A voice in the chain
غيلان بن جرير المعولي
غيلان بن جرير
Appears in 47 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
غيلان بن جرير المعولي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
10
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
14
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
5
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
4
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
9
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
5
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Lineage / nisba
- المعولي ، الأزدي ، البصري ، الضبي ، العتكي
- Generation
- الخامسة
- Died
- 129 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 244أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يَسْتَنُّ بِسِوَاكٍ بِيَدِهِ ، يَقُولُ : أُعْ أُعْ ، وَالسِّوَاكُ فِي فِيهِ كَأَنَّه يَتَهَوَّعُMy father said, "I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and saw him carrying a Siwak in his hand and cleansing his teeth, saying, 'U' U'," as if he was retching while the Siwak was in his mouth."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 · 786صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَا وَعِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ ، فَكَانَ إِذَا سَجَدَ كَبَّرَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ كَبَّرَ وَإِذَا نَهَضَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ كَبَّرَ ، فَلَمَّا قَ'Imran bin Husain and I offered the prayer behind 'Ali bin Abi Talib. When 'Ali prostrated, he said the Takbir, when he raised his head, he said the Takbir and when he got up for the third rak'a he said the Takbir. On co5 narratorsBukhari · 826فَكَانَ إِذَا سَجَدَ كَبَّرَ ، وَإِذَا رَفَعَ كَبَّرَ ، وَإِذَا نَهَضَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ كَبَّرَ'Imran and I prayed behind 'Ali bin Abi Talib and he said Takbir on prostrating, on rising and on getting up after the two rak'at (i.e. after the second rak'a). When the prayer was finished, 'Imran took me by the hand an5 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 · 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 narratorsBukhari · 6623وَاللَّهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ ، وَمَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِI went to the Prophet (ﷺ) along with a group of Al-Ash`ariyin in order to request him to provide us with mounts. He said, "By Allah, I will not provide you with mounts and I haven't got anything to mount you on." Then we5 narratorsBukhari · 6718وَاللَّهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ ، مَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْI went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) along with a group of people from (the tribe of) Al-Ash`ari, asking for mounts. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "By Allah, I will not give you anything to ride, and I have nothing to mount you on." 5 narratorsMuslim · 592دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَطَرَفُ السِّوَاكِ عَلَى لِسَانِهِ5 narratorsMuslim · 873حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، وَخَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ جميعا ، عَنْ حَمَّادٍ ، قَالَ يَحْيَى : أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ غَيْلَانَ ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ ، قَالَ : صَلَّيْتُ أَنَا وَعِمْرَانُ بْنُ6 narrators