A voice in the chain
يحيى بن سعيد الأنصاري
يحيى بن سعيد بن قيس بن عمرو بن سهل بن ثعلبة بن الحارث بن زيد بن ثعلبة بن غنم بن مالك بن النجار ، ويقال : يحيى بن سعيد بن قيس بن قهد ، ولا يصح
Appears in 525 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 الأنصاري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
131
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
114
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
53
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
37
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
148
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
42
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت
Al-Dhahabi
حافظ فقيه حجة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو سعيد ، وقيل : كنيته أبو عثمان
- Lineage / nisba
- الأنصاري ، النجاري ، المدني ، القاضي
- Generation
- الخامسة
- Died
- 143هـ أو 144 هـ ، وقيل 146هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة ، بغداد ، الحيرة ، مصر
- Died in
- بالهاشمية من الأنبار بالعراق
- Travelled to
- العراق ، إفريقية ، الشام ، الكوفة ، مصر
- Relatives
- قاضي السفاح ، أمه أم يحيى بن سعيد ، أخو : عبد ربه ، وسعد
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 1إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى ، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى دُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوْ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ يَنْكِحُهَا ، فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to m6 narratorsBukhari · 38مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever observes fasts during the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping to attain Allah's rewards, then all his past sins will be forgiven."5 narratorsBukhari · 54الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ وَلِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى ، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَتَزَوَّجAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The reward of deeds depends upon the intention and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Apostle, then his emigration was 6 narratorsBukhari · 115سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ، مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ اللَّيْلَةَ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ ، وَمَاذَا فُتِحَ مِنَ الْخَزَائِنِ ، أَيْقِظُوا صَوَاحِبَاتِ الْحُجَرِ ، فَرُبَّ كَاسِيَةٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا عَارِيَةٍ فِي الْآخِرَةِOne night Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up and said, "Subhan Allah! How many afflictions have been descended tonight and how many treasures have been disclosed! Go and wake the sleeping lady occupants of these dwellings (his11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 145لَقَدِ ارْتَقَيْتُ يَوْمًا عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتٍ لَنَا ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلًا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ لِحَاجَتِهِ ، وَقَالَ : لَعَلَّكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يُصPeople say, "Whenever you sit for answering the call of nature, you should not face the Qibla or Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem)." I told them. "Once I went up the roof of our house and I saw Allah's Apostle answering the call6 narratorsBukhari · 149لَقَدْ ظَهَرْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتِنَا ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَاعِدًا عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِOnce I went up the roof of our house and saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) answering the call of nature while sitting over two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (See Hadith No. 147).6 narratorsBukhari · 181أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا أَفَاضَ مِنْ عَرَفةَ عَدَلَ إِلَى الشِّعْبِ فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ ، قَالَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ : فَجَعَلْتُ أَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُ"When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) departed from `Arafat, he turned towards a mountain pass where he answered the call of nature. (After he had finished) I poured water and he performed ablution and then I said to him, "O Allah6 narratorsBukhari · 182أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ ، وَأَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ لِحَاجَةٍ لَهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُغِيرَةَ جَعَلَ يَصُبُّ الْمَاءَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ ، فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ وَمI was in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on one of the journeys and he went out to answer the call of nature (and after he finished) I poured water and he performed ablution; he washed his face, forearms and passed 7 narratorsBukhari · 203أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ لِحَاجَتِهِ ، فَاتَّبَعَهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ بِإِدَاوَةٍ فِيهَا مَاءٌ فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِ حِينَ فَرَغَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَمَسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out to answer the call of nature and I followed him with a tumbler containing water, and when he finished, I poured water and he performed ablution and passed wet hands over his Khuffs (so7 narratorsBukhari · 209أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ خَيْبَرَ ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِالصَّهْبَاءِ وَهِيَ أَدْنَى خَيْبَرَ ، فَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِالْأَزْوَادِ فَلَمْ يُؤْتَ إِلَّا بِIn the year of the conquest of Khaibar I went with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) till we reached Sahba, a place near Khaibar, where Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered the `Asr prayer and asked for food. Nothing but saweeq was brought5 narratorsBukhari · 215خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ خَيْبَرَ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالصَّهْبَاءِ صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعَصْرَ ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى دَعَا بِالْأَطIn the year of the conquest of Khaibar I went with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) till we reached As-Sahba' where Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) led the `Asr prayer and asked for the food. Nothing but saweeq was brought and we ate it and 5 narratorsBukhari · 221حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .The Prophet (ﷺ) said as above (219).4 narrators