A voice in the chain
أسعد بن سهل الأنصاري
أسعد بن سهل بن حنيف
Appears in 70 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
أسعد بن سهل الأنصاري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
14
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
13
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
12
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
5
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
18
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
8
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
معدود في الصحابة ، له رؤية ، ولم يسمع من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو أمامة
- Known as
- أبو أمامة
- Lineage / nisba
- الأنصاري ، الأوسي ، المدني ، الأسدي
- Generation
- معدود في الصحابة
- Born
- ولد قبل وفاة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بعامين
- Died
- 100 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Relatives
- أمه حبيبة بنت أبي أمامة أسعد بن زرارة ، وجده لأمه : أبو أُمامة أسعد بن زرارة ، وابنه سهل بن أبي أمامة بن سهل بن حنيف ، وعمه عثمان بن حنيف ، وابن عمه حكم بن حكيم بن عباد بن حنيف ، وابن عمه أبو بكر بن عثمان بن حنيف
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 23بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيَّ ، وَعَلَيْهِمْ قُمُصٌ مِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ الثُّدِيَّ وَمِنْهَا مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ ، وَعُرِضَ عَلَيَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ يَجُرُّهُ ، قَالُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping I saw (in a dream) some people wearing shirts of which some were reaching up to the breasts only while others were even shorter than that. Umar bin Al-Khattab was shown w6 narratorsBukhari · 549صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الظُّهْرَ ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا عَمِّ ، مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ ؟ قthat he heard Abu Umama saying We prayed the Zuhr prayer with `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz and then went to Anas bin Malik and found him offering the `Asr prayer. I asked him, "O uncle! Which prayer have you offered?" He said 5 narratorsBukhari · 914يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ حِينَ أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ يَقُولُ مَا سَمِعْتُمْ مِنِّي مِنْ مَقَالَتِيI heard Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan (repeating the statements of the Adhan) while he was sitting on the pulpit. When the Mu'adh-dhin pronounced the Adhan saying, "Allahu-Akbar, Allahu Akbar", Muawiya said "Allah Akbar, Allahu5 narratorsBukhari · 3043قُومُوا إِلَى سَيِّدِكُمْ فَجَاءَ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : لَهُ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ نَزَلُوا عَلَى حُكْمِكَ ، قَالَ : فَإِنِّي أَحْكُمُ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ الْمُقَاتِلَةُ وَأَنْ Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered (Makkah) in the year of the Conquest (of Makkah) wearing a helmet over his head. After he took it off, a man came and said, "Ibn Khatal is clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah." The Prophe5 narratorsBukhari · 3691بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ عُرِضُوا عَلَيَّ وَعَلَيْهِمْ قُمُصٌ فَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ الثَّدْيَ وَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ دُونَ ذَلِكَ وَعُرِضَ عَلَيَّ عُمَرُ وَعَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ اجْتَرَّهُ ، قَالُوا : فَمَا أَI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "While I was sleeping, the people were presented to me (in a dream). They were wearing shirts, some of which were merely covering their (chests). and some were a bit longer. `Umar wa6 narratorsBukhari · 3804قُومُوا إِلَى خَيْرِكُمْ أَوْ سَيِّدِكُمْ ، فَقَالَ :Some people (i.e. the Jews of Bani bin Quraiza) agreed to accept the verdict of Sa`d bin Mu`adh so the Prophet (ﷺ) sent for him (i.e. Sa`d bin Mu`adh). He came riding a donkey, and when he approached the Mosque, the Prop5 narratorsBukhari · 4121قُومُوا إِلَى سَيِّدِكُمْ أَوْ خَيْرِكُمْThe people of (Banu) Quraiza agreed to accept the verdict of Sa`d bin Mu`adh. So the Prophet (ﷺ) sent for Sa`d, and the latter came (riding) a donkey and when he approached the Mosque, the Prophet (ﷺ) said to the Ansar, 6 narratorsBukhari · 5391دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى مَيْمُونَةَ وَهِيَ خَالَتُهُ وَخَالَةُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، فَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا ضَبًّا مَحْنُوذًا قَدْ قَدِمَتْ بِهِ أُخْتُهَا حُفَيْدَةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ مThat he went with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to the house of Maimuna, who was his and Ibn `Abbas' aunt. He found with her a roasted mastigure which her sister Hufaida bint Al-Harith had brought from Najd. Maimuna presented th7 narratorsBukhari · 5400أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِضَبٍّ مَشْوِيٍّ ، فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ لِيَأْكُلَ ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ : إِنَّهُ ضَبٌّ ، فَأَمْسَكَ يَدَهُ ، فَقَالَ خَالِدٌ : أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا "A roasted mastigure was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) who stretched his hand towards it to eat it. But it was said to him, "It is a mastigure." So he withdrew his hand. Khalid asked, "Is it unlawful to eat?" the Prophet sa9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5537دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْتَ مَيْمُونَةَ فَأُتِيَ بِضَبٍّ مَحْنُوذٍ ، فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِهِ ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُ النِّسْوَةِ : أAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I entered the house of Maimuna. A roasted mastigure was served. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stretched his hand out (to eat of it) but some woman said, "Inform Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) of what he is about6 narratorsBukhari · 6180لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ خَبُثَتْ نَفْسِي ، وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ لَقِسَتْ نَفْسِي ، تَابَعَهُ عُقَيْلٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None of you should say Khabuthat Nafsi but he is recommended to say 'Laqisat Nafsi (See Hadith No. 202)7 narratorsBukhari · 6262قُومُوا إِلَى سَيِّدِكُمْ ، أَوْ قَالَ خَيْرِكُمْThe people of (the tribe of) Quraiza agreed upon to accept the verdict of Sa`d. The Prophet (ﷺ) sent for him (Sa`d) and he came. The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to those people), "Get up for your chief or the best among you!" Sa`d5 narrators