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A voice in the chain

النزال بن سبرة الهلالي

النزال بن سبرة

Appears in 8 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

النزال بن سبرة الهلالي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

5

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

0

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

1

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

0

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

قيل : له صحبة ، ثقة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Lineage / nisba
الهلالي ، الكوفي ، العامري ، القيسي
Generation
الثانية ، وقيل : إن له صحبة
Died
71هـ : 80هـ
Lived in
الكوفة

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

8 total
Bukhari · 2410سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا قَرَأَ آيَةً سَمِعْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خِلَافَهَا ، فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ ، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : كِلَاكُمَا مُحْسِنI heard a man reciting a verse (of the Holy Qur'an) but I had heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting it differently. So, I caught hold of the man by the hand and took him to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who said, "Both of you are right5 narratorsBukhari · 3476كِلَاكُمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَلَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَإِنَّ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمُ اخْتَلَفُوا فَهَلَكُواI heard a person reciting a (Qur'anic) Verse in a certain way, and I had heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting the same Verse in a different way. So I took him to the Prophet (ﷺ) and informed him of that but I noticed the sign 5 narratorsBukhari · 5062كِلَاكُمَا مُحْسِنٌ فَاقْرَءَا أَكْبَرُ عِلْمِي قَالَ : فَإِنَّ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمُ اخْتَلَفُوا فَأَهْلَكَهُمْThat he heard a man reciting a Quranic Verse which he had heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting in a different way. So he took that man to the Prophet (and told him the story). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Both of you are reciting in5 narratorsBukhari · 5615إِنَّ نَاسًا يَكْرَهُ أَحَدُهُمْ أَنْ يَشْرَبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ ، وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَعَلَ كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي فَعَلْتُAli came to the gate of the courtyard (of the Mosque) and drank (water) while he was standing and said, "Some people dislike to drink while standing, but I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) doing (drinking water) as you have seen me d5 narratorsBukhari · 5616إِنَّ نَاسًا يَكْرَهُونَ الشُّرْبَ قِيَامًا ، وَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَنَعَ مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعْتُ'Ali offered the Zuhr prayer and then sat down in the wide courtyard (of the Mosque) of Kufa in order to deal with the affairs of the people till the 'Asr prayer became due. Then water was brought to him and he drank of 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3718إِنَّ رِجَالًا يَكْرَهُ أَحَدُهُمْ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ هَذَا ، وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْعَلُ مِثْلَ مَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي أَفْعَلُهُNazzal bin Samurah said: Ali asked for water and he drank it while standing. He then said: some people disapprove of doing this (drinking while standing ), but I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing as I have done.6 narratorsNasa'i · 130فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتِ الْعَصْرُ ، أُتِيَ بِتَوْرٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ كَفًّا فَمَسَحَ بِهِ وَجْهَهُ وَذِرَاعَيْهِ وَرَأْسَهُ وَرِجْلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ فَضْلَهُ فَشَرِبَ قَائِمًا6 narratorsIbn Majah · 2049حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ جُوَيْبِرٍ ، عَنْ الضَّحَّاكِ ، عَنْ النَّزَّالِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ 7 narrators