A voice in the chain
محمد بن عبد الرحمن الأسدي
محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن نوفل بن الأسود ابن نوفل بن خويلد بن أسد بن عبد العزى بن قصى
Appears in 73 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
محمد بن عبد الرحمن الأسدي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
27
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
16
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
7
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
3
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
11
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
9
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
وثقه أبو حاتم
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو الأسود
- Laqab
- يتيم عروة
- Lineage / nisba
- القرشي، الأسدي، المدني
- Generation
- من السادسة
- Died
- 130هـ وبضع
- Lived in
- المدينة, مصر
- Travelled to
- مصر
- Relatives
- يتيم عروة بن الزبير ، وكان في حجره فنسب إليه
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 288كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ غَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ وَتَوَضَّأَ لِلصَّلَاةِWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to sleep while he was Junub, he used to wash his private parts and perform ablution like that for the prayer.6 narratorsBukhari · 464طُوفِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ النَّاسِ وَأَنْتِ رَاكِبَةٌ ، فَطُفْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يُصَلِّي إِلَى جَنْبِ الْبَيْتِ يَقْرَأُ بِ وَالطُّورِ { 1 } وَكِتَابٍ مَسْطُورٍ { 2 } سورة الطور آية 1-2I complained to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that I was sick. He told me to perform the Tawaf behind the people while riding. So I did so and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was praying beside the Ka`ba and reciting the Sura starting wit6 narratorsBukhari · 949حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرٌو ، أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَسَدِيّ حَدَّثَهُ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : " دAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) came to my house while two girls were singing beside me the songs of Buath (a story about the war between the two tribes of the Ansar, the Khazraj and the Aus, before Islam). The Prophet (6 narratorsBukhari · 1160كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ اضْطَجَعَ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to lie down on his right side, after offering two rak'at (Sunna) of the Fajr prayer.5 narratorsBukhari · 1562خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ ، فَمِنَّا مَنْ أَهَلَّ بِعُمْرَةٍ ، وَمِنَّا مَنْ أَهَلَّ بِحَجَّةٍ وَعُمْرَةٍ ، وَمِنَّا مَنْ أَهَلَّ بِالْحَجِّ ، وَأَهَلَّ رَسWe set out with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)s (to Mecca) in the year of the Prophet's Last Hajj. Some of us had assumed Ihram for `Umra only, some for both Hajj and `Umra, and others for Hajj only. Allah's Apostle assumed Ihram5 narratorsBukhari · 1614حَدَّثَنَا أَصْبَغُ ، عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، ذَكَرْتُ لِعُرْوَةَ ، قال : فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، "أَنَّ أَوَّلَ شَيْءٍ بَ`Aisha said, "The first thing the Prophet (ﷺ) did on reaching Mecca, was the ablution and then he performed Tawaf of the Ka`ba and that was not `Umra (alone), (but Hajj-al-Qiran). `Urwa added Later Abu Bakr and `Umar did6 narratorsBukhari · 1615حَدَّثَنَا أَصْبَغُ ، عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، ذَكَرْتُ لِعُرْوَةَ ، قال : فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، "أَنَّ أَوَّلَ شَيْءٍ بَ`Aisha said, "The first thing the Prophet (ﷺ) did on reaching Mecca, was the ablution and then he performed Tawaf of the Ka`ba and that was not `Umra (alone), (but Hajj-al-Qiran). `Urwa added Later Abu Bakr and `Umar did6 narratorsBukhari · 1619شَكَوْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنِّي أَشْتَكِي ، فَقَالَ : طُوفِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ النَّاسِ وَأَنْتِ رَاكِبَةٌ ، فَطُفْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَئِذٍ يُصَل(the wife of the Prophet) I informed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that I was ill. So he said, "Perform the Tawaf while riding behind the people." I did so, and at that time the Prophet (ﷺ) was praying beside the Ka`ba and recit6 narratorsBukhari · 1626أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ وَهُوَ بمكة وَأَرَادَ الْخُرُوجَ ، وَلَمْ تَكُنْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ طَافَتْ بالبيت وَأَرَادَتِ الْخُرُوجَ ، فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْه(the wife of the Prophet) I informed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (about my illness). (Through other sub-narrators, Um Salama narrated that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was at Mecca and had just decided to leave (Mecca) while she11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1633شَكَوْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنِّي أَشْتَكِي ، فَقَالَ : طُوفِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ النَّاسِ وَأَنْتِ رَاكِبَةٌ ، فَطُفْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي إِلَى I informed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that I was sick. He said, "Perform Tawaf (of the Ka`ba) while riding behind the people." So, I performed the Tawaf while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was offering the prayer beside the Ka`ba and6 narratorsBukhari · 1641حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قال : أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرI asked `Urwa bin Az-Zubair (regarding the Hajj of the Prophet (ﷺ) ). `Urwa replied, "Aisha narrated, 'When the Prophet (ﷺ) reached Mecca, the first thing he started with was the ablution, then he performed Tawaf of the 6 narratorsBukhari · 1796حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرٌو ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ مَوْلَى أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَهُ ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسْمَعُ أَسْمَاء`Abdullah the slave of Asma bint Abu Bakr, told me that he used to hear Asma', whenever she passed by Al-Hajun, saying, "May Allah bless His Apostle Muhammad. Once we dismounted here with him, and at that time we were tr6 narrators