Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
سهل بن سعد الساعدي
سهل بن سعد بن مالك بن خالد بن ثعلبة بن حارثة بن عمرو بن الخزرج بن ساعدة بن كعب بن الخزرج ، ويقال : سهل بن سعد بن سعد بن مالك ، والأول أصح
Appears in 271 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
سهل بن سعد الساعدي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
132
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
46
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
25
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
17
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
21
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
30
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
له ولأبيه صحبة
Al-Dhahabi
صحابي
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو العباس ، ويقال : أبو يحيى
- Lineage / nisba
- الأنصاري ، الخزرجي ، الساعدي ، المدني
- Generation
- له ولأبيه صحبة
- Born
- قبل الهجرة بخمس سنين
- Died
- قال أبو نعيم وغير واحد : 88 هـ . وقال الواقدي وغيره : 91 هـ . وقال أبو حاتم الرازي : عاش مائة سنة أو أكثر ، فعلى هذا يكون تأخر إلى سنة 96 هـ أو بعدها
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Died in
- المدينة ، قال ابن حجر : وزعم قتادة أنه مات بمصر ، وزعم أبو بكر بن أبي داود أنه مات بالإسكندرية ، وهذا عندي أنه ولده عباس
- Relatives
- أمه أبية بنت الحارث بن عبد الله بن كعب بن مالك ، أخو سهيل ، وله من الولد : مصعب وعمرو والأشعث والعباس
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 243كَانَ عَلِيٌّ يَجِيءُ بِتُرْسِهِ فِيهِ مَاءٌ ، وَفَاطِمَةُ تَغْسِلُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ الدَّمَ ، فَأُخِذَ حَصِيرٌ فَأُحْرِقَ فَحُشِيَ بِهِ جُرْحُهُSahl bin Sa'd As-Sa'idi, was asked by the people, "With what was the wound of the Prophet (ﷺ) treated? Sahl replied, "None remains among the people living who knows that better than I. 'Ali [??] used to bring water in hi4 narratorsBukhari · 362لَا تَرْفَعْنَ رُءُوسَكُنَّ حَتَّى يَسْتَوِيَ الرِّجَالُ جُلُوسًاThe men used to pray with the Prophet (ﷺ) with their Izars tied around their necks as boys used to do; therefore the Prophet (ﷺ) told the women not to raise their heads till the men sat down straight (while praying).5 narratorsBukhari · 377وَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ عُمِلَ وَوُضِعَ ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ كَبَّرَ وَقَامَ النَّاسُ خَلْفَهُ ، فَقَرَأَ وَرَكَعَ وَرَكَعَ النَّاسُ خَلْفَهُ ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهSahl bin Sa`d was asked about the (Prophet's) pulpit as to what thing it was made of? Sahl replied "None remains alive amongst the people, who knows about it better than I. It was made of tamarisk (wood) of the forest. S4 narratorsBukhari · 423يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا ، أَيَقْتُلُهُ ؟ فَتَلَا عَنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌA man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! If a man finds another man with his wife, (committing adultery) should the husband kill him?" Later on I saw them (the man and his wife) doing Li`an in the mosque (taking oaths, one 5 narratorsBukhari · 441جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْتَ فَاطِمَةَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ عَلِيًّا فِي الْبَيْتِ ، فَقَالَ : أَيْنَ ابْنُ عَمِّكِ ؟ قَالَتْ : كَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ شَيْءٌ فَغَاضَبَنِي فَخَرَجَ فَلَمْ يَقِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to Fatima's house but did not find `Ali there. So he asked, "Where is your cousin?" She replied, "There was something between us and he got angry with me and went out. He did not sleep (midday 4 narratorsBukhari · 448بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ مُرِي غُلَامَكِ النَّجَّارَ ، يَعْمَلْ لِي أَعْوَادًا أَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِنَّAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent someone to a woman telling her to "Order her slave, carpenter, to prepare a wooden pulpit for him to sit on."4 narratorsBukhari · 496كَانَ بَيْنَ مُصَلَّى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَبَيْنَ الْجِدَارِ مَمَرُّ الشَّاةِThe distance between the Musalla of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the wall was just sufficient for a sheep to pass through .4 narratorsBukhari · 577كُنْتُ أَتَسَحَّرُ فِي أَهْلِي ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ سُرْعَةٌ بِي أَنْ أُدْرِكَ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَI used to take the "Suhur" meal with my family and hasten so as to catch the Fajr (morning prayer) with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).5 narratorsBukhari · 684أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَهَبَ إِلَى بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ لِيُصْلِحَ بَيْنَهُمْ ، فَحَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَجَاءَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، فَقَالَ : أَتُصَلِّي لِلنَّاسِ فَأُقِيAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to establish peace among Bani `Amr bin `Auf. In the meantime the time of prayer was due and the Mu'adh-dhin went to Abu Bakr and said, "Will you lead the prayer, so that I may pronounce the Iqa4 narratorsBukhari · 740كَانَ النَّاسُ يُؤْمَرُونَ أَنْ يَضَعَ الرَّجُلُ الْيَدَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ الْيُسْرَى فِي الصَّلَاةِThe people were ordered to place the right hand on the left forearm in the prayer. Abu Hazim said, "I knew that the order was from the Prophet (ﷺ) ."4 narratorsBukhari · 814كَانَ النَّاسُ يُصَلُّونَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُمْ عَاقِدُوا أُزْرِهِمْ مِنَ الصِّغَرِ عَلَى رِقَابِهِمْ ، فَقِيلَ لِلنِّسَاءِ : لَا تَرْفَعْنَ رُءُوسَكُنَّ حَتَّى يَسْتَوِيَ الرِّجَالُ جُThe people used to pray with the Prophet (ﷺ) tying their Izars around their necks because of their small sizes and the women were directed that they should not raise their heads from the prostrations till the men had sat4 narratorsBukhari · 917ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَكَبَّرَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ الْقَهْقَرَى فَسَجَدَ فِي أَصْلِ الْمِنْبَرِ ، ثُمَّ عَادَ فَلَمSome people went to Sahl bin Sa`d As-Sa`idi and told him that they had different opinions regarding the wood of the pulpit. They asked him about it and he said, "By Allah, I know of what wood the pulpit was made, and no 4 narrators