A voice in the chain
الضحاك بن مخلد النبيل
الضحاك بن مخلد بن الضحاك بن مسلم ابن الضحاك بن رافع بن رفيع بن الأسود بن عمرو بن رالان بن هلال بن ثعلبة بن شيبان
Appears in 272 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
الضحاك بن مخلد النبيل
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
79
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
57
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
48
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
29
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
20
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
39
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت
Al-Dhahabi
قال عمر بن شبة : والله ما رأيت مثله ، وقال أبو عاصم : ما دلست قط ، وما اغتبت أحدا منذ عقلت أن الغيبة حرام
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عاصم
- Laqab
- النبيل ، الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- يقال : الشيبانى مولاهم ، ويقال : من أنفسهم ، البصري ، المكي ، النبيل ، الحافظ ، وقيل : الذهلي مولاهم
- Generation
- التاسعة
- Born
- 121 هـ ، أو : 122 هـ
- Died
- 211 هـ ، أو : 212 هـ ، أو : 213هـ ، أو : 214 هـ
- Lived in
- مكة ، البصرة
- Died in
- البصرة
- Relatives
- أمه : من آل الزبير ، قيل : مولى لبنى شيبة ، ومولى لبني ذهل بن ثعلبة إخوة بني سدوس ، ومستمليه عبد الله بن إسحاق ، وابنه : عمرو بن أبي عاصم
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 258كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ دَعَا بِشَيْءٍ نَحْوَ الْحِلَابِ ، فَأَخَذَ بِكَفِّهِ فَبَدَأَ بِشِقِّ رَأْسِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ، ثُمَّ الْأَيْسَرِ ، فَقَالَ : بِهِمَا عَلWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) took the bath of Janaba (sexual relation or wet dream) he asked for the Hilab or some other scent. He used to take it in his hand, rub it first over the right side of his head and then over the l5 narratorsBukhari · 359لَا يُصَلِّي أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ لَيْسَ عَلَى عَاتِقَيْهِ شَيْءٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None of you should offer prayer in a single garment that does not cover the shoulders."5 narratorsBukhari · 720حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ سُمَيٍّ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " الشُّهَدَاءُ الْغَرِقُ وَالْمَطْعُونُ وَالْمَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Martyrs are those who die because of drowning, plague, an Abdominal disease, or of being buried alive by a falling building." And then he added, "If the people knew the Reward for the Zuhr prayer i5 narratorsBukhari · 764حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ : مَا لَكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الZaid bin Thabit said to me, "Why do you recite very short Suras in the Maghrib prayer while I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting the longer of the two long Suras?"6 narratorsBukhari · 854مَنْ أَكَلَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ يُرِيدُ الثُّومَ فَلَا يَغْشَانَا فِي مَسَاجِدِنَاI heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Whoever eats (from) this plant (he meant garlic) should keep away from our mosque." I said, "What does he mean by that?" He replied, "I think he means only raw 7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 923أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُتِيَ بِمَالٍ أَوْ سَبْيٍ فَقَسَمَهُ فَأَعْطَى رِجَالًا وَتَرَكَ رِجَالًا ، فَبَلَغَهُ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ تَرَكَ عَتَبُوا فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ ، ثُمَّ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ، Some property or something was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he distributed it. He gave to some men and ignored the others. Later he got the news of his being admonished by those whom he had ignored. So he glorifi6 narratorsBukhari · 962شَهِدْتُ الْعِيدَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ ، وَعُمَرَ ، وَعُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ فَكُلُّهُمْ كَانُوا يُصَلُّونَ قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِI offered the `Id prayer with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), Abu Bakr, `Umar and `Uthman and all of them offered the prayer before delivering the Khutba.5 narratorsBukhari · 1395أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ مُعَاذًا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ , فَقَالَ : ادْعُهُمْ إِلَى شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ , وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ، فَإِنْ هُمْ أَطَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) sent Mu`adh to Yemen and said, "Invite the people to testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and I am Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and if they obey you to do so, then teach them that Allah ha5 narratorsBukhari · 1413كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا يَشْكُو الْعَيْلَةَ وَالْآخَرُ يَشْكُو قَطْعَ السَّبِيلِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَمَّWhile I was sitting with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) two person came to him; one of them complained about his poverty and the other complained about the prevalence of robberies. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "As regard6 narratorsBukhari · 1430صَلَّى بِنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعَصْرَ فَأَسْرَعَ ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ خَرَجَ فَقُلْتُ أَوْ قِيلَ لَهُ : فَقَالَ : كُنْتُ خَلَّفْتُ فِي الْبَيْتِ تِبْرًا مِنَ الصَّدَOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) offered the 'Asr prayer and then hurriedly went to his house and returned immediately. I (or somebody else) asked him (as to what was the matter) and he said, "I left at home a piece of gold which wa4 narratorsBukhari · 1434لَا تُوعِي فَيُوعِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ ، ارْضَخِي مَا اسْتَطَعْتِthat she had gone to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, "Do not shut your money bag; otherwise Allah too will withhold His blessings from you. Spend (in Allah's Cause) as much as you can afford. "8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1518يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، اعْتَمَرْتُمْ وَلَمْ أَعْتَمِرْ ، فَقَالَ : يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ ، اذْهَبْ بِأُخْتِكَ ، فَأَعْمِرْهَا مِنَ التَّنْعِيمِ ، فَأَحْقَبَهَا عَلَى نَاقَةٍ فَاعْتَمَرَتْ`Aisha said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You performed `Umra but I did not." He said, "O `Abdur-Rahman! Go along with your sister and let her perform `Umra from Tan`im." `Abdur-Rahman made her ride over the packsaddle of a5 narrators