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A voice in the chain

إسماعيل بن أبان الأزدي

إسماعيل بن أبان

Appears in 7 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

إسماعيل بن أبان الأزدي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

6

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

0

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

0

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

1

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

0

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

0

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة ، تكلم فيه للتشيع

Al-Dhahabi

ثقة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو إسحاق ، ويقال : أبو إبراهيم
Laqab
الوراق ، الحافظ
Lineage / nisba
الحافظ ، الوراق ، الأزدي ، الكوفي
Generation
التاسعة
Died
قال المطين وغيره : 216 هـ ، وقال ابن خلفون : 226 هـ
Lived in
دمشق, الكوفة
School
شيعي

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

7 total
Bukhari · 927أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِلَيَّ ، فَثَابُوا إِلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : أَمَّا بَعْدُ ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْحَيَّ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ يَقِلُّونَ وَيَكْثُرُ النَّاسُ ، فَمَنْ وَلِيَ شَيْئًا مِنْ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) ascended the pulpit and it was the last gathering in which he took part. He was covering his shoulder with a big cloak and binding his head with an oily bandage. He glorified and praised Allah and sa4 narratorsBukhari · 1654خَرَجْتُ إِلَى مِنًى يَوْمَ التَّرْوِيَةِ فَلَقِيتُ أَنَسًا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ذَاهِبًا عَلَى حِمَارٍ ، فَقُلْتُ : أَيْنَ صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ الظُّهْرَ ؟ فَقَالَ : انْI went out to Mina on the day of Tarwiya and met Anas going on a donkey. I asked him, "Where did the Prophet (ﷺ) offer the Zuhr prayer on this day?" Anas replied, "See where your chiefs pray and pray similarly."8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4718إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَصِيرُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ جُثًا كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تَتْبَعُ نَبِيَّهَا ، يَقُولُونَ : يَا فُلَانُ ، اشْفَعْ يَا فُلَانُ ، اشْفَعْ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ الشَّفَاعَةُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسOn the Day of Resurrection the people will fall on their knees and every nation will follow their prophet and they will say, "O so-and-so! Intercede (for us with Allah), "till (the right) intercession is given to the Pro4 narratorsBukhari · 5702إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَدْوِيَتِكُمْ خَيْرٌ فَفِي : شَرْبَةِ عَسَلٍ ، أَوْ شَرْطَةِ مِحْجَمٍ ، أَوْ لَذْعَةٍ مِنْ نَارٍ ، وَمَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكْتَوِيَI heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "If there is any good in your medicines, then it is in a gulp of honey, a cupping operation, or branding (cauterization), but I do not like to be (cauterized) branded.4 narratorsBukhari · 6531يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سورة المطففين آية 6 قَالَ : يَقُومُ أَحَدُهُمْ فِي رَشْحِهِ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ أُذُنَيْهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said (regarding the Verse), "A Day when all mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds,' (that day) they will stand, drowned in their sweat up to the middle of their ears."5 narratorsBukhari · 6727لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Our (Apostles') property should not be inherited, and whatever we leave, is to be spent in charity."6 narratorsTirmidhi · 1077أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَبَّرَ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ ، فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فِي أَوَّلِ تَكْبِيرَةٍ وَوَضَعَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى8 narrators