A voice in the chain
إبراهيم بن سعد الزهري
إبراهيم بن سعد بن إبراهيم بن عبد الرحمن بن عوف
Appears in 429 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
إبراهيم بن سعد الزهري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
165
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
117
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
46
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
13
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
59
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
29
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حجة ، تُكُلِّم فيه بلا قادح
Al-Dhahabi
كان من كبار العلماء
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو إسحاق
- Lineage / nisba
- الزهري ، المدني ، القرشي ، القاضى ، العوفي
- Generation
- الثامنة
- Born
- 108 هـ ، أو 110 هـ
- Died
- 182 هـ ، أو 183 هـ ، أو 184 هـ ، أو 185 هـ
- Lived in
- بغداد
- Died in
- بغداد
- Travelled to
- الكوفة ، البصرة
- Relatives
- أمه أمة الرحمن بنت محمد بن عبد الله بن زمعة بن قيس بن عبد شمس ، ابناه يعقوب وسعد ، ابن عمه سالم بن صالح بن إبراهيم بن عبد الرحمن بن عوف
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 23بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيَّ ، وَعَلَيْهِمْ قُمُصٌ مِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ الثُّدِيَّ وَمِنْهَا مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ ، وَعُرِضَ عَلَيَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ يَجُرُّهُ ، قَالُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping I saw (in a dream) some people wearing shirts of which some were reaching up to the breasts only while others were even shorter than that. Umar bin Al-Khattab was shown w6 narratorsBukhari · 26أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُئِلَ ، أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ فَقَالَ : إِيمَانٌ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ، قِيلَ : ثُمَّ مَاذَا ؟ قَالَ : الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، قِيلَ : ثُمَّ مَاذَا Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked, "What is the best deed?" He replied, "To believe in Allah and His Apostle (Muhammad). The questioner then asked, "What is the next (in goodness)? He replied, "To participate in Jihad (rel6 narratorsBukhari · 51سَأَلْتُكَ ، هَلْ يَزِيدُونَ أَمْ يَنْقُصُونَ ؟ فَزَعَمْتَ أَنَّهُمْ يَزِيدُونَ ، وَكَذَلِكَ الْإِيمَانُ حَتَّى يَتِمَّ ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ ، هَلْ يَرْتَدُّ أَحَدٌ سَخْطَةً لِدِينِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِيهِ ؟ فَزَعَمْتَ أَI was informed by Abu Sufyan that Heraclius said to him, "I asked you whether they (followers of Muhammad) were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were increasing. And in fact, this is the way of true Faith 7 narratorsBukhari · 64أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ بِكِتَابِهِ رَجُلًا وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى عَظِيمِ الْبَحْرَيْنِ ، فَدَفَعَهُ عَظِيمُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ إِلَى كِسْرَى ، فَلَمَّا قَرَأَهُ مَزَّقَهُ ، فOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave a letter to a person and ordered him to go and deliver it to the Governor of Bahrain. (He did so) and the Governor of Bahrain sent it to Chousroes, who read that letter and then tore it to6 narratorsBukhari · 74بَيْنَمَا مُوسَى فِي مَلَإٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمَ مِنْكَ ؟ قَالَ مُوسَى : لَا ، فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى مُوسَى بَلَى عَبْدُنَا خَضِرٌ ، فَسَأَلَ مُوسَى السَّبِيThat he differed with Hur bin Qais bin Hisn Al-Fazari regarding the companion of (the Prophet) Moses. Ibn `Abbas said that he was Al Khadir. Meanwhile, Ubai bin Ka`b passed by them and Ibn `Abbas called him, saying "My f7 narratorsBukhari · 159مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ نَحْوَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَا يُحَدِّثُ فِيهِمَا نَفْسَهُ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِThis verse is "Verily, those who conceal the clear signs and the guidance which we have sent down...)" (2159). I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'If a man performs ablution perfectly and then offers the compulsory congrega6 narratorsBukhari · 160وَعَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ ، قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ : وَلَكِنْ عُرْوَةُ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ ، فَلَمَّا تَوَضَّأَ عُثْمَانُ ، قَالَ : أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا لَوْلَا آيThis verse is "Verily, those who conceal the clear signs and the guidance which we have sent down...)" (2159). I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'If a man performs ablution perfectly and then offers the compulsory congrega6 narratorsBukhari · 189وَإِذَا تَوَضَّأَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَادُوا يَقْتَتِلُونَ عَلَى وَضُوئِهِMahmud bin Ar-Rabi` who was the person on whose face the Prophet (ﷺ) had ejected a mouthful of water from his family's well while he was a boy, and `Urwa (on the authority of Al-Miswar and others) who testified each othe8 narratorsBukhari · 316أَهْلَلْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ ، فَكُنْتُ مِمَّنْ تَمَتَّعَ وَلَمْ يَسُقْ الْهَدْيَ ، فَزَعَمَتْ أَنَّهَا حَاضَتْ وَلَمْ تَطْهُرْ حَتَّى دَخَلَتْ لَيْلَةُ عَرَفَةIn the last Hajj of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) I assumed the Ihram for Hajj along with Allah Apostle. I was one of those who intended Tamattu` (to perform Hajj and `Umra) and did not take the Hadi (animal for sacrifice) with 5 narratorsBukhari · 373اذْهَبُوا بِخَمِيصَتِي هَذِهِ إِلَى أَبِي جَهْمٍ وَائْتُونِي بِأَنْبِجَانِيَّةِ أَبِي جَهْمٍ فَإِنَّهَا أَلْهَتْنِي آنِفًا عَنْ صَلَاتِيthe Prophet (ﷺ) prayed in a Khamisa (a square garment) having marks. During the prayer, he looked at its marks. So when he finished the prayer he said, "Take this Khamisa of mine to Abu Jahm and get me his Inbijaniya (a 8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 408إِذَا تَنَخَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ ، فَلَا يَتَنَخَّمَنَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ ، وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَىAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw some expectoration on the wall of the mosque; he took gravel and scraped it off and said, "If anyone of you wanted to spit he should neither spit in front of him nor on his right but he could sp6 narratorsBukhari · 409إِذَا تَنَخَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ ، فَلَا يَتَنَخَّمَنَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ ، وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَىAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw some expectoration on the wall of the mosque; he took gravel and scraped it off and said, "If anyone of you wanted to spit he should neither spit in front of him nor on his right but he could sp6 narrators