A voice in the chain
صفوان بن عمرو السكسكي
صفوان بن عمرو بن هرم
Appears in 21 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
صفوان بن عمرو السكسكي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
0
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
1
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
11
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
2
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
3
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
4
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
وثقوه
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عمرو
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الحافظ ، الشامي ، السكسكي ، الحمصي ، وقيل : الحضرمي
- Generation
- الخامسة
- Died
- 155هـ ، أو 158هـ ، وعن بقية : 148هـ ، وهو وهم
- Lived in
- حمص
- Relatives
- أمه أم الهجرس بنت عوسجة بن أبي ثوبان المقرائي
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Muslim · 4571وحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1135خَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُسْرٍ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَ النَّاسِ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدِ فِطْرٍ أَوْ أَضْحَى ، فَأَنْكَرَ إِبْطَاءَ الْإِمَامِ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّا كُنَّا قَدْ فَرَغْنَا Narrated Abdullah ibn Busr: Yazid ibn Khumayr ar-Rahbi said: Abdullah ibn Busr, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out along with the people on the day of the breaking of the fast or on the day of sacrifice (5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1433أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِثَلَاثٍ لَا أَدَعُهُنَّ لِشَيْءٍ : أَوْصَانِي بِصِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ، وَلَا أَنَامُ إِلَّا عَلَى وِتْرٍ ، وَبِسُبْحَةِ الضُّحَى فِي الْحَضَAbu Al-Darda said: My friend (i. e. the Prophet) instructed me to observe three practices which I never leave: he instructed me to fast three days every month, and not to sleep but after observing the with, and to observ6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2603يَا أَرْضُ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكِ اللَّهُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّكِ وَشَرِّ مَا فِيكِ وَشَرِّ مَا خُلِقَ فِيكِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَدِبُّ عَلَيْكِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ أَسَدٍ وَأَسْوَدَ وَمِنَ الْحَيَّةِ وَالْعَقْرَبِNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was travelling and night came on, he said: O earth, my Lord and your Lord is Allah; I seek refuge in Allah from your evil, the evil of what you contain, the evil o6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2719يَا خَالِدُ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُهُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : يَا خَالِدُ رُدَّ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَخَذْتَ مِنْهُ ، قَالَ عَوْفٌ : فَقُAwf bin malik Al Ashjai said “I went out with Zaid bin Harith in the battle of Mutah. For the reinforcement of the Muslim army a man from the people of Yemen accompanied me. He had only his sword with him. A man from the6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2721حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِNarrated Awf ibn Malik al-Ashjai ; Khalid ibn al-Walid: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave judgement that the killer should have what was taken from the man he killed, and did not make this subject to division into fifths.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2953كَانَ إِذَا أَتَاهُ الْفَيْءُ قَسَمَهُ فِي يَوْمِهِ ، فَأَعْطَى الْآهِلَ حَظَّيْنِ وَأَعْطَى الْعَزَبَ حَظًّاNarrated Awf bin Malik: When the spoils (fai') came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he divided it that day ; he gave two portions to a married man and one to a bachelor. The narrator Ibn al-Musaffa added: We were summoned, 8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 3966مَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً مُؤْمِنَةً كَانَتْ فِدَاءَهُ مِنَ النَّارِAmr ibn Abasah, said that Marrah ibn Kab said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If anyone emancipates a Muslim slave, that will be his ransom from Jahannam.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4350إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ لَا تَعْجِزَ أُمَّتِي عِنْدَ رَبِّهَا أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَهُمْ نِصْفُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ ؟ قَالَ : خَمْسُ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍNarrated Saad ibn Abu Waqqas: The Prophet ﷺ said: I hope my community will not fail to maintain their position in the sight of their Lord if He delays them half a day. Saad was asked: How long is half a day? He said: It 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4382أَنَّ قَوْمًا مِنْ الْكَلَاعِيِّينَ سُرِقَ لَهُمْ مَتَاعٌ ، فَاتَّهَمُوا أُنَاسًا مِنَ الْحَاكَةِ ، فَأَتَوْا النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ صَاحِبَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَحَبَسَهُمْ أَيَّامًا ثُمّAzhar ibn Abdullah al-Harari said: Some goods of the people of Kila' were stolen. They accused some men of the weavers (of theft). They came to an-Numan ibn Bashir, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ. He confined them for so5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4597أَلَا إِنَّ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ افْتَرَقُوا عَلَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً ، وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْمِلَّةَ سَتَفْتَرِقُ عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ : ثِنْتَانِ وَسَبْعُونَ فِي النَّارِ ، وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِAbu Amir al-Hawdhani said: Muawiyah bin Abi Sufiyan stood among us and said: Beware! The Messenger of ALLA H ﷺ stood among us and said: Beware! The people of the Book before were split up into seventy-two sects, and this12 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4878لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي مَرَرْتُ بِقَوْمٍ لَهُمْ أَظْفَارٌ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ يَخْمُشُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَصُدُورَهُمْ فَقُلْتُ : مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ : هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ لُحُومَ النَّاسِ وَيَقَعُونَ فِي أNarrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ said: When I was taken up to heaven I passed by people who had nails of copper and were scratching their faces and their breasts. I said: Who are these people, Gabriel? He replied: 9 narrators·parallel chain