A voice in the chain
مهدي بن ميمون الأزدي
مهدي بن ميمون
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
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
مهدي بن ميمون الأزدي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
13
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
16
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
5
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
3
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
1
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
1
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو يحيى
- Lineage / nisba
- الأزدي ، المعولي مولاهم ، البصري ، الكردي
- Generation
- صغار السادسة
- Died
- في خلافة المهدي ، أو : 171هـ ، أو : 172هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة
- Relatives
- المعولي مولاهم ، ومولى يزيد بن المهلب
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 389رَأَى رَجُلًا لَا يُتِمُّ رُكُوعَهُ وَلَا سُجُودَهُ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ ، قَالَ لَهُ حُذَيْفَةُ : مَا صَلَّيْتَ ، قَالَ : وَأَحْسِبُهُ ، قَالَ : لَوْ مُتَّ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ سُنَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيIbn Buhaina, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed, he used to separate his arms from his body so widely that the whiteness of his armpits was visible."5 narratorsBukhari · 529مَا أَعْرِفُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قِيلَ الصَّلَاةُ ، قَالَ : أَلَيْسَ ضَيَّعْتُمْ مَا ضَيَّعْتُمْ فِيهَا ؟Narrated Az-Zuhri that he visited Anas bin Malik at Damascus and found him weeping and asked him why he was weeping. He replied, "I do not know anything which I used to know during the life-time of Allah's Apostle except4 narratorsBukhari · 808رَأَى رَجُلًا لَا يُتِمُّ رُكُوعَهُ وَلَا سُجُودَهُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ ، قَالَ لَهُ حُذَيْفَةُ : مَا صَلَّيْتَ ، قَالَ : وَأَحْسِبُهُ ، قَالَ : وَلَوْ مُتَّ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ سُنَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيHudhaifa said, "I saw a person not performing his bowing and prostrations perfectly. When he completed the prayer, I told him that he had not prayed." I think that Hudhaifa added (i.e. said to the man), "Had you died, yo5 narratorsBukhari · 1237أَتَانِي آتٍ مِنْ رَبِّي فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَوْ قَالَ بَشَّرَنِي أَنَّهُ مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ , قُلْتُ : وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ ، قَالَ : وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Someone came to me from my Lord and gave me the news (or good tidings) that if any of my followers dies worshipping none (in any way) along with Allah, he will enter Paradise." I asked, "Even5 narratorsBukhari · 1983أَمَا صُمْتَ سَرَرَ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ ؟ قَالَ : أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ يَعْنِي رَمَضَانَ ، قَالَ الرَّجُلُ : لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : فَإِذَا أَفْطَرْتَ ، فَصُمْ يَوْمَيْنِ ، لَمْ يَقُلِ الصَّلْتُ أَظُنُّهُ يَعْنِي رَمَضThat the Prophet (ﷺ) asked him (Imran) or asked a man and `Imran was listening, "O Abu so-and-so! Have you fasted the last days of this month?" (The narrator thought that he said, "the month of Ramadan"). The man replied11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3776بَلْ سَمَّانَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّI asked Anas, "Tell me about the name 'Al-Ansar.; Did you call yourselves by it or did Allah call you by it?" He said, "Allah called us by it." We used to visit Anas (at Basra) and he used to narrate to us the virtues an4 narratorsBukhari · 3844كُنَّا نَأْتِي أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَيُحَدِّثُنَا ، عَنْ الْأَنْصَارِWe used to visit Anas bin Malik and he used to talk to us about the Ansar, and used to say to me "Your people did so-and-so on such-and-such a day, and your people did so-and-so on such-and-such a day."4 narratorsBukhari · 4376حَدَّثَنَا الصَّلْتُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ مَهْدِيَّ بْنَ مَيْمُونٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيَّ ، يَقُولُ : " كُنَّا نَعْبُدُ الْحَجَرَ ، فَإِذَا وَجَدْنَا حَجَرًا هُوَ أَخْيَرُ مِنWe used to worship stones, and when we found a better stone than the first one, we would throw the first one and take the latter, but if we could not get a stone then we would collect some earth (i.e. soil) and then brin3 narratorsBukhari · 4736الْتَقَى آدَمُ وَمُوسَى ، فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِآدَمَ : آنْتَ الَّذِي أَشْقَيْتَ النَّاسَ وَأَخْرَجْتَهُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ ، قَالَ آدَمُ : أَنْتَ مُوسَى الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ اللَّهُ بِرِسَالَتِهِ وَاصْطَفَاكَ لِنَفْسِهِ ، وَأَنAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Adam and Moses met, and Moses said to Adam "You are the one who made people miserable and turned them out of Paradise." Adam said to him, "You are the one whom Allah selected for His message 4 narratorsBukhari · 5043قَرَأْتُ الْمُفَصَّلَ الْبَارِحَةَ ، فَقَالَ : هَذًّا كَهَذِّ الشِّعْرِ ، إِنَّا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا الْقِرَاءَةَ ، وَإِنِّي لَأَحْفَظُ الْقُرَنَاءَ الَّتِي كَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِهِنَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ We went to `Abdullah in the morning and a man said, "Yesterday I recited all the Mufassal Suras." On that `Abdullah said, "That is very quick, and we have the (Prophet's) recitation, and I remember very well the recitati5 narratorsBukhari · 5994حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيٌّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نُعْمٍ ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ شَاهِدًا لِابْنِ عُمَرَ ، وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ دَمِ الْبَعُوضِ ، فI was present when a man asked Ibn 'Umar about the blood of mosquitoes. Ibn 'Umar said, "From where are you?" The man replied. "From Iraq." Ibn 'Umar said, "Look at that! he is asking me about the blood of Mosquitoes whi5 narratorsBukhari · 6492إِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْمَلُونَ أَعْمَالًا هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ ، إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ الْمُوبِقَاتِAnas said "You people do (bad) deeds (commit sins) which seem in your eyes as tiny (minute) than hair while we used to consider those (very deeds) during the life-time of the Prophet (ﷺ) as destructive sins."4 narrators