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A voice in the chain

نفيع بن رافع المدني

نفيع بن رافع

Appears in 61 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

نفيع بن رافع المدني

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

12

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

18

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

10

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

3

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

7

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

11

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة ثبت

Al-Dhahabi

ثقة نبيل

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو رافع
Known as
أبو رافع
Lineage / nisba
الصائغ ، المدني ، البصري
Generation
الثانية
Died
91 هـ : 100 هـ
Lived in
البصرة
Relatives
ابنه : عبد الرحمن ، مولى بنت النجار ، وقيل : بنت عمه ، وهو مولى ابنة عمر بن الخطاب ، وقيل : مولى ليلى بنت العجماء

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

61 total
Bukhari · 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 · 285سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا أَبَا هِرٍّ ، إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَا يَنْجُسُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) came across me and I was Junub. He took my hand and I went along with him till he sat down I slipped away, went home and took a bath. When I came back, he was still sitting there. He then said to me6 narratorsBukhari · 291إِذَا جَلَسَ بَيْنَ شُعَبِهَا الْأَرْبَعِ ، ثُمَّ جَهَدَهَا فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغَسْلُas the following Hadith 290. Narrated Abu Huraira The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When a man sits in between the four parts of a woman and did the sexual intercourse with her, bath becomes compulsory."12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 458أَفَلَا كُنْتُمْ آذَنْتُمُونِي بِهِ ، دُلُّونِي عَلَى قَبْرِهِ أَوْ قَالَ قَبْرِهَا ، فَأَتَى قَبْرَهَا فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَاA black man or a black woman used to sweep the mosque and he or she died. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked about her (or him). He was told that she (or he) had died. He said, "Why did you not inform me? Show me his grave (or her gr5 narratorsBukhari · 460أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَوْ رَجُلًا كَانَتْ تَقُمُّ الْمَسْجِدَ وَلَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا امْرَأَةً ، فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ صَلَّى عَلَى قَبْرِهَا"The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Last night a big demon (afreet) from the Jinns came to me and wanted to interrupt my prayers (or said something similar) but Allah enabled me to overpower him. I wanted to fasten him to one of the5 narratorsBukhari · 766صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الْعَتَمَةَ ، فَقَرَأَ : إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ سورة الانشقاق آية 1 ، فَسَجَدَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : قَالَ : سَجَدْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَا أَزَاI offered the `Isha' prayer behind Abu Huraira and he recited, "Idha s-samaa'u n-shaqqat" (84) and prostrated. On my inquiring, he said, "I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim (the Prophet) (when he recited that Sura) and I wil6 narratorsBukhari · 768صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الْعَتَمَةَ ، فَقَرَأَ : إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ سورة الانشقاق آية 1 ، فَسَجَدَ فَقُلْتُ : مَا هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ : سَجَدْتُ بِهَا خَلْفَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّOnce I prayed the `Isha' prayer with Abu Huraira and he recited, "Idha s-samaa'u n-shaqqat" (84) and prostrated. I said, "What is that?" He said, "I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim, (the Prophet) (when he recited that Sura)6 narratorsBukhari · 1078صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الْعَتَمَةَ فَقَرَأَ : إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ سورة الانشقاق آية 1 فَسَجَدَ فَقُلْتُ : مَا هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ : سَجَدْتُ بِهَا خَلْفَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ،I offered the `Isha' prayer behind Abu Huraira and he recited Idhas-Sama' Un-Shaqqat, and prostrated. I said, "What is this?" Abu Huraira said, "I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim and I will do the same till I meet him."6 narratorsBukhari · 1337أَنَّ أَسْوَدَ رَجُلًا , أَوِ امْرَأَةً , كَانَ يَقُمُّ الْمَسْجِدَ فَمَاتَ , وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَوْتِهِ ، فَذَكَرَهُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ , فَقَالَ : مَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ الْإِنْسَانُ ؟A black person, a male or a female used to clean the Mosque and then died. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) did not know about it . One day the Prophet (ﷺ) remembered him and said, "What happened to that person?" The people replied5 narratorsBukhari · 6192أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ كَانَ اسْمُهَا بَرَّةَ ، فَقِيلَ : تُزَكِّي نَفْسَهَا ، فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَيْنَبَZainab's original name was "Barrah," but it was said' "By that she is giving herself the prestige of piety." So the Prophet (ﷺ) changed her name to Zainab.6 narratorsBukhari · 7553لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا عِنْدَهُ غَلَبَتْ ، أَوْ قَالَ : سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتِي غَضَبِي فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Before Allah created the creations, He wrote a Book (wherein He has written) My Mercy has preceded my Anger." and that (Book) is written with Him over the Throne."6 narratorsBukhari · 7554إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ الْخَلْقَ ، إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي فَهُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Before Allah created the creations, He wrote a Book (wherein He has written) My Mercy has preceded my Anger." and that (Book) is written with Him over the Throne."7 narrators