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A voice in the chain

سالم بن أبي الجعد الأشجعي

سالم بن أبي الجعد : رافع

Appears in 139 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

سالم بن أبي الجعد الأشجعي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

37

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

28

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

15

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

15

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

22

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

22

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة وكان يرسل كثيرا

Al-Dhahabi

ثقة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Lineage / nisba
الغطفاني ، الأشجعي مولاهم ، الكوفي
Generation
الثالثة
Died
99 هـ ، قال مطين : 100 هـ ، وقيل : 101 هـ . وقال أبو نعيم : 97 هـ أو 98 هـ ، وكذا قال ابن حبان في الثقات
Lived in
الكوفة
Relatives
الأشجعي مولاهم ، ابنه الحسن ، لسالم بن أبي الجعد من الإخوة : عبد الله ، وعبيد ، وزياد ، وعمران ، ومسلم ، مولى غطفان

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

139 total
Bukhari · 141لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا أَتَى أَهْلَهُ ، قَالَ : بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ ، اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ ، وَجَنِّبْ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا ، فَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَلَدٌ لَمْ يَضُرُّهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you on having sexual relations with his wife said (and he must say it before starting) 'In the name of Allah. O Allah! Protect us from Satan and also protect what you bestow upon us (i6 narratorsBukhari · 249تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ غَيْرَ رِجْلَيْهِ ، وَغَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ وَمَا أَصَابَهُ مِنَ الْأَذَى ، ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ ، ثُمَّ نَحَّى رِجْلَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُ(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) performed ablution like that for the prayer but did not wash his feet. He washed off the discharge from his private parts and then poured water over his body. He withdrew h7 narratorsBukhari · 257وَضَعْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَاءً لِلْغُسْلِ ، فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ أَفْرَغَ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فَغَسَلَ مَذَاكِيرَهُ ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ يَدَهُ بِالْأَرْضِ ، ثُمَّ مَضْمI placed water for the bath of the Prophet. He washed his hands twice or thrice and then poured water on his left hand and washed his private parts. He rubbed his hands over the earth (and cleaned them), rinsed his mouth7 narratorsBukhari · 259صَبَبْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غُسْلًا ، فَأَفْرَغَ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : بِيَدِهِ الْأَرْضَ فَمَسَحَهَا بِالتُّرَابِ ثُمَّ غَسَلَهَا ، I placed water for the bath of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he poured water with his right hand on his left and washed them. Then he washed his private parts and rubbed his hands on the ground, washed them with water, rinsed his 7 narratorsBukhari · 260أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ ، فَغَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ دَلَكَ بِهَا الْحَائِطَ ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَهَا ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ غُThe Prophet (ﷺ) took the bath of Janaba. (sexual relation or wet dream). He first cleaned his private parts with his hand, and then rubbed it (that hand) on the wall (earth) and washed it. Then he performed ablution like7 narratorsBukhari · 265وَضَعْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَاءً يَغْتَسِلُ بِهِ ، فَأَفْرَغَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ أَفْرَغَ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فَغَسَلَ مَذI placed water for the bath of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he poured water over his hands and washed them twice or thrice; then he poured water with his right hand over his left and washed his private parts (with his left 7 narratorsBukhari · 266وَضَعْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غُسْلًا وَسَتَرْتُهُ فَصَبَّ عَلَى يَدِهِ فَغَسَلَهَا مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ، قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ : لَا أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَ الثَّالِثَةَ أَمْ لَا ، ثُمَّ أَفْرَغI placed water for the bath of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and put a screen. He poured water over his hands, and washed them once or twice. (The sub-narrator added that he did not remember if she had said thrice or not). Then 7 narratorsBukhari · 274وَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَضُوءًا لِجَنَابَةٍ فَأَكْفَأَ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ يَدَهُ بِالْأَرْضِ أَوِ الْحَائِطِ مَرWater was placed for the ablution of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) after Janaba. He poured water with his right hand over his left twice or thrice and then washed his private parts and rubbed his hand on the earth or on a wall t7 narratorsBukhari · 276وَضَعْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غُسْلًا فَسَتَرْتُهُ بِثَوْبٍ وَصَبَّ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا ، ثُمَّ صَبَّ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فَغَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ الْأَرْضَ فَمَسَحَهَI placed water for the bath of the Prophet (ﷺ) and screened him with a garment. He poured water over his hands and washed them. After that he poured water with his right hand over his left and washed his private parts, r7 narratorsBukhari · 281سَتَرْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ صَبَّ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فَغَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ وَمَا أَصَابَهُ ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى الْحَاI screened the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was taking a bath of Janaba. He washed his hands, poured water from his right hand over his left and washed his private parts. Then he rubbed his hand over a wall or the earth, and per10 narratorsBukhari · 650دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ وَهُوَ مُغْضَبٌ ، فَقُلْتُ : مَا أَغْضَبَكَ ؟ فَقَالَ : وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْرِفُ مِنْ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ جَمِيعًاI heard Um Ad-Darda' saying, "Abu Ad-Darda' entered the house in an angry mood. I said to him. 'What makes you angry?' He replied, 'By Allah! I do not find the followers of Muhammad doing those good things (which they us6 narratorsBukhari · 717لَتُسَوُّنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِكُمْThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Straighten your rows or Allah will alter your faces."5 narrators