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الوليد بن مسلم القرشي

الوليد بن مسلم

Appears in 366 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

الوليد بن مسلم القرشي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

37

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

44

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

83

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

30

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

54

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

118

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة ، لكنه كثير التدليس والتسوية

Al-Dhahabi

الحافظ ، عالم أهل الشام ، قال ابن المديني : ما رأيت من الشاميين مثله . وقال ابن جوصا : كنا نسمع أنه من كتب مصنفات الوليد صلح للقضاء ، وهي سبعون كتابا . قلت : كان مدلسا فيتقى من حديثه ما قال فيه : عن

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو العباس ، أبو الوليد
Lineage / nisba
القرشي مولاهم ، الدمشقي ، الأموى مولاهم ، وقيل : العباسي مولاهم
Generation
الثامنة
Born
119هـ
Died
194 ، أو 195هـ ، أو 196هـ
Lived in
الشام
Died in
ذو المروة ، وقيل : مكة
Travelled to
مكة
Relatives
مولى بني أمية ، وقيل : مولى العباس بن محمد بن علي بن عبد الله بن عباس بن عبد المطلب الهاشمي ، أخواه :عبد الجبار ، وجبلة

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

366 total
Bukhari · 559كُنَّا نُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَيَنْصَرِفُ أَحَدُنَا وَإِنَّهُ لَيُبْصِرُ مَوَاقِعَ نَبْلِهِWe used to offer the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and after finishing the prayer one of us may go away and could still see as Par as the spots where one's arrow might reach when shot by a bow.5 narratorsBukhari · 707إِنِّي لَأَقُومُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُطَوِّلَ فِيهَا ، فَأَسْمَعُ بُكَاءَ الصَّبِيِّ فَأَتَجَوَّزُ فِي صَلَاتِي كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمِّهِMy father said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'When I stand for prayer, I intend to prolong it but on hearing the cries of a child, I cut it short, as I dislike to trouble the child's mother.' "10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 907مَنِ اغْبَرَّتْ قَدَمَاهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّارِI heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Anyone whose feet are covered with dust in Allah's cause, shall be saved by Allah from the Hell-Fire."5 narratorsBukhari · 933فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَمَا نَرَى فِي السَّمَاءِ قَزَعَةً فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا وَضَعَهَا حَتَّى ثَارَ السَّحَابُ أَمْثَالَ الْجِبَالِ ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ عَنْ مِنْبَرِهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ الْمَطَرَ يَتَحَادَرُ عَOnce in the lifetime of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) the people were afflicted with drought (famine). While the Prophet (ﷺ) was delivering the Khutba on a Friday, a Bedouin stood up and said, "O, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Our poss5 narratorsBukhari · 973كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَغْدُو إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى وَالْعَنَزَةُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ تُحْمَلُ ، وَتُنْصَبُ بِالْمُصَلَّى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to proceed to the Musalla and an 'Anaza used to be carried before him and planted in the Musalla in front of him and he would pray facing it (as a Sutra).5 narratorsBukhari · 1065جَهَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْخُسُوفِ بِقِرَاءَتِهِ ، فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ قِرَاءَتِهِ كَبَّرَ فَرَكَعَ ، وَإِذَا رَفَعَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ رَبَّThe Prophet (p.b.u.h) recited (the Qur'an) aloud during the eclipse prayer and when he had finished the eclipse prayer he said the Takbir and bowed. When he stood straight from bowing he would say "Sami 'allahu liman ham6 narratorsBukhari · 1154مَنْ تَعَارَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّThe Prophet (ﷺ) "Whoever gets up at night and says -- 'La ilaha il-lallah Wahdahu la Sharika lahu Lahu-lmulk, waLahu-l-hamd wahuwa 'ala kullishai'in Qadir. Al hamdu lil-lahi wa subhanal-lahi wa la-ilaha il-lal-lah wa-l-l6 narratorsBukhari · 1452أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْهِجْرَةِ ، فَقَالَ : وَيْحَكَ ، إِنَّ شَأْنَهَا شَدِيدٌ ، فَهَلْ لَكَ مِنْ إِبِلٍ تُؤَدِّي صَدَقَتَهَا ؟ , قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَاA Bedouin asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the emigration. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "May Allah have mercy on you! The matter of emigration is very hard. Have you got camels? Do you pay their Zakat?" The Bedouin said,6 narratorsBukhari · 1502غَدَوْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ لِيُحَنِّكَهُ ، فَوَافَيْتُهُ فِي يَدِهِ الْمِيسَمُ يَسِمُ إِبِلَ الصَّدَقَةِI took `Abdullah bin Abu Talha to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to perform Tahnik for him. (Tahnik was a custom among the Muslims that whenever a child was born they used to take it to the Prophet (ﷺ) who would chew a piece of d5 narratorsBukhari · 1515أَنَّ إِهْلَالَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ ذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ حِينَ اسْتَوَتْ بِهِ رَاحِلَتُهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) sent my brother, 'Abdur Rahman with me to Tan'im for the 'Umra, and he made me ride on the packsaddle (of a camel). 'Umar said, "Be ready to travel for Hajj as it (Hajj) is one of the two kind of Jihad".7 narratorsBukhari · 1534أَتَانِي اللَّيْلَةَ آتٍ مِنْ رَبِّي ، فَقَالَ : صَلِّ فِي هَذَا الْوَادِي الْمُبَارَكِ ، وَقُلْ عُمْرَةً فِي حَجَّةٍIn the valley of Al-`Aqiq I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "To night a messenger came to me from my Lord and asked me to pray in this blessed valley and to assume Ihram for Hajj and `Umra together. "8 narratorsBukhari · 1590مِنَ الْغَدِ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ وَهُوَ بِمِنًى نَحْنُ نَازِلُونَ غَدًا بِخَيْفِ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ ، حَيْثُ تَقَاسَمُوا عَلَى الْكُفْرِ يَعْنِي ذَلِكَ الْمُحَصَّبَ ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا وَكِنَانَةَ تَحَالَفَتْ عَلَى بَنِOn the Day of Nahr at Mina, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Tomorrow we shall stay at Khaif Bani Kinana where the pagans had taken the oath of Kufr (heathenism)." He meant (by that place) Al-Muhassab where the Quraish tribe and B11 narrators·parallel chain