A voice in the chain
عمر بن ذر الهمداني
عمر بن ذر بن عبد الله بن زرارة
Appears in 9 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
عمر بن ذر الهمداني
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
5
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
1
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
2
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
1
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
0
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة رمي بالإرجاء
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة بليغ واعظ صالح ، لكنه مرجئ
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو ذر
- Lineage / nisba
- المرهبي ، الهمداني ، الكوفي ، القاضي ، الزاهد ، العابد
- Generation
- السادسة
- Died
- 150 هـ ، أو 152 هـ ، أو 153 هـ ، أو 155 هـ ، 156 ، أو 157 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- School
- رمي بالإرجاء
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 3218أَلَا تَزُورُنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَزُورُنَا ، قَالَ : فَنَزَلَتْ وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا سورة مريم آية 64 الْآيَةَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked Gabriel, "Why don't you visit us more often than you do?" Then the following Holy Verse was revealed (in this respect)-- "And we (angels) descend not but by the order of your Lord. To Him belo8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4731مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تَزُورَنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَزُورُنَا ، فَنَزَلَتْ وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا سورة مريم آية 64The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Gabriel, "What prevents you from visiting us more often than you visit us now?" So there was revealed-- 'And we (angels) descend not but by the command of your Lord. To Him belongs what is before 5 narratorsBukhari · 6246أَبَا هِرٍّ : الْحَقْ أَهْلَ الصُّفَّةِ ، فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَيَّI entered (the house) along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . There he found milk in a basin. He said, "O Abu Hirr! Go and call the people of Suffa to me." I went to them and invited them. They came and asked permission to en7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 6452الْحَقْ ، وَمَضَى فَتَبِعْتُهُ فَدَخَلَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ ، فَأَذِنَ لِي فَدَخَلَ فَوَجَدَ لَبَنًا فِي قَدَحٍ ، فَقَالَ : مِنْ أَيْنَ هَذَا اللَّبَنُ : قَالُوا : أَهْدَاهُ لَكَ فُلَانٌ أَوْ فُلَانَةُ ، قَالَ : أَبَا هِرٍّ : By Allah except Whom none has the right to- be worshipped, (sometimes) I used to lay (sleep) on the ground on my liver (abdomen) because of hunger, and (sometimes) I used to bind a stone over my belly because of hunger. 4 narratorsBukhari · 7455حَدَّثَنَا خَلَّادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ ذَرٍّ ، سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Gabriel, what prevents you. from visiting us more often than you do?" Then this Verse was revealed--'And we angels descend not but by Command of your Lord. To Him belongs what is before us and wh5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3397نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ يَرْفُقُ بِنَا وَطَاعَةُ اللَّهِ وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِهِ أَرْفَقُ بِنَا نَهَانَا أَنْ يَزْرَعَ أَحَدُنَا إِلَّا أَرْضًا يَمْلِكُ رَقَبَتَهَا ، أَوْNarrated Rafi ibn Khadij: Abu Rafi came to us from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from a work which benefited us; but obedience to Allah and His Messenger ﷺ is more beneficial to us. H7 narratorsTirmidhi · 2477كَانَ أَهْلُ الصُّفَّةِ أَضْيَافُ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ لَا يَأْوُونَ عَلَى أَهْلٍ وَلَا مَالٍ ، وَاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ، إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَعْتَمِدُ بِكَبِدِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْجُوعِ ، وَأَشُدُّ الْحَ5 narratorsTirmidhi · 3158مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تَزُورَنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَزُورُنَا ؟ قَالَ : فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ سورة مريم آية 64 إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةَ9 narrators·parallel chainNasa'i · 958سَجَدَ فِي ص وَقَالَ : سَجَدَهَا دَاوُدُ تَوْبَةً وَنَسْجُدُهَا شُكْرًا6 narrators