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A voice in the chain

عطاء بن السائب الثقفي

عطاء بن السائب بن مالك ، ويقال : زيد ، ويقال : يزيد

Appears in 104 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

عطاء بن السائب الثقفي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

1

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

0

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

22

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

28

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

33

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

20

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

صدوق اختلط

Al-Dhahabi

أحد الأعلام على لين فيه ، ثقة ساء حفظه بآخره

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو السائب ، ويقال : أبو زيد ، ويقال أبو يزيد ، ويقال : أبو محمد
Lineage / nisba
الثقفي مولاهم ، الكوفي ، الأشعري ، البكرى
Generation
الخامسة
Died
133 هـ ، أو 134 هـ ، أو 136 هـ ، أو 137 هـ
Lived in
الكوفة
Travelled to
البصرة
Relatives
مولى ثقيف

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

104 total
Bukhari · 6578الْكَوْثَرُ الْخَيْرُ الْكَثِيرُ الَّذِي أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ إِيَّاهُThe word 'Al-Kauthar' means the abundant good which Allah gave to him (the Prophet (ﷺ) Muhammad). Abu Bishr said I said to Sa`id, "Some people claim that it (Al-Kauthar) is a river in Paradise." Sa`id replied, "The river6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 249مَنْ تَرَكَ مَوْضِعَ شَعْرَةٍ مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ لَمْ يَغْسِلْهَا ، فُعِلَ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنَ النَّارِNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If anyone who is sexual defiled leaves a spot equal to the breadth of a hair without washing, such and such an amount of Hell-fire will have to be suffered for i5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 863فَكَبَّرَ ، فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ أَصَابِعَهُ أَسْفَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَجَافَى بَيْنَ مِرْفَقَيْهِ حَتَّى اسْتَقَرَّ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ،Narrated Uqbah ibn Amr al-Ansari: Salim al-Barrad said: We came to Abu Masud Uqbah ibn Amr al-Ansari and said to him: Tell us about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He stood up before us in the mosque and said the5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1194فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَكَدْ يَرْكَعُ ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَلَمْ يَكَدْ يَرْفَعُ ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ فَلَمْ يَكَدْ يَسْجُدُ ، ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَلَمْ يَكَدْ يَرْفَعُ ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ فَلَمْ يَكNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: There was an eclipse of the sun in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and he was not going to perform bowing till he bowed; and he was not going t5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1389صُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ، وَاقْرَأْ الْقُرْآنَ فِي شَهْرٍNarrated Abdullah bin Amr: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: Keep fast for three days of month, and finish the recitation of the Quran in one month. I and he differed among ourselves on period of time. He said: Fast o5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1502حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ فِي آخَرِينَ ، قَالُوا : حَدَّثَنَا عَثَّامٌ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَبْدNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ counting the glorification of Allah on fingers. Ibn Qudamah said (in his version: "With his right hands".7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1904إِنْ أَمْشِ ، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْشِي ، وَإِنْ أَسْعَ ، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْعَى ، وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌKathir ibn Jamhan said: A man asked Abdullah ibn Umar between as-Safa and al-Marwah: Abdur Rahman, I see you walking while the people are running (between as-Safa and al-Marwah)? He replied: If I walk, I saw the Messenge5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2528ارْجِعْ عَلَيْهِمَا فَأَضْحِكْهُمَا كَمَا أَبْكَيْتَهُمَاNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: I came to you to take the oath of allegiance to you on emigration, and I left my parents weeping. He (the Prophet) said: Return to the5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2536عَجِبَ رَبُّنَا عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ رَجُلٍ غَزَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَانْهَزَمَ يَعْنِي أَصْحَابَهُ ، فَعَلِمَ مَا عَلَيْهِ فَرَجَعَ حَتَّى أُهَرِيقَ دَمُهُ ، فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ : انْظُرُوا إِلَى Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Prophet ﷺ said: Our Lord Most High is pleased with a man who fights in the path of Allah, the Exalted; then his companions fled away (i. e. retreated). But he knew that it was a sin (to f5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2819حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : جَاءَتْ الْيَهُودُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Jews came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: We eat which we kill but we do not eat which Allah kills? So Allah revealed: "Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not been pronounced. " to 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2871حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : وَلا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ الْيَتِيمِ إNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: When Allah, Most High, revealed the verses: "Come not nigh to the orphan's property except to improve it". And "Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans", everyone who had an orphan 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3046إِنَّمَا الْعُشُورُ عَلَى الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى وَلَيْسَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ عُشُورٌNarrated Ubaydullah: Harb ibn Ubaydullah told on the authority of his grandfather, his mother's father, that he had it on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Tithes are to be levied on Jews an5 narrators