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بكير بن عبد الله القرشي

بكير بن عبد الله بن الأشج

Appears in 176 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

بكير بن عبد الله القرشي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

21

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

56

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

31

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

7

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

53

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

8

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة

Al-Dhahabi

ثبت إمام

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو عبد الله ، أبو بكر ، ويقال : أبو يوسف
Lineage / nisba
القرشي مولاهم ، المدني
Generation
الخامسة
Died
117 هـ ، أو 120 هـ ، أو 122 هـ ، أو 124 هـ ، أو 127 هـ
Lived in
مصر ، المدينة
Died in
المدينة
Travelled to
مصر
Relatives
يقال : مولى المسور بن مخرمة الزهري ، وجار الضحاك ، وأخو : يعقوب بن عبد الله بن الأشج ، وعمر بن عبد الله بن الأشج ، ووالد مخرمة بن بكير بن عبد الله بن الأشج

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

176 total
Bukhari · 210أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكَلَ عِنْدَهَا كَتِفًا ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْThe Prophet (ﷺ) ate (a piece of) mutton from the shoulder region and then prayed without repeating the ablution.6 narratorsBukhari · 450مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا ، قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ : حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : يَبْتَغِي بِهِ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ مِثْلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِI heard `Uthman bin `Affan saying, when people argued too much about his intention to reconstruct the mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "You have talked too much. I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'Whoever built a mosque, (7 narratorsBukhari · 698نِمْتُ عِنْدَ مَيْمُونَةَ وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِنْدَهَا تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَتَوَضَّأَ ، ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي فَقُمْتُ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ فَأَخَذَنِي فَجَعَلَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَصَلَّى ثَلَاثَ عَOne night I slept at the house of (my aunt) Maimuna and the Prophet (ﷺ) was there on that night. He performed ablution and stood up for the prayer. I joined him and stood on his left side but he drew me to his right and 8 narratorsBukhari · 880الْغُسْلُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُحْتَلِمٍ ، وَأَنْ يَسْتَنَّ وَأَنْ يَمَسَّ طِيبًا إِنْ وَجَدَI testify that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The taking of a bath on Friday is compulsory for every male Muslim who has attained the age of puberty and (also) the cleaning of his teeth with Siwak, and the using of perfume9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1233وَسَلْهَا عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَقُلْ لَهَا إِنَّا أُخْبِرْنَا أَنَّكِ تُصَلِّينَهُمَا ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْهَا ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍI was sent to Aisha by Ibn `Abbas, Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and `Abdur-Rahman bin Azhar . They told me to greet her on their behalf and to ask her about the offering of the two rak`at after the `Asr prayer and to say to he6 narratorsBukhari · 1460وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ أَوْ وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ أَوْ كَمَا حَلَفَ ، مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ تَكُونُ لَهُ إِبِلٌ أَوْ بَقَرٌ أَوْ غَنَمٌ لَا يُؤَدِّي حَقَّهَا ، إِلَّا أُتِيَ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْظَمَ مَا تOnce I went to him (the Prophet (ﷺ) ) and he said, "By Allah in Whose Hands my life is (or probably said, 'By Allah, except Whom none has the right to be worshipped) whoever had camels or cows or sheep and did not pay th8 narratorsBukhari · 1989أَنَّ النَّاسَ شَكُّوا فِي صِيَامِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ بِحِلَابٍ وَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ فِي الْمَوْقِفِ ، فَشَرِبَ مِنْهُ وَالنَّاسُ يَنْظُرُونَThe people doubted whether the Prophet (ﷺ) was fasting on the day of 'Arafat or not, so I sent milk while he was standing at 'Arafat, he drank it and the people were looking at him.6 narratorsBukhari · 2592أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا أَعْتَقَتْ وَلِيدَةً ، وَلَمْ تَسْتَأْذِنْ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُهَا الَّذِي يَدُورُ عَلَيْهَا فِيهِ ، قَالَتْ : أَشَعَرْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنِّي أthe freed slave of Ibn `Abbas, that Maimuna bint Al-Harith told him that she manumitted a slave-girl without taking the permission of the Prophet. On the day when it was her turn to be with the Prophet, she said, "Do you10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2954إِنْ لَقِيتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا لِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ سَمَّاهُمَا فَحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَاهُ نُوَدِّعُهُ حِينَ أَرَدْنَا الْخُرُوجَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُحَرِّقAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent us on military expedition telling us, "If you find such and such persons (he named two men from Quraish), burn them fire." Then we came to bid him farewell, when we wanted to set out, he said "5 narratorsBukhari · 3016إِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا فَأَحْرِقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent us in a mission (i.e., an army-unit) and said, "If you find so-and-so and so-and-so, burn both of them with fire." When we intended to depart, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I have ordered you to5 narratorsBukhari · 3226لَا تَدْخُلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ ، قَالَ : بُسْرٌ فَمَرِضَ زَيْدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ فَعُدْنَاهُ ، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ فِي بَيْتِهِ بِسِتْرٍ فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ ، فَقُلْتُ لِعُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ أَلَمْ يُحThat Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani narrated to him something in the presence of Sa`id bin 'Ubaidullah Al- Khaulani who was brought up in the house of Maimuna the wife of the Prophet. Zaid narrated to them that Abu Talha said9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3847لَيْسَ السَّعْيُ بِبَطْنِ الْوَادِي بَيْنَ الصَّفَا , وَالْمَرْوَةِ سُنَّةً إِنَّمَا كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَسْعَوْنَهَا ، وَيَقُولُونَ : لَا نُجِيزُ الْبَطْحَاءَ إِلَّا شَدًّاTo run along the valley between two green pillars of Safa and Marwa (mountains) was not Sunna, but the people in the pre-islamic period of ignorance used to run along it, and used to say "We do not cross this rain stream5 narrators