Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري
جابر بن عبد الله بن عمرو بن حرام بن ثعلبة بن كعب بن غنم بن كعب بن سلمة بن سعد بن علي بن أسد بن ساردة بن تزيد بن جشم بن الخزرج
Appears in 1,742 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
جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
313
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
487
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
244
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
183
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
286
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
229
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صحابي
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبد الله ، ويقال : أبو عبد الرحمن ، ويقال : أبو محمد
- Lineage / nisba
- الخزرجي ، الأنصاري ، السلمي ، المدني ، عقبي
- Generation
- صحابي
- Died
- قال الهيثم بن عدي ، وخليفة بن خياط في بعض الروايات عنهم : 68 هـ . وقال أبو سليمان بن زبر : 72 هـ . وقال محمد بن سعد ، والهيثم بن عدي في رواية أخرى : 73 هـ . وقال محمد بن يحيى بن حبان : 77 هـ . وقال أبو عون المدني وغيره : 78 هـ . وقال أبو نعيم وخليفة بن خياط في رواية أخرى : 79 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Died in
- المدينة
- Relatives
- أولاده : عبد الرحمن ، وعقيل ، ومحمد ، وأمه أنيسة بنت عقبة بن عدي ، وأم أبيه عبد الله هند بنت قيس بن الفدم بن جارية بن عطية ، وابن عمه محمد بن عمرو بن الحسن
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 4يَأَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ { 1 } قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ { 2 }"While I was walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky. I looked up and saw the same angel who had visited me at the cave of Hira' sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I got afraid of him and cam9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 194فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَبَّ عَلَيَّ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to visit me while I was sick and unconscious. He performed ablution and sprinkled the remaining water on me and I became conscious and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! To whom will my inheritanc4 narratorsBukhari · 252كَانَ يَكْفِي مَنْ هُوَ أَوْفَى مِنْكَ شَعَرًا وَخَيْرٌ مِنْكَWhile I and my father were with Jabir bin 'Abdullah, some people asked him about taking a bath. He replied, "A Sa' of water is sufficient for you." A man said, "A Sa' is not sufficient for me." Jabir said, "A Sa' was suf6 narratorsBukhari · 255كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُفْرِغُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to pour water three times on his head.6 narratorsBukhari · 256كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْخُذُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَكُفٍّ وَيُفِيضُهَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ، ثُمَّ يُفِيضُ عَلَى سَائِرِ جَسَدِهِ ، فَقَالَ لِي الْحَسَنُ : إِنِّي رَجُلٌ كَثِيرُ الشَّعَرِ ، فَقُلْتُ : كَانJabir bin `Abdullah said to me, "Your cousin (Hasan bin Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiya) came to me and asked about the bath of Janaba. I replied, 'The Prophet (ﷺ) uses to take three handfuls of water, pour them on his head and4 narratorsBukhari · 335أُعْطِيتُ خَمْسًا لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي ، نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرٍ ، وَجُعِلَتْ لِي الْأَرْضُ مَسْجِدًا وَطَهُورًا ، فَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَدْرَكَتْهُ الصَّلَاةُ فَلْيُصَلِّ ، وَأُحِلَّتThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I have been given five things which were not given to any one else before me. -1. Allah made me victorious by awe, (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month's journey. -2. The ear7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 352صَلَّى جَابِرٌ فِي إِزَارٍ قَدْ عَقَدَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ قَفَاهُ وَثِيَابُهُ مَوْضُوعَةٌ عَلَى الْمِشْجَبِ ، قَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ : تُصَلِّي فِي إِزَارٍ وَاحِدٍ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّمَا صَنَعْتُ ذَلِكَ لِيَرَانِي أَحْمَقُ مِثْلُOnce Jabir prayed with his Izar tied to his back while his clothes were Lying beside him on a wooden peg. Somebody asked him, "Do you offer your prayer in a single Izar?" He replied, "I did so to show it to a fool like y5 narratorsBukhari · 353رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍI saw Jabir bin 'Abdullah praying in a single garment and he said that he had seen the Prophet (ﷺ) praying in a single garment.4 narratorsBukhari · 361خَرَجْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ ، فَجِئْتُ لَيْلَةً لِبَعْضِ أَمْرِي فَوَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي وَعَلَيَّ ثَوْبٌ وَاحِدٌ ، فَاشْتَمَلْتُ بِهِ وَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ ، فَلI asked Jabir bin `Abdullah about praying in a single garment. He said, "I traveled with the Prophet (ﷺ) during some of his journeys, and I came to him at night for some purpose and I found him praying. At that time, I w4 narratorsBukhari · 364أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَنْقُلُ مَعَهُمُ الْحِجَارَةَ لِلْكَعْبَةِ وَعَلَيْهِ إِزَارُهُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ عَمُّهُ : يَا ابْنَ أَخِي ، لَوْ حَلَلْتَ إِزَارَكَ فَجَعَلْتَ عَلWhile Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was carrying stones (along) with the people of Mecca for (the building of) the Ka`ba wearing an Izar (waist-sheet cover), his uncle Al-`Abbas said to him, "O my nephew! (It would be better) if5 narratorsBukhari · 370دَخَلْتُ عَلَى جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ مُلْتَحِفًا بِهِ وَرِدَاؤُهُ مَوْضُوعٌ ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قُلْنَا : يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، تُصَلِّي وَرِدَاؤُكَ مَوْضُوعٌ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، أI went to Jabir bin `Abdullah and he was praying wrapped in a garment and his Rida was Lying beside him. When he finished the prayers, I said "O `Abdullah! You pray (in a single garment) while your Rida' is lying beside 4 narratorsBukhari · 400كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ حَيْثُ تَوَجَّهَتْ ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الْفَرِيضَةَ نَزَلَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to pray (optional, non-obligatory prayer) while riding on his mount (Rahila) wherever it turned, and whenever he wanted to pray the compulsory prayer he dismounted and prayed facing the Qibla.5 narrators