A voice in the chain
يحيى بن سعيد القطان
يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ
Appears in 1,269 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
يحيى بن سعيد القطان
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
299
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
218
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
231
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
98
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
345
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
78
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة متقن حافظ ، إمام قدوة
Al-Dhahabi
قال أحمد : ما رأيت مثله . وقال بندار : حدثنا إمام أهل زمانه يحيى القطان ، واختلفت إليه عشرين سنة ، فما أظن أنه عصى الله قط ، ولد القطان 120 ، ومات 198 في صفر ، وكان رأسا في العلم والعمل .
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو سعيد
- Laqab
- الأحول ، الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- القطان ، التميمي ، البصري ، الأحول ، الحافظ
- Generation
- التاسعة
- Born
- 120 هـ
- Died
- 198 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة
- Died in
- البصرة
- Relatives
- مولى بني تميم ، ابنه محمد بن يحيى بن سعيد القطان ، وحفيده أحمد بن محمد
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 13لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself."8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 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 · 57بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى إِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ ، وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ ، وَالنُّصْحِ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍI gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for the following 1. offer prayers perfectly 2. pay the Zakat (obligatory charity) 3. and be sincere and true to every Muslim.5 narratorsBukhari · 69يَسِّرُوا وَلَا تُعَسِّرُوا ، وَبَشِّرُوا وَلَا تُنَفِّرُواThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Facilitate things to people (concerning religious matters), and do not make it hard for them and give them good tidings and do not make them run away (from Islam).5 narratorsBukhari · 81مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ ، أَنْ يَقِلَّ الْعِلْمُ ، وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ ، وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا ، وَتَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ ، وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً الْقَيِّمُ الْوَاحِدُI will narrate to you a Hadith and none other than I will tell you about after it. I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying From among the portents of the Hour are (the following) -1. Religious knowledge will decrease (by th5 narratorsBukhari · 180إِذَا أُعْجِلْتَ أَوْ قُحِطْتَ فَعَلَيْكَ الْوُضُوءُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent for a Ansari man who came with water dropping from his head. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Perhaps we have forced you to hurry up, haven't we?" The Ansari replied, "Yes." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) further11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 214كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَوَضَّأُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍAnas said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform ablution for every prayer." I asked Anas, "What did you used to do?' Anas replied, "We used to pray with the same ablution until we break it with Hadath."9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 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 · 267كُنْتُ أُطَيِّبُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَيَطُوفُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ ، ثُمَّ يُصْبِحُ مُحْرِمًا يَنْضَخُ طِيبًاon the authority of his father that he had asked `Aisha (about the Hadith of Ibn `Umar). She said, "May Allah be Merciful to Abu `Abdur-Rahman. I used to put scent on Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he used to go round his wiv7 narratorsBukhari · 283سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَا يَنْجُسُThe Prophet (ﷺ) came across me in one of the streets of Medina and at that time I was Junub. So I slipped away from him and went to take a bath. On my return the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Huraira! Where have you been?" I 6 narratorsBukhari · 293يَغْسِلُ مَا مَسَّ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْهُ ، ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ وَيُصَلِّيI asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about a man who engages in sexual intercourse with his wife but does not discharge. He replied, "He should wash the parts which comes in contact with the private parts of the woman, perform 6 narratorsBukhari · 344كُنَّا فِي سَفَرٍ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَإِنَّا أَسْرَيْنَا حَتَّى كُنَّا فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ ، وَقَعْنَا وَقْعَةً وَلَا وَقْعَةَ أَحْلَى عِنْدَ الْمُسَافِرِ مِنْهَا ، فَمَا أَيْقَظَنَا إِلOnce we were traveling with the Prophet (ﷺ) and we carried on traveling till the last part of the night and then we (halted at a place) and slept (deeply). There is nothing sweeter than sleep for a traveler in the last p5 narrators