Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
أبو مسعود الأنصاري
عقبة بن عمرو بن ثعلبة بن أسيرة بن عسيرة بن عطية بن جدارة بن عوف بن الحارث بن الخزرج
Appears in 145 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
أبو مسعود الأنصاري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
44
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
34
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
17
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
13
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
22
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
15
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صحابي جليل
Al-Dhahabi
شهد العقبة الثانية
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو مسعود
- Known as
- أبو مسعود ، ويعرف بالبدري
- Lineage / nisba
- الأنصاري ، البدري ، النجاري
- Generation
- صحابي جليل
- Died
- 40هـ ، أو قبلها أو بعدها ، أو : 41هـ ، أو : 42هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة ، وقيل : إنه كان يسكن ماء ببدر
- Died in
- الكوفة ، وقيل : بالمدينة
- Relatives
- كان من أصحاب علي وكان واليه على الكوفة ، أمه سلمى بنت عامر بن عوف بن عبد الله ، ابنه بشير بن أبي مسعود ، مولاه خالد بن سعد
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 55إِذَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ يَحْتَسِبُهَا فَهُوَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If a man spends on his family (with the intention of having a reward from Allah) sincerely for Allah's sake then it is a (kind of) alms-giving in reward for him.5 narratorsBukhari · 90أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنَّكُمْ مُنَفِّرُونَ ، فَمَنْ صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ فَلْيُخَفِّفْ ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الْمَرِيضَ وَالضَّعِيفَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِOnce a man said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I may not attend the (compulsory congregational) prayer because so and so (the Imam) prolongs the prayer when he leads us for it. The narrator added "I n5 narratorsBukhari · 521حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أَخَّرَ الصَّلَاةَ يَوْمًا ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ ، فَأOnce `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz delayed the prayer and `Urwa bin Az-Zubair went to him and said, "Once in 'Iraq, Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba delayed his prayers and Abi Mas`ud Al-Ansari went to him and said, 'O Mughira! What is th7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 702إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُنَفِّرِينَ فَأَيُّكُمْ مَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ فَلْيَتَجَوَّزْ ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِA man came and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! By Allah, I keep away from the morning prayer only because So and so prolongs the prayer when he leads us in it." The narrator said, "I never saw Allah's Apostle more furiou5 narratorsBukhari · 704يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُنَفِّرِينَ فَمَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَلْيَتَجَوَّزْ ، فَإِنَّ خَلْفَهُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِA man came and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I keep away from the morning prayer because so-and-so (Imam) prolongs it too much." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) became furious and I had never seen him more furious than he was on5 narratorsBukhari · 1041إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَا يَنْكَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَلَكِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمَا فَقُومُوا فَصَلُّواThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the death of someone from the people but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah. When you see them stand up and pray."5 narratorsBukhari · 1057الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ لَا يَنْكَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا لِحَيَاتِهِ وَلَكِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمَا فَصَلُّواAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of someone's death or life but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah, so pray whenever you see them."5 narratorsBukhari · 1313وَقَالَ أَبُو حَمْزَةَ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَمْرٍو ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى , قَالَ : كُنْتُ مَعَ قَيْسٍ وسَهْلٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا , فَقَالَا : كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَSahl bin Hunaif and Qais bin Sa'd were sitting in the city of Al-Qadisiya. A funeral procession passed in front of them and they stood up. They were told that funeral procession was of one of the inhabitants of the land 11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1415لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الصَّدَقَةِ كُنَّا نُحَامِلُ ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِشَيْءٍ كَثِيرٍ ، فَقَالُوا : مُرَائِي ، وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِصَاعٍ ، فَقَالُوا : إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنْ صَاعِ هَذَا , فَنَزَWhen the verses of charity were revealed, we used to work as porters. A man came and distributed objects of charity in abundance. And they (the people) said, "He is showing off." And another man came and gave a Sa (a sma6 narratorsBukhari · 1416كَان رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَمَرَنَا بِالصَّدَقَةِ انْطَلَقَ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى السُّوقِ فَتَحَامَلَ فَيُصِيبُ الْمُدَّ ، وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمُ الْيَوْمَ لَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍWhenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) ordered us to give in charity, we used to go to the market and work as porters and get a Mudd (a special measure of grain) and then give it in charity. (Those were the days of pov5 narratorsBukhari · 2081حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي شَقِيقٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ : " جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ يُكْنَى أَبَا شُعَيْبٍ ، فَقَالَ لِغُلَامAn Ansari man, called Abu Shu'aib, came and told his butcher slave, "Prepare meals sufficient for five persons, for I want to invite the Prophet (ﷺ) along with four other persons as I saw signs of hunger on his face." Ab5 narratorsBukhari · 2237نَهَى عَنْ ثَمَنِ الْكَلْبِ ، وَمَهْرِ الْبَغِيِّ ، وَحُلْوَانِ الْكَاهِنِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade taking the price of a dog, money earned by prostitution and the earnings of a soothsayer.5 narrators