A voice in the chain
هشام بن عروة الأسدي
هشام بن عروة بن الزبير بن العوام
Appears in 1,028 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
هشام بن عروة الأسدي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
351
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
268
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
111
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
76
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
122
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
100
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة فقيه ربما دلس
Al-Dhahabi
أحد الأعلام ، قال أبو حاتم : ثقة إمام في الحديث
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو المنذر ، وقيل : أبو عبد الله ، وقيل : أبو بكر
- Lineage / nisba
- الأسدي ، القرشي ، المدني ، المكي
- Generation
- الخامسة
- Born
- 60هـ ، أو : 61هـ
- Died
- 145 ، أو : 146هـ ، أو : 147هـ ، وقيل : 144هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Died in
- بغداد ، أو : الكوفة
- Travelled to
- العراق
- Relatives
- أمه : خراسانية اسمها : صافية ، وزوجته : فاطمة بنت المنذر بن الزبير ، وأبناؤه : محمد والزبير، وعروة . وعمه : عبد الله بن الزبير ، وأخواه : عبد الله ، وعثمان ، وابن عمه : عباد بن عبد الله ، وابن ابن عمه : عباد بن حمزة بن عبد الله
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 2أَحْيَانًا يَأْتِينِي مِثْلَ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ ، وَهُوَ أَشَدُّهُ عَلَيَّ فَيُفْصَمُ عَنِّي ، وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ عَنْهُ مَا قَالَ ، وَأَحْيَانًا يَتَمَثَّلُ لِي الْمَلَكُ رَجُلًا فَيُكَلِّمُنِي فَأَعِي مَا يَقُولُ(the mother of the faithful believers) Al-Harith bin Hisham asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! How is the Divine Inspiration revealed to you?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, "Sometimes it is (revealed)5 narratorsBukhari · 20كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَمَرَهُمْ ، أَمَرَهُمْ مِنَ الْأَعْمَالِ بِمَا يُطِيقُونَ ، قَالُوا : إِنَّا لَسْنَا كَهَيْئَتِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ مَا تَWhenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered the Muslims to do something, he used to order them deeds which were easy for them to do, (according to their strength and endurance). They said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We are not5 narratorsBukhari · 43أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَعِنْدَهَا امْرَأَةٌ ، قَالَ : مَنْ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَتْ : فُلَانَةُ تَذْكُرُ مِنْ صَلَاتِهَا ، قَالَ : مَهْ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا تُطِيقُونَ ، فَوَاللَّهِ لَا Once the Prophet (ﷺ) came while a woman was sitting with me. He said, "Who is she?" I replied, "She is so and so," and told him about her (excessive) praying. He said disapprovingly, "Do (good) deeds which is within your5 narratorsBukhari · 86أَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ وَهِيَ تُصَلِّي ، فَقُلْتُ : مَا شَأْنُ النَّاسِ ، فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ، فَإِذَا النَّاسُ قِيَامٌ ، فَقَالَتْ : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ، قُلْتُ : آيَةٌ ، فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَيْ نَعَمْ ، فَقُمI came to `Aisha while she was praying, and said to her, "What has happened to the people?" She pointed out towards the sky. (I looked towards the mosque), and saw the people offering the prayer. Aisha said, "Subhan Alla5 narratorsBukhari · 100إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ انْتِزَاعًا يَنْتَزِعُهُ مِنَ الْعِبَادِ ، وَلَكِنْ يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ بِقَبْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ ، حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يُبْقِ عَالِمًا اتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ رُءُوسًا جُهَّالًا ، فَسُئِلُوا فَأَI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Allah does not take away the knowledge, by taking it away from (the hearts of) the people, but takes it away by the death of the religious learned men till when none of the (religio5 narratorsBukhari · 130إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ ، فَهَلْ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ مِنْ غُسْلٍ إِذَا احْتَلَمَتْ ؟ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَاءَ ، فَغَطَّتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ تَعْنِي وَجْهَهUm-Sulaim came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "Verily, Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it necessary for a woman to take a bath after she has a wet dream (nocturnal sexual discharge?) The Prophet repli6 narratorsBukhari · 147قَدْ أُذِنَ أَنْ تَخْرُجْنَ فِي حَاجَتِكُنَّThe Prophet (ﷺ) said to his wives, "You are allowed to go out to answer the call of nature. "5 narratorsBukhari · 184مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُ لَمْ أَرَهُ إِلَّا قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا حَتَّى الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ ، وَلَقَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّكُمْ تُفْتَنُونَ فِي الْقُبُورِ مِثْلَ أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ لَاI came to `Aisha the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) during the solar eclipse. The people were standing and offering the prayer and she was also praying. I asked her, "What is wrong with the people?" She beckoned with her hand t5 narratorsBukhari · 212إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَلْيَرْقُدْ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ عَنْهُ النَّوْمُ ، فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا صَلَّى وَهُوَ نَاعِسٌ لَا يَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَغْفِرُ فَيَسُبُّ نَفْسَهُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you feels drowsy while praying he should go to bed (sleep) till his slumber is over because in praying while drowsy one does not know whether one is asking for forgiveness or for5 narratorsBukhari · 222أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِصَبِيٍّ ، فَبَالَ عَلَى ثَوْبِهِ ، فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَأَتْبَعَهُ إِيَّاهُ(the mother of faithful believers) A child was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and it urinated on the garment of the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked for water and poured it over the soiled place.5 narratorsBukhari · 227تَحُتُّهُ ، ثُمَّ تَقْرُصُهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَتَنْضَحُهُ وَتُصَلِّي فِيهِA woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "If anyone of us gets menses in her clothes then what should she do?" He replied, "She should (take hold of the soiled place), rub it and put it in the water and rub it in order 5 narratorsBukhari · 228لَا ، إِنَّمَا ذَلِكِ عِرْقٌ وَلَيْسَ بِحَيْضٍ ، فَإِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ حَيْضَتُكِ فَدَعِي الصَّلَاةَ ، وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ فَاغْسِلِي عَنْكِ الدَّمَ ثُمَّ صَلِّيFatima bint Abi Hubaish came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) I get persistent bleeding from the uterus and do not become clean. Shall I give up my prayers?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, "No, becau5 narrators