A voice in the chain
أحمد بن أبي رجاء الهروي
أحمد بن عبد الله بن أيوب ، وقال الحاكم : ابن عبد الله بن واقد بن الحارث بن عبد الله بن أرقم بن زياد بن مطرف بن النعمان بن سلمة بن ثعلبة بن الدول بن حنيفة
Appears in 13 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
1 intermediate narrator
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
أحمد بن أبي رجاء الهروي
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Immediate student layer
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Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
13
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
0
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
0
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
0
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو الوليد
- Known as
- ابن أبي رجاء
- Lineage / nisba
- الحنفي ، الهروي ، ونسبه ابن عدي مصيصيا
- Generation
- العاشرة
- Died
- 232 هـ
- Lived in
- هراة
- Travelled to
- بغداد
Teachers in the transmission
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Students in the transmission
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The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 325لَا ، إِنَّ ذَلِكِ عِرْقٌ ، وَلَكِنْ دَعِي الصَّلَاةَ قَدْرَ الْأَيَّامِ الَّتِي كُنْتِ تَحِيضِينَ فِيهَا ، ثُمَّ اغْتَسِلِي وَصَلِّيFatima bint Abi Hubaish asked the Prophet, "I got persistent bleeding (in between the periods) and do not become clean. Shall I give up prayers?" He replied, "No, this is from a blood vessel. Give up the prayers only for5 narratorsBukhari · 719أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ وَتَرَاصُّوا فَإِنِّي أَرَاكُمْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ظَهْرِيOnce the Iqama was pronounced and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) faced us and said, "Straighten your rows and stand closer together, for I see you from behind my back.'5 narratorsBukhari · 2526حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ ابْنُ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ ، سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي النَّضْرُ بْنُ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكThat the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever frees his portion of a (common) slave."7 narratorsBukhari · 3432خَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا مَرْيَمُ ابْنَةُ عِمْرَانَ وَخَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا خَدِيجَةُI heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Mary, the daughter of 'Imran, was the best among the women (of the world of her time) and Khadija is the best amongst the women. (of this nation).6 narratorsBukhari · 3851أُنْزِلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعِينَ فَمَكَثَ بِمَكَّةَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً , ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِالْهِجْرَةِ فَهَاجَرَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَمَكَثَ بِهَا عَشْرَ سِنِينَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) was inspired Divinely at the age of forty. Then he stayed in Mecca for thirteen years, and then was ordered to migrate, and he migrated to Medina and stayed there for ten years and then died.5 narratorsBukhari · 4614لَا أَرَى يَمِينًا أُرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا قَبِلْتُ رُخْصَةَ اللَّهِ وَفَعَلْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌThat her father (Abu Bakr) never broke his oath till Allah revealed the order of the legal expiation for oath. Abu Bakr said, "If I ever take an oath (to do something) and later find that to do something else is better, 5 narratorsBukhari · 5038سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ فِي سُورَةٍ بِاللَّيْلِ ، فَقَالَ : يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ لَقَدْ أَذْكَرَنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا آيَةً كُنْتُ أُنْسِيتُهَا مِنْ سُورَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) heard a man reciting the Qur'an at night, and said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on him, as he has reminded me of such-and-such Verses of such-and-such Suras, which I was caused to forget."5 narratorsBukhari · 5229مَا غِرْتُ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَمَا غِرْتُ عَلَى خَدِيجَةَ ، لِكَثْرَةِ ذِكْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِيَّاهَا وَثَنَائِهِ عَلَيْهَا ، وَقَدْ أI never felt so jealous of any wife of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as I did of Khadija because Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to remember and praise her too often and because it was revealed to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he should5 narratorsBukhari · 5488أَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتَ أَنَّكَ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمٍ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ تَأْكُلُ فِي آنِيَتِهِمْ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ غَيْرَ آنِيَتِهِمْ فَلَا تَأْكُلُوا فِيهَا وَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا فَاغْسِلُوهَا ثُمَّ كُلُوا فِيهَا ، وَأَمَّا مَا ذَI came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We are living in the land of the people of the Scripture and we take our meals in their utensils, and in the land there is game and I hunt with my bow a8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5588إِنَّهُ قَدْ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ ، وَهِيَ مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَشْيَاءَ الْعِنَبِ ، وَالتَّمْرِ ، وَالْحِنْطَةِ ، وَالشَّعِيرِ ، وَالْعَسَلِ`Umar delivered a sermon on the pulpit of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), saying, "Alcoholic drinks were prohibited by Divine Order, and these drinks used to be prepared from five things, i.e., grapes, dates, wheat, barley and ho9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5744حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ ابْنُ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " كَانَ يَرْقAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to treat with a Ruqya saying, "O the Lord of the people! Remove the trouble The cure is in Your Hands, and there is none except You who can remove it (the disease) . "5 narratorsBukhari · 5890مِنَ الْفِطْرَةِ حَلْقُ الْعَانَةِ وَتَقْلِيمُ الْأَظْفَارِ وَقَصُّ الشَّارِبِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "To shave the pubic hair. to clip the nails and to cut the moustaches short, are characteristics of the Fitra."5 narrators