A voice in the chain
يحيى بن معين
يحيى بن معين بن عون بن زياد بن بسطام بن عبد الرحمن ، وقيل يحيى بن معين بن غياث بن زياد بن عون، وقيل يحيى بن معين بن عون بن زياد بن نهار بن خيار بن بسطام .
Appears in 39 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
1 intermediate narrator
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
يحيى بن معين
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
3
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
3
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
26
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
2
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
4
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
1
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حافظ مشهور ، إمام الجرح والتعديل.
Al-Dhahabi
الحافظ ، إمام المحدثين .
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو زكريا .
- Laqab
- الحافظ .
- Lineage / nisba
- المري ، السرخسي ، الغطفاني مولاهم ، البغدادي ، الحافظ ، الأنباري
- Generation
- العاشرة .
- Born
- 158 هـ ، أو 159 هـ .
- Died
- 233 هـ .
- Lived in
- بغداد
- Died in
- المدينة .
- Travelled to
- مصر ، العراق ، المدينة .
- Relatives
- مولى غطفان ، مولى للجنيد بن عبد الرحمن المري .
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 3751ارْقُبُوا مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِAbu Bakr used to say, "Please Muhammad (i.e. the Prophet) by doing good to his family."8 narratorsBukhari · 3857رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا مَعَهُ إِلَّا خَمْسَةُ أَعْبُدٍ وَامْرَأَتَانِ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍI saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , and the only converts (to Islam) with him, were five slaves, two women and Abu Bakr.7 narratorsBukhari · 4665حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ ، قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ : قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ : وَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا شَيْءٌ ، فَغَدَوْتُ عَلَى ابThere was a disagreement between them (i.e. Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Az-Zubair) so I went to Ibn `Abbas in the morning and said (to him), "Do you want to fight against Ibn Zubair and thus make lawful what Allah has made unlawf6 narratorsMuslim · 2355أُمِرْنَا بِالصَّدَقَةِ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا نُحَامِلُ ، قَالَ : فَتَصَدَّقَ أَبُو عَقِيلٍ بِنِصْفِ صَاعٍ ، قَالَ : وَجَاءَ إِنْسَانٌ بِشَيْءٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُ ، فَقَالَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ :9 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 3486هَلْ نَظَرْتَ إِلَيْهَا ؟ فَإِنَّ فِي عُيُونِ الْأَنْصَارِ شَيْئًا5 narratorsMuslim · 3896نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ ، وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ : بَيْعُ ثَمَرِ النَّخْلِ بِالتَّمْرِ كَيْلًا ، وَبَيْعُ الزَّبِيبِ بِالْعِنَبِ كَيْلًا ، وَعَنْ كُلِّ ثَمَرٍ بِخَرْصِهِ7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 53عَشْرٌ مِنَ الْفِطْرَةِ : قَصُّ الشَّارِبِ ، وَإِعْفَاءُ اللِّحْيَةِ ، وَالسِّوَاكُ ، وَالِاسْتِنْشَاقُ بِالْمَاءِ ، وَقَصُّ الْأَظْفَارِ ، وَغَسْلُ الْبَرَاجِمِ ، وَنَتْفُ الْإِبِطِ ، وَحَلْقُ الْعَانَةِ ، وَانْتِقَاصُ Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Ten are the acts according to fitrah (nature): clipping the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the tooth-stick, cutting the nails, washing the finger j7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 158يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ،أَمْسَحُ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : يَوْمًا ؟ ، قَالَ : يَوْمًا ، قَالَ : وَيَوْمَيْنِ ؟ قَالَ : وَيَوْمَيْنِ ، قَالَ : وَثَلَاثَةً ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، وَمَا شِئْتَNarrated Ubayy ibn Umarah: I asked: Messenger of Allah ﷺ may I wipe over the socks? He replied: Yes. He asked: For one day? He replied: For one day. He again asked: And for two days? He replied: For two days too. He agai7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 202أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَسْجُدُ وَيَنَامُ وَيَنْفُخُ ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي وَلَا يَتَوَضَّأُ ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : صَلَّيْتَ وَلَمْ تَتَوَضَّأْ وَقَدْ نِمْتَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to prostrate and sleep (in prostration) and produce puffing sounds (during sleep). Then he would stand and pray and would not perform ablution. I said to him: yo8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 561بَشِّرِ الْمَشَّائِينَ فِي الظُّلَمِ إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ بِالنُّورِ التَّامِّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِNarrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Prophet ﷺ said: Give good tidings to those who walk to the mosques in darkness for having a perfect light on the Day of Judgment.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 679لَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ عَنِ الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي النَّارِAishah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying the people will continue to keep themselves away from the front row until Allah will keep them away (from the front) in the Hell-fire.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 845الْإِقْعَاءِ عَلَى الْقَدَمَيْنِ فِي السُّجُودِ ، فَقَالَ : هِيَ السُّنَّةُ ، قَالَ : قُلْنَا : إِنَّا لَنَرَاهُ جُفَاءً بِالرَّجُلِ ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : هِيَ سُنَّةُ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَTawus said: we asked Ibn Abbas about sitting on heels between the two prostrations. He said: It is the sunnah. We said: We look upon it as a pressure on the foot. He said: This is the sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ6 narrators