Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
عدي بن حاتم الطائي
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عدي بن حاتم بن عبد الله بن سعد بن الحشرج بن امرئ القيس بن عدي بن أخرم بن أبي أخرم بن ربيعة بن جرول بن ثعل بن عمرو بن الغوث بن طيء بن أدد بن زيد بن يشجب بن عريب بن زيد بن كهلان بن سبأ بن يشجب بن يعرب بن قحطان
Appears in 110 hadith across the six canonical collections.
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From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
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عدي بن حاتم الطائي
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صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
24
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
23
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
11
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
12
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
30
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
10
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Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صحابي شهير
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- أبو طريف ، ويقال : أبو وهب ، أبو حاتم
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- الطائي ، الكوفي
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- صحابي شهير
- Died
- 66 هـ ، او 67 هـ ، أو 68 هـ ، أو 69 هـ
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- الكوفة ، قرقيسيا
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- الكوفة ، ويقال ، قرقيسيا
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Bukhari · 175إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ الْمُعَلَّمَ فَقَتَلَ فَكُلْ ، وَإِذَا أَكَلَ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ ، قُلْتُ : أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَأَجِدُ مَعَهُ كَلْبًا آخَرَ ، قَالَ : فَلَا تَأْكُلْ ، فَإِنَّمَا I asked the Prophet (about the hunting dogs) and he replied, "If you let loose (with Allah's name) your tamed dog after a game and it hunts it, you may eat it, but if the dog eats of (that game) then do not eat it becaus5 narratorsBukhari · 1413كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا يَشْكُو الْعَيْلَةَ وَالْآخَرُ يَشْكُو قَطْعَ السَّبِيلِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَمَّWhile I was sitting with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) two person came to him; one of them complained about his poverty and the other complained about the prevalence of robberies. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "As regard6 narratorsBukhari · 1417اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ"Save yourself from Hell-fire even by giving half a date-fruit in charity."5 narratorsBukhari · 1916لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ : حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الأَسْوَدِ سورة البقرة آية 187 ، عَمَدْتُ إِلَى عِقَالٍ أَسْوَدَ وَإِلَى عِقَالٍ أَبْيَضَ ، فَجَعَلْتُهُمَا تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِي ، فَجَعَلْتُ أWhen the above verses were revealed 'Until the white thread appears to you, distinct from the black thread,' I took two (hair) strings, one black and the other white, and kept them under my pillow and went on looking at 5 narratorsBukhari · 2054سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْمِعْرَاضِ ؟ فَقَالَ : إِذَا أَصَابَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ ، وَإِذَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَقَتَلَ ، فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّهُ وَقِيذٌI asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about Al Mirad (i.e. a sharp-edged piece of wood or a piece of wood provided with a piece of iron used for hunting). He replied, "If the game is hit by its sharp edge, eat it, and if it is h5 narratorsBukhari · 3595يَا عَدِيُّ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ الْحِيرَةَ ، قُلْتُ : لَمْ أَرَهَا وَقَدْ أُنْبِئْتُ عَنْهَا ، قَالَ : فَإِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ حَيَاةٌ لَتَرَيَنَّ الظَّعِينَةَ تَرْتَحِلُ مِنْ الْحِيرَةِ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْكَعْبَةِ لَا تَخَافُ أَas above (i.e. Hadith No. 793).12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4394حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْنَا عُمَرَ فِي وَفْدٍ ، فَجَعَلَ يَدْعُو رWe came to `Umar in a delegation (during his rule). He started calling the men one by one, calling each by his name. (As he did not call me early) I said to him. "Don't you know me, O chief of the Believers?" He said, "Y5 narratorsBukhari · 4509إِنَّ وِسَادَكَ إِذًا لَعَرِيضٌ أَنْ كَانَ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِكَ`Adi took a white rope (or thread) and a black one, and when some part of the night had passed, he looked at them but he could not distinguish one from the other. The next morning he said, "O Allah's Apostle! I put (a wh5 narratorsBukhari · 4510إِنَّكَ لَعَرِيضُ الْقَفَا إِنْ أَبْصَرْتَ الْخَيْطَيْنِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَI said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What is the meaning of the white thread distinct from the black thread? Are these two threads?" He said, "You are not intelligent if you watch the two threads." He then added, "No, it is5 narratorsBukhari · 5475مَا أَصَابَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْهُ ، وَمَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَهُوَ وَقِيذٌI asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the game killed by a Mi'rad (i.e. a sharp-edged piece of wood or a piece of wood provided with a sharp piece of iron used for hunting). He said, "If the game is killed with its sharp edge, e4 narratorsBukhari · 5476سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْمِعْرَاضِ ؟ فَقَالَ : إِذَا أَصَبْتَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ فَإِذَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَقَتَلَ فَإِنَّهُ وَقِيذٌ ، فَلَا تَأْكُلْ ، فَقُلْتُ : أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِI asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the Mi'rad. He said, "If you hit the game with its sharp edge, eat it, but if the Mi'rad hits the game with its shaft with a hit by its broad side do not eat it, for it has been beaten5 narratorsBukhari · 5477قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّا نُرْسِلُ الْكِلَابَ الْمُعَلَّمَةَ ، قَالَ : كُلْ مَا أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكَ ، قُلْتُ : وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ ؟ قَالَ : وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ ، قُلْتُ : وَإِنَّا نَرْمِي بِالْمِعْرَاضِ ، قَالَ : كُI said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We let loose our trained hounds after a game?" He said, "Eat what they hunt for you." I said, "Even if they killed (the game)?" He replied, 'Even if they killed (the game)." I said, 'We 6 narrators