Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
زيد بن أرقم الأنصاري
زيد بن أرقم بن زيد بن قيس بن النعمان بن مالك بن الأغر بن ثعلبة بن كعب بن الخزرج بن الحارث بن الخزرج
Appears in 88 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
زيد بن أرقم الأنصاري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
19
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
15
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
12
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
17
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
17
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
8
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صحابي مشهور
Al-Dhahabi
غزا سبع عشرة مرة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عمرو ، ويقال: أبو عامر ، ويقال: أبو عمارة ، ويقال: أبو أنيسة ، ويقال: أبو حمزة ، ويقال: أبو سعد ، ويقال: أبو سعيد ، ويقال أبو أنيس
- Laqab
- ذو الأذن الواعية
- Lineage / nisba
- الأنصاري ، الخزرجي ، المدني
- Generation
- صحابي مشهور
- Died
- 66 هـ ، وقيل : 68 هـ ، وقيل 65 هـ ، وقيل : 60 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Died in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- ابنه : قيس وسويد
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 1200إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَتَكَلَّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُكَلِّمُ أَحَدُنَا صَاحِبَهُ بِحَاجَتِهِ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ : حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ سورة البقرة آية 238 ، فَأُمِرْنَIn the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) we used to speak while praying, and one of us would tell his needs to his companions, till the verse, 'Guard strictly your prayers (2.238) was revealed. After that we were ordered to re6 narratorsBukhari · 2060فَسَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ ؟ فَقَالَ : إِنْ كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ نَسَاءً فَلَا يَصْلُحُI used to practice money exchange, and I asked Zaid bin 'Arqam about it, and he narrated what the Prophet said in the following Abu Al-Minhal said, "I asked Al-Bara' bin `Azib and Zaid bin Arqam about practicing money ex13 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2061فَسَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ ؟ فَقَالَ : إِنْ كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ نَسَاءً فَلَا يَصْلُحُI used to practice money exchange, and I asked Zaid bin 'Arqam about it, and he narrated what the Prophet said in the following Abu Al-Minhal said, "I asked Al-Bara' bin `Azib and Zaid bin Arqam about practicing money ex13 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2180نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ بَيْعِ الذَّهَبِ بِالْوَرِقِ دَيْنًاI asked Al-Bara' bin `Azib and Zaid bin Arqam about money exchanges. Each of them said, "This is better than I," and both of them said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the selling of silver for gold on credit. "6 narratorsBukhari · 2181نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ بَيْعِ الذَّهَبِ بِالْوَرِقِ دَيْنًاI asked Al-Bara' bin `Azib and Zaid bin Arqam about money exchanges. Each of them said, "This is better than I," and both of them said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the selling of silver for gold on credit. "6 narratorsBukhari · 3787, فَدَعَا بِهِ , فَنَمَيْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى ، قَالَ : قَدْ زَعَمَ ذَلِكَ زَيْدٌThe Annwar said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Every prophet has his own followers and we have followed you. So will you invoke Allah to let our followers be considered from us (as Ansar too)?" So he invoked Allah accordingl6 narratorsBukhari · 3788حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَمْزَةَ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ ، قَالَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ : إِنَّ لِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ أَتْبَاعًا وَإِنَّا قَدِ اتَّبَعْ(A man from the Ansar) The Ansar said, "Every nation has followers and (O Prophet) we have followed you, so invoke Allah to let our followers be considered from us (as Ansar like ourselves)." So the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O 6 narratorsBukhari · 3939مَا كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَلَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ , وَمَا كَانَ نَسِيئَةً فَلَا يَصْلُحُA partner of mine sold some Dirhams on credit in the market. I said, "Glorified be Allah! Is this legal?" He replied, "Glorified be Allah! By Allah, when I sold them in the market, nobody objected to it." Then I asked Al6 narratorsBukhari · 3940مَا كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَلَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ , وَمَا كَانَ نَسِيئَةً فَلَا يَصْلُحُA partner of mine sold some Dirhams on credit in the market. I said, "Glorified be Allah! Is this legal?" He replied, "Glorified be Allah! By Allah, when I sold them in the market, nobody objected to it." Then I asked Al6 narratorsBukhari · 3949كَمْ غَزَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ غَزْوَةٍ ؟Once, while I was sitting beside Zaid bin Al-Arqam, he was asked, "How many Ghazwat did the Prophet undertake?" Zaid replied, "Nineteen." They said, "In how many Ghazwat did you join him?" He replied, "Seventeen." I aske5 narratorsBukhari · 4404أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَزَا تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً ، وَأَنَّهُ حَجَّ بَعْدَ مَا هَاجَرَ حَجَّةً وَاحِدَةً لَمْ يَحُجَّ بَعْدَهَا حَجَّةَ الْوَدَاعِThe Prophet (ﷺ) fought nineteen Ghazwas and performed only one Hajj after he migrated (to Medina), and did not perform another Hajj after it, and that was Hajj-ul-Wada`,' Abu 'Is-haq said, "He performed when he was in Me4 narratorsBukhari · 4471سَأَلْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ , كَمْ غَزَوْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ : سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ ، قُلْتُ : كَمْ غَزَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ I asked Zaid bin Al-Arqam, "In how many Ghazawat did you take part in the company of Allah's Apostle?" He replied, "Seventeen." I further asked, "How many Ghazawat did the Prophet (ﷺ) fight?" He replied, "Nineteen."4 narrators