A voice in the chain
محمد بن يحيى الذهلي
محمد بن يحيى بن عبد الله بن خالد بن فارس بن ذؤيب
Appears in 363 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
محمد بن يحيى الذهلي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
21
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
2
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
80
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
31
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
20
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
209
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حافظ جليل
Al-Dhahabi
الحافظ ، قال ابن أبي داود : حدثنا محمد بن يحيى ، وكان أمير المؤمنين في الحديث ، وقال أبو حاتم : هو إمام أهل زمانه
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبد الله
- Laqab
- الحافظ ، الزهري ، شيخ الإسلام
- Lineage / nisba
- الحافظ ، الذهلي مولاهم ، الزهري ، النيسابوري ، الخراساني
- Generation
- الحادية عشرة
- Born
- 170 هـ وبضع
- Died
- قال ابن قانع : 252 هـ ، وقيل : 256 هـ ، وقال عبد الله بن محمد بن زياد النيسابوري : 257 هـ ، قال الخطيب : وكل هذه الأقوال وهم ، وقال أبو حامد بن الشرقي وغيره : 258 هـ ، وهذا الصواب
- Lived in
- خراسان ، العراق ، البصرة
- Travelled to
- بغداد ، البصرة ، واليمن ، ومكة ، والكوفة ، وأصبهان
- Relatives
- ابنه حيكان : يحيى بن محمد بن يحيى
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 1240حَقُّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ خَمْسٌ : رَدُّ السَّلَامِ , وَعِيَادَةُ الْمَرِيضِ , وَاتِّبَاعُ الْجَنَائِزِ , وَإِجَابَةُ الدَّعْوَةِ , وَتَشْمِيتُ الْعَاطِسِI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "The rights of a Muslim on the Muslims are five to respond to the salaam, visiting the sick, to follow the funeral processions, to accept an invitation, and to reply to those who sne10 narratorsBukhari · 1809قَدْ أُحْصِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَحَلَقَ رَأْسَهُ ، وَجَامَعَ نِسَاءَهُ ، وَنَحَرَ هَدْيَهُ ، حَتَّى اعْتَمَرَ عَامًا قَابِلًاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) was prevented from performing (`Umra) Therefore, he shaved his head and had sexual relations with his wives and slaughtered his Hadi and performed Umra in the following year.6 narratorsBukhari · 1952مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامٌ ، صَامَ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever died and he ought to have fasted (the missed days of Ramadan) then his guardians must fast on his behalf."12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2071كَانَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عُمَّالَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ ، وَكَانَ يَكُونُ لَهُمْ أَرْوَاحٌ ، فَقِيلَ لَهُمْ : لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُمْThe companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to practice manual labor, so their sweat used to smell, and they were advised to take a bath.10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2693حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأُوَيْسِيُّ ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَرْوِيُّ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَاOnce the people of Quba fought with each other till they threw stones on each other. When Allah's Apostle was informed about it, he said, "Let us go to bring about a reconciliation between them."6 narratorsBukhari · 2809يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ، أَلَا تُحَدِّثُنِي عَنْ حَارِثَةَ وَكَانَ قُتِلَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ أَصَابَهُ سَهْمٌ غَرْبٌ ، فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ صَبَرْتُ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ اجْتَهَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْبُكَاءِ ، قَالَUm Ar-Rubai'bint Al-Bara', the mother of Hartha bin Suraqa came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Prophet! Will you tell me about Hartha?" Hartha has been killed (i.e. martyred) on the day of Badr with an arrow thr5 narratorsBukhari · 3210إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَنْزِلُ فِي الْعَنَانِ وَهُوَ السَّحَابُ فَتَذْكُرُ الْأَمْرَ قُضِيَ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَتَسْتَرِقُ الشَّيَاطِينُ السَّمْعَ ، فَتَسْمَعُهُ فَتُوحِيهِ إِلَى الْكُهَّانِ فَيَكْذِبُونَ مَعَهَا مِائَةَ كَذI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "The angels descend, the clouds and mention this or that matter decreed in the Heaven. The devils listen stealthily to such a matter, come down to inspire the soothsayers with it, an7 narratorsBukhari · 3464إِنَّ ثَلَاثَةً فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبْرَصَ وَأَقْرَعَ وَأَعْمَى بَدَا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَهُمْ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكًا فَأَتَى الْأَبْرَصَ ، فَقَالَ : أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ ، قَالَ : لَوthat he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Allah willed to test three Israelis who were a Leper, a blind man and a bald-headed man. So, he sent them an angel who came to the leper and said, 'What thing do you like most12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4273غَزَوْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ ، فَذَكَرَ : خَيْبَرَ ، وَالْحُدَيْبِيَةَ ، وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ ، وَيَوْمَ الْقَرَدِSalama bin Al-Akwa' said, "I fought in seven Ghazwat along with the Prophet." He then mentioned Khaibar, Al-Hudaibiya, the day (i.e. battle) of Hunain and the day of Al-Qurad. I forgot the names of the other Ghazwat.4 narratorsBukhari · 4438دَخَلَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا مُسْنِدَتُهُ إِلَى صَدْرِي وَمَعَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ سِوَاكٌ رَطْبٌ يَسْتَنُّ بِهِ ، فَأَبَدَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلّ`Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) while I was supporting the Prophet (ﷺ) on my chest. `AbdurRahman had a fresh Siwak then and he was cleaning his teeth with it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) looked at it, s6 narratorsBukhari · 4545أَنَّهَا قَدْ نُسِخَتْ وَإِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ سورة البقرة آية 284 الْآيَةَThis Verse--"Whether you show what is in your minds or conceal it.." (2.284) was abrogated.7 narratorsBukhari · 4677يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ ، تِيبَ عَلَى كَعْبٍI heard Ka`b bin Malik who was one of the three who were forgiven, saying that he had never remained behind Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in any Ghazwa which he had fought except two Ghazwat Ghazwat- Al-`Usra (Tabuk) and Ghazwat8 narrators