A voice in the chain
محمد بن عوف الطائي
محمد بن عوف بن سفيان
Appears in 28 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
1 intermediate narrator
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
محمد بن عوف الطائي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
0
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
28
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
0
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
0
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حافظ
Al-Dhahabi
الحافظ
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو جعفر ، ويقال : أبو عبد الله
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الطائي ، الحمصي ، الحافظ ، شامي
- Generation
- الحادية عشرة
- Died
- 272هـ ، أو 273هـ
- Lived in
- بغداد
- Died in
- حمص
- Relatives
- ابن ابنه أبو علي الحسن بن عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن عوف الطائي
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Abu Dawud · 48أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُمِرَ بِالْوُضُوءِ لِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍ طَاهِرًا وَغَيْرَ طَاهِرٍ ، فَلَمَّا شَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ ، أُمِرَ بِالسِّوَاكِ لِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍNarrated Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Umar: Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban asked Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn Umar about the reason for Ibn Umar's performing ablution for every prayer, whether he was with or without ablution. H7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 255أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ فَلْيَنْشُرْ رَأْسَهُ فَلْيَغْسِلْهُ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ أُصُولَ الشَّعْرِ ، وَأَمَّا الْمَرْأَةُ فَلَا عَلَيْهَا أَنْ لَا تَنْقُضَهُ لِتَغْرِفْ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا ثَلَاثَ غَرَفَاتٍ بِكَفَّيْهَاNarrated Thawban: Shurayh ibn Ubayd said: Jubayr ibn Nufayr gave me a verdict about the bath because of sexual defilement that Thawban reported to them that they asked the Prophet ﷺ about it. He (the Prophet) replied: As7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1110نَهَى عَنِ الْحُبْوَةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَالْإِمَامُ يَخْطُبُNarrated Anas ibn Malik: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited to sit on hips by erecting feet, sticking them to the stomach and holding them with hands on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1163وَحَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ فَجَعَلَ عِطَافَهُ الْأَيْمَنَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ الْأَيْسَرِ ، وَجَعَلَ عِطَافَهُ الْأَيْسَرَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ، ثُمَّ دَعَا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّThe above-mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Muhammad bin Muslim through a different chain of narrators. But there is no mention of prayer in this version. The version adds: "He turned around his cloak, put5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1431مَنْ نَامَ عَنْ وِتْرِهِ أَوْ نَسِيَهُ فَلْيُصَلِّهِ إِذَا ذَكَرَهُNarrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone oversleeps and misses the witr, or forgets it, he should pray when he remembers.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1545اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ ، وَتَحْوِيلِ عَافِيَتِكَ ، وَفُجَاءَةِ نَقْمَتِكَ ، وَجَمِيعِ سُخْطِكَAbdullah bin Umar said that one of the supplications of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You that Your blessings are lifted, and Your protection (of me) is changed, and in the suddenness of Your p6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1637لَا تَحِلُّ الصَّدَقَةُ لِغَنِيٍّ إِلَّا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوِ ابْنِ السَّبِيلِ أَوْ جَارٍ فَقِيرٍ يُتَصَدَّقُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُهْدِي لَكَ أَوْ يَدْعُوكَAbu-Said reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Sadaqah is not lawful for a rich person except what comes as a result of Jihad or what a poor neighbor gifts you out of the sadaqah given to him, or he entertains you in a fe6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1989لَمَّا حَجَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَجَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ وَكَانَ لَنَا جَمَلٌ فَجَعَلَهُ أَبُو مَعْقِلٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَأَصَابَنَا مَرَضٌ وَهَلَكَ أَبُو مَعْقِلٍ وَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى Narrated Umm Maqil: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the Farewell Pilgrimage, and we had a camel, Abu Maqil dedicated it to the cause of Allah. Then we suffered from a disease, and Abu Maqil died. The Prophet ﷺ we6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2041مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيَّ ، إِلَّا رَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ رُوحِي حَتَّى أَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If any one of you greets me, Allah returns my soul to me and I respond to the greeting.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2395حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ عَThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Aishah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: A huge basket containing twenty sa's (of dates) was brought.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2544عَلَيْكُمْ بِكُلِّ أَشْقَرَ أَغَرَّ مُحَجَّلٍ أَوْ كُمَيْتٍ أَغَرَّNarrated Abu Wahb: The Prophet ﷺ said: Keep to every sorrel horse with a white blaze and white on the legs, or dark bay with a white blaze. He then mentioned something similar. Muhammad ibn al-Muhajir said: I asked him: 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2661حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ بْنِ أَسِيدِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ الثَّقَفِيُّ وَهُوَ حَلِيفٌ لِبَنِي زُهْرَAl Zuhri said “This tradition has been transmitted to me by Amr bin Abu Sufyan bin Usaid bin Jariyat Al Thaqafi who was an ally of Banu Zuhrah and a companion of Abu Hurairah. He then narrated the tradition. ”6 narrators