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عبد الله بن العلاء الربعي

عبد الله بن العلاء بن زبر بن عطارد بن عمرو بن حجر بن منقذ بن أسامة بن الجعد

Appears in 20 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

عبد الله بن العلاء الربعي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

2

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

0

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

9

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

1

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

4

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

4

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة

Al-Dhahabi

وثقه أبو داود

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو زبر ، أبو يزيد ، ويقال : أبو عبد الرحمن
Lineage / nisba
الربعي ، الشامي ، الدمشقي
Generation
السابعة
Born
75 هـ
Died
164 هـ ، أو 165 هـ
Lived in
دمشق, الشام
Relatives
والد : إبراهيم بن عبد الله بن العلاء بن زبر ، وأخو : بشر بن العلاء بن زبر

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

20 total
Bukhari · 3176اعْدُدْ سِتًّا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ مَوْتِي ، ثُمَّ فَتْحُ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ ، ثُمَّ مُوتَانٌ يَأْخُذُ فِيكُمْ كَقُعَاصِ الْغَنَمِ ، ثُمَّ اسْتِفَاضَةُ الْمَالِ حَتَّى يُعْطَى الرَّجُلُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَيَظَلُّ سَI went to the Prophet (ﷺ) during the Ghazwa of Tabuk while he was sitting in a leather tent. He said, "Count six signs that indicate the approach of the Hour my death, the conquest of Jerusalem, a plague that will afflic6 narratorsBukhari · 4640أَمَّا صَاحِبُكُمْ هَذَا فَقَدْ غَامَرَThere was a dispute between Abu Bakr and `Umar, and Abu Bakr made `Umar angry. So `Umar left angrily. Abu Bakr followed him, requesting him to ask forgiveness (of Allah) for him, but `Umar refused to do so and closed his8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 124أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ تَوَضَّأَ لِلنَّاسِ كَمَا رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَوَضَّأُ ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ رَأْسَهُ ، غَرَفَ غَرْفَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ فَتَلَقَّاهَا بِشِمَالِهِ حَتَّى وَضَعَهَا عَلَى وNarrated Muawiyah: Abul Azhar al-Mughirah ibn Farwah and Yazid ibn Abu Malik reported: Muawiyah performed ablution before the people, as he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution. When he reached the stage of wi6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 825حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جَابِرٍ ، وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ ، نَحْوَ حَدِThe above mentioned tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Ubadah bin al-Samit like the version of al-Rabib Sulaiman. This version adds: Makhul used to recite Surah al Fatihah al-kitab q7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1257إِنِّي كُنْتُ رَكَعْتُ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِNarrated Bilal: Ziyadah al-Kindi reported on the authority of Bilal that he (Bilal) came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to inform him about the dawn prayer. Aishah kept Bilal engaged in a matter which she asked him till the5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2329حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَزْهَرِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ فَرْوَةَ ، قَالَ Narrated Muawiyah: Abul Azhar al-Mughirah ibn Farwah said: Muawiyah stood among the people at Dayr Mustahill lying at the gate of Hims. He said: O people, we sighted the moon on such-and-such day. We shall fast in advanc5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2628إِنَّ تَفَرُّقَكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ ، إِنَّمَا ذَلِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ، فَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا انْضَمَّ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ حَتَّى يُقَالُ لَوْ بُسِطَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَوْNarrated Abu Thalabah al-Khushani: When the people encamped, (the narrator Amr ibn Uthman al-Himsi) said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ encamped, the people scattered in the glens and wadis. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2755وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِي مِنْ غَنَائِمِكُمْ مِثْلُ هَذَا إِلَّا الْخُمُسُ وَالْخُمُسُ مَرْدُودٌ فِيكُمْNarrated Amr ibn Abasah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer facing a camel which had been taken in booty, and when he had given the salutation, he took a hair from the camel's side and said: I have no right as muc5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3839إِنَّا نُجَاوِرُ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ ، وَهُمْ يَطْبُخُونَ فِي قُدُورِهِمُ الْخِنْزِيرَ ، وَيَشْرَبُونَ فِي آنِيَتِهِمُ الْخَمْرَ ؟ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ غَيْرَهَا فَكAbu Thalabah al-khushani said that he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: We live in the neighbourhood of the People of the Book and they cook in their pots (the flesh of) swine and drink wine in their vessels. The Messenger5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4639سَيَأْتِي مَلِكٌ مِنْ مُلُوكِ الْعَجَمِ يَظْهَرُ عَلَى الْمَدَائِنِ كُلِّهَا إِلَّا دِمَشْقَAbu al-Ayas Abdur-Rahman bin Salam said: A king of the foreigners will come and prevail over all the cities except Damascus.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5000أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ وَهُوَ فِي قُبَّةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ ، فَسَلَّمْتُ ، فَرَدَّ وَقَالَ : ادْخُلْ , فَقُلْتُ : أَكُلِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ , قال : كُلُّكَ فَدَخَلْتAwf bin Malik al-Ashjai said: I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the expedition to Tabuk when he was in a small skin tent. I gave him a salutation and he returned it, saying: come in. I asked: the whole of me Messenge6 narratorsTirmidhi · 3358إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُسْأَلُ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَعْنِي الْعَبْدَ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ أَنْ يُقَالَ لَهُ : أَلَمْ نُصِحَّ لَكَ جِسْمَكَ وَنُرْوِيَكَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ5 narrators