A voice in the chain
حنظلة بن أبي سفيان الجمحي
حنظلة بن أبي سفيان بن عبد الرحمن بن صفوان بن أمية.
Appears in 46 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
حنظلة بن أبي سفيان الجمحي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
14
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
12
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
3
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
2
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
14
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
1
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حجة.
Al-Dhahabi
من الأثبات.
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Lineage / nisba
- القرشي ، الجمحي ، المكي.
- Generation
- السادسة.
- Died
- 151 هـ ، أو 152 هـ.
- Lived in
- مكة
- Relatives
- أخو عمرو ، وعبد الرحمن ابنا أبي سفيان ، وأمه بنت عمرو بن أبي عقرب.
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 8بُنِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ ، شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ، وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ ، وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ ، وَالْحَجِّ ، وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said Islam is based on (the following) five (principles) 1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). 2. To offer the (compulsory congregat4 narratorsBukhari · 85يُقْبَضُ الْعِلْمُ ، وَيَظْهَرُ الْجَهْلُ وَالْفِتَنُ ، وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ ، قِيلَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَمَا الْهَرْجُ ؟ فَقَالَ : هَكَذَا بِيَدِهِ ، فَحَرَّفَهَا كَأَنَّه يُرِيدُ الْقَتْلَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "(Religious) knowledge will be taken away (by the death of religious scholars) ignorance (in religion) and afflictions will appear; and Harj will increase." It was asked, "What is Harj, O Allah's Me4 narratorsBukhari · 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 · 865إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَكُمْ نِسَاؤُكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَأْذَنُوا لَهُنَّThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If your women ask permission to go to the mosque at night, allow them."8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1140كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ، مِنْهَا الْوِتْرُ وَرَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِThe Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to offer thirteen rak'at of the night prayer and that included the witr and two rak'at (Sunna) of the Fajr prayer.4 narratorsBukhari · 1444وَقَالَ حَنْظَلَةُ ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ ، جُنَّتَانِ وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ : حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرٌ ، عَنْ ابْنِ هُرْمُزَ ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّSee previous hadith.6 narratorsBukhari · 3070يَا أَهْلَ الْخَنْدَقِ إِنَّ جَابِرًا قَدْ صَنَعَ سُؤْرًا فَحَيَّ هَلًا بِكُمْI said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We have slaughtered a young sheep of ours and have ground one Sa of barley. So, I invite you along with some persons." So, the Prophet (ﷺ) said in a loud voice, "O the people of the Tren5 narratorsBukhari · 4102يَا أَهْلَ الْخَنْدَقِ إِنَّ جَابِرًا قَدْ صَنَعَ سُورًا فَحَيَّ هَلًا بِهَلّكُمْWhen the Trench was dug, I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) in the state of severe hunger. So I returned to my wife and said, "Have you got anything (to eat), for I have seen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in a state of severe hunger." She br5 narratorsBukhari · 5481مَنْ اقْتَنَى كَلْبًا إِلَّا كَلْبًا ضَارِيًا لِصَيْدٍ أَوْ كَلْبَ مَاشِيَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطَانِI heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "If someone keeps a dog neither for hunting, nor for guarding livestock, the reward (for his good deeds) will be reduced by two Qirats per day."4 narratorsBukhari · 5541نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تُضْرَبَthat Ibn 'Umar disliked the branding of animals on the face. Ibn 'Umar said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade beating (animals) on the face."7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5797ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَثَلَ الْبَخِيلِ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقِ ، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا جُبَّتَانِ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ، قَدِ اضْطُرَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمَا إِلَى ثُدِيِّهِمَا وَتَرَاقِيهِمَا ، فَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) has set forth an example for a miser and a charitable person by comparing them to two men wearing two iron cloaks and their hands are raised to their breasts and necks. Whenever the charitable man t15 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5888حَدَّثَنَا الْمَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ . ح قَالَ أَصْحَابُنَا ، عَنِ الْمَكِّيِّ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "To get the moustaches cut 'short is characteristic of the Fitra."6 narrators·parallel chain