحفظ منه ومن علي والشاذكوني

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو حفص
Laqab
الفلاس ، الحافظ
Known as
عمرويه
Lineage / nisba
الفلاس ، الصيرفي ، الباهلي ، البصري ، الحافظ ، السقاء
Generation
العاشرة
Died
249 هـ
Lived in
البصرة
Died in
العسكر ، وقيل : سر من رأى
Travelled to
أصبهان ، بغداد

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

384 total
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 · 519بِئْسَمَا عَدَلْتُمُونَا بِالْكَلْبِ وَالْحِمَارِ ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُضْطَجِعَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ غَمَزIt is not good that you people have made us (women) equal to dogs and donkeys. No doubt I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) praying while I used to lie between him and the Qibla and when he wanted to prostrate, he pushed my legs5 narratorsBukhari · 863شَهِدْتَ الْخُرُوجَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، وَلَوْلَا مَكَانِي مِنْهُ مَا شَهِدْتُهُ يَعْنِي مِنْ صِغَرِهِ أَتَى الْعَلَمَ الَّذِي عِنْدَ دَارِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ ، ثA person asked Ibn `Abbas, "Have you ever presented yourself at the (`Id) prayer with Allah's Apostle?" He replied, "Yes." And had it not been for my kinship (position) with the Prophet (ﷺ) it would not have been possibl5 narratorsBukhari · 909لَا تَقُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْنِي وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةُThe Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Do not stand up (for prayer) unless you see me, and observe calmness and solemnity".6 narratorsBukhari · 1008وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلْأَرَامِلِMy father said, "I heard Ibn `Umar reciting the poetic verses of Abu Talib And a white (person) (i.e. the Prophet) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows." Salim5 narratorsBukhari · 1220نُهِيَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الرَّجُلُ مُخْتَصِرًاIt was forbidden to pray with the hands over one's hips.5 narratorsBukhari · 1300قَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَهْرًا حِينَ قُتِلَ الْقُرَّاءُ ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَزِنَ حُزْنًا قَطُّ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُWhen the reciters of Qur'an were martyred, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recited Qunut for one month and I never saw him (i.e. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)) so sad as he was on that day.4 narratorsBukhari · 1518يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، اعْتَمَرْتُمْ وَلَمْ أَعْتَمِرْ ، فَقَالَ : يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ ، اذْهَبْ بِأُخْتِكَ ، فَأَعْمِرْهَا مِنَ التَّنْعِيمِ ، فَأَحْقَبَهَا عَلَى نَاقَةٍ فَاعْتَمَرَتْ`Aisha said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You performed `Umra but I did not." He said, "O `Abdur-Rahman! Go along with your sister and let her perform `Umra from Tan`im." `Abdur-Rahman made her ride over the packsaddle of a5 narratorsBukhari · 1595كَأَنِّي بِهِ أَسْوَدَ أَفْحَجَ يَقْلَعُهَا حَجَرًا حَجَرًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "As if I were looking at him, a black person with thin legs plucking the stones of the Ka'ba one after another. "5 narratorsBukhari · 1618إِذْ مَنَعَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ النِّسَاءَ الطَّوَافَ مَعَ الرِّجَالِ ، قَالَ : كَيْفَ يَمْنَعُهُنَّ وَقَدْ طَافَ نِسَاءُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَ الرِّجَالِ ؟ قُلْتُ : أَبَعْدَ الْحِجَابِ أَوْ قَبْلُ (the wife of the Prophet) I informed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that I was ill. So he said, "Perform the Tawaf while riding behind the people." I did so, and at that time the Prophet (ﷺ) was praying beside the Ka`ba and recit5 narratorsBukhari · 1705فَتَلْتُ قَلَائِدَهَا مِنْ عِهْنٍ كَانَ عِنْدِيI twisted the garlands of the Hadis from the wool which was with me.5 narratorsBukhari · 1774اعْتَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحُجَّ`Ikrima bin Khalid asked Ibn `Umar about performing `Umra before Hajj. Ibn `Umar replied, "There is no harm in it." `Ikrima said, "Ibn `Umar also said, 'The Prophet (ﷺ) had performed `Umra before performing Hajj.'"14 narrators·parallel chain