A voice in the chain
يعقوب بن كعب الحلبي
يعقوب بن كعب بن حامد
Appears in 5 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
يعقوب بن كعب الحلبي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
0
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
5
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
0
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
0
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة .
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة صالح سني .
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو يوسف
- Lineage / nisba
- الحلبي ، الأنطاكي
- Generation
- العاشرة
- Died
- 231 هـ : 240 هـ
- Lived in
- أنطاكية
- Relatives
- مولى عامر بن إسماعيل
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Abu Dawud · 122رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَسْحَ رَأْسِهِ وَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى مُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ فَأَمَرَّهُمَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْقَفَا ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الّAl-Miqdam bin Madikarib reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution. When he reached the stage of wiping his head, he placed his palms on the front of the head. Then he moved them until he reached the nape.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 947نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الِاخْتِصَارِ فِي الصَّلَاةِAbu Hurairah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade putting hands on the waist during prayer. Abu Dawud said; The word Ikhtisar means to put one’s hands on one’s waist.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1091تَعَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍJabir said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seated himself on the pulpit on a Friday he said, Sit down. Ibn Masud heard that and sat down at the door of mosque, and when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw him, he said: Come here5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1693مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يُبْسَطَ عَلَيْهِ فِي رِزْقِهِ وَيُنْسَأَ فِي أَثَرِهِ فَلْيَصِلْ رَحِمَهُAnas reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Anyone who is pleased that his sustenance is expanded and his age extended should do kindness to his near relatives.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4104يَا أَسْمَاءُ إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْمَحِيضَ لَمْ تَصْلُحْ أَنْ يُرَى مِنْهَا إِلَّا هَذَا وَهَذَا ، وَأَشَارَ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ وَكَفَّيْهِNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Asma, daughter of Abu Bakr, entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wearing thin clothes. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned his attention from her. He said: O Asma, when a woman reaches the ag7 narrators