A voice in the chain
علي زين العابدين
علي بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب
Appears in 79 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
علي زين العابدين
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
25
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
17
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
11
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
8
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
8
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
10
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت عابد ، فقيه فاضل مشهور
Al-Dhahabi
قال الزهري : ما رأيت قرشيا أفضل منه
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو الحسين ، ويقال: أبو الحسن ، ويقال: أبو محمد ، ويقال: أبو عبد الله
- Laqab
- زين العابدين ، ذو الثفنات
- Known as
- زين العابدين ، ابن الخيرين
- Lineage / nisba
- الهاشمي، القرشي المدني ،
- Generation
- الثالثة
- Born
- 33 هـ ، وقيل : 34 هـ ، وقيل : 36 هـ ، وقيل : 38 هـ
- Died
- 72 هـ ، أو 74 هـ ، أو92 هـ ، أو 93 هـ ، أو 94 هـ ، أو 95 هـ ، أو 99 هـ ، أو 100 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Died in
- المدينة
- Relatives
- أمه فتاة يقال لها : سلامة ، ويقال : غزالة ، عمه الحسن بن علي بن أبي طالب ، جده علي بن أبي طالب ، أبناؤه : زيد ، عبد الله ، عمر ، محمد
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 926قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ حِينَ تَشَهَّدَ يَقُولُ : أَمَّا بَعْدُOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up for delivering the Khutba and I heard him after "Tashah-hud" saying "Amma ba'du."7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1127أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَرَقَهُ وَفَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ النَّبِيِّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام لَيْلَةً فَقَالَ : أَلَا تُصَلِّيَانِ ؟ , فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْفُسُنَا بِيَدِ اللَّهِ فَإِذَOne night Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to me and Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked, "Won't you pray (at night)?" I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Our souls are in the hands of Allah and if He wants us to g6 narratorsBukhari · 1563شَهِدْتُ عُثْمَانَ ، وَعَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، وَعُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنْ الْمُتْعَةِ وَأَنْ يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى عَلِيٌّ أَهَلَّ بِهِمَا لَبَّيْكَ بِعُمْرَةٍ وَحَجَّةٍ ، قَالَ : مَا كُنْتُI saw 'Uthman and 'Ali. 'Uthman used to forbid people to perform Hajj-at-Tamattu' and Hajj-al- Qiran (Hajj and 'Umra together), and when 'Ali saw (this act of 'Uthman), he assumed Ihram for Hajj and 'Umra together saying8 narratorsBukhari · 1588يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَيْنَ تَنْزِلُ فِي دَارِكَ بِمَكَّةَ ؟ , فَقَالَ : وَهَلْ تَرَكَ عَقِيلٌ مِنْ رِبَاعٍ أَوْ دُورٍ ، وَكَانَ عَقِيلٌ وَرِثَ أَبَا طَالِبٍ هُوَ وَطَالِبٌ ، وَلَمْ يَرِثْهُ جَعْفَرٌ وَلَا عَلِيٌّ رَضِيI asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Where will you stay in Mecca? Will you stay in your house in Mecca?" He replied, "Has `Aqil left any property or house?" `Aqil along with Talib had inherited the property of Abu Talib. 7 narratorsBukhari · 2035أَنَّ صَفِيَّةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ ، أَنَّهَا جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَزُورُهُ فِي اعْتِكَافِهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَSafiya, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) told me that she went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to visit him in the mosque while he was in I`tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. She had a talk with him for a while, then she got up 5 narratorsBukhari · 2038كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَعِنْدَهُ أَزْوَاجُهُ فَرُحْنَ ، فَقَالَ لِصَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ حُيَيٍّ : لَا تَعْجَلِي حَتَّى أَنْصَرِفَ مَعَكِ ، وَكَانَ بَيْتُهَا فِي دَارِ أُسَامَةَ ، فThe wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) were with him in the mosque (while he was in I`tikaf) and then they departed and the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Safiya bint Huyai, "Don't hurry up, for I shall accompany you," (and her dwelling was 11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2039أَنَّ صَفِيَّةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعَتْ مَشَى مَعَهَا ، فَأَبْصَرَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ ، فَلَمَّا أَبْصَرَهُ ، دَعَاهُ ، فSafiya went to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was in I`tikaf. When she returned, the Prophet (ﷺ) accompanied her walking. An Ansari man saw him. When the Prophet (ﷺ) noticed him, he called him and said, "Come here. She is Safi12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2089كَانَتْ لِي شَارِفٌ مِنْ نَصِيبِي مِنَ الْمَغْنَمِ ، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْطَانِي شَارِفًا مِنَ الْخُمْسِ ، فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَبْتَنِيَ بِفَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اI got an old she-camel as my share from the booty, and the Prophet (ﷺ) had given me another from Al- Khumus. And when I intended to marry Fatima (daughter of the Prophet), I arranged that a goldsmith from the tribe of Ba7 narratorsBukhari · 2375أَصَبْتُ شَارِفًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي مَغْنَمٍ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ ، قَالَ : وَأَعْطَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَارِفًا أُخْرَى ، فَأَنَخْتُهُمَا يَوْمًا عِنْ`Ali bin Abi Talib said "I got a she-camel as my share of the war booty on the day (of the battle) of Badr, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave me another she-camel. I let both of them kneel at the door of one of the Ansar, i7 narratorsBukhari · 3058حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، قَالَI asked the Prophet (ﷺ) during his Hajj, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Where will you stay tomorrow?" He said, "Has `Aqil left for us any house?" He then added, "Tomorrow we will stay at Khaif Bani Kinana, i.e. Al-Muhassab, 7 narratorsBukhari · 3091أَعْطَانِي شَارِفًا مِنَ الْخُمُسِ فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَبْتَنِيَ بِفَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاعَدْتُ رَجُلًا صَوَّاغًا مِنْ بَنِي قَيْنُقَاعَ أَنْ يَرْتَحِلَ مَعِيَ ، فَنَأْI got a she-camel in my share of the war booty on the day (of the battle) of Badr, and the Prophet (ﷺ) had given me a she-camel from the Khumus. When I intended to marry Fatima, the daughter of Allah's Apostle, I had an 7 narratorsBukhari · 3101عَلَى رِسْلِكُمَا ، قَالَا : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَبُرَ عَلَيْهِمَا ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَبْلُغُ مِنَ الْإِنْسَانِ مَبْلَغَ الدَّمِ (the wife of the Prophet) That she came to visit Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while he was in I`tikaf (i.e. seclusion in the Mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan). When she got up to return, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up w6 narrators