A voice in the chain
سليمان بن أبي مسلم الأحول
سليمان بن أبي مسلم : عبد الله
Appears in 35 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
سليمان بن أبي مسلم الأحول
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
17
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
6
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
4
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
6
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
2
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثقة ـ قاله أحمد
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Laqab
- الأحول
- Lineage / nisba
- المكي ، الأحول
- Generation
- الخامسة
- Died
- 121 هـ : 130 هـ
- Lived in
- مكة
- Relatives
- خال عبد الله بن أبي نجيح ، ويقال : ابن خالته
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 1120كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَتَهَجَّدُ , قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيِّمُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ لَكَ مُلْكُ السَّمَWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) got up at night to offer the Tahajjud prayer, he used to say Allahumma lakal-hamd. Anta qaiyyimus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, Laka mulkus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-h11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1620أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّ وَهُوَ يَطُوفُ بِالْكَعْبَةِ بِإِنْسَانٍ رَبَطَ يَدَهُ إِلَى إِنْسَانٍ بِسَيْرٍ أَوْ بِخَيْطٍ أَوْ بِشَيْءٍ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَطَعَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَWhile the Prophet (ﷺ) was performing Tawaf of the Ka'ba, he passed by a person who had tied his hands to another person with a rope or string or something like that. The Prophet (ﷺ) cut it with his own hands and said, "L6 narratorsBukhari · 1621أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى رَجُلًا يَطُوفُ بِالْكَعْبَةِ بِزِمَامٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ فَقَطَعَهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) saw a man performing Tawaf of the Ka'ba tied with a string or something else. So the Prophet cut that string.5 narratorsBukhari · 2040اعْتَكَفْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوْسَطَ ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ صَبِيحَةَ عِشْرِينَ ، نَقَلْنَا مَتَاعَنَا ، فَأَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَWe practiced I`tikaf with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the middle ten days (of Ramadan). In the morning of the twentieth (of Ramadan) we shifted our baggage, but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to us and said, "Whoever was m I`ti13 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2497مَا كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَخُذُوهُ ، وَمَا كَانَ نَسِيئَةً فَذَرُوهُI asked Abu Minhal about money exchange from hand to hand. He said, "I and a partner of mine bought something partly in cash and partly on credit." Al-Bara' bin `Azib passed by us and we asked about it. He replied, "I an6 narratorsBukhari · 2498مَا كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَخُذُوهُ ، وَمَا كَانَ نَسِيئَةً فَذَرُوهُI asked Abu Minhal about money exchange from hand to hand. He said, "I and a partner of mine bought something partly in cash and partly on credit." Al-Bara' bin `Azib passed by us and we asked about it. He replied, "I an6 narratorsBukhari · 3053حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَحْوَلِ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ وَمَا يَوْمُ الْIbn `Abbas said, "Thursday! What (great thing) took place on Thursday!" Then he started weeping till his tears wetted the gravels of the ground . Then he said, "On Thursday the illness of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was aggrav5 narratorsBukhari · 3168حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ ، سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ ، سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، يَقُولُ وَمَا يَوْمُ الْخَthat he heard Ibn `Abbas saying, "Thursday! And you know not what Thursday is? After that Ibn `Abbas wept till the stones on the ground were soaked with his tears. On that I asked Ibn `Abbas, "What is (about) Thursday?" 5 narratorsBukhari · 4431ائْتُونِي أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا ، فَتَنَازَعُوا وَلَا يَنْبَغِي عِنْدَ نَبِيٍّ تَنَازُعٌThursday! And how great that Thursday was! The ailment of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) became worse (on Thursday) and he said, fetch me something so that I may write to you something after which you will never go astray." The p5 narratorsBukhari · 4632مِمَّنْ أُمِرَ أَنْ يَقْتَدِيَ بِهِمْThat he asked Ibn 'Abbas, "Is there a prostration Surat-al-Sa'd?" (38.24) Ibn 'Abbas said, "Yes," and then recited "We gave...So follow their guidance." (6.85,90) Then he said, "He (David ) is one them (i.e. those prophe12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5593لَمَّا نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْأَسْقِيَةِ ، قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، لَيْسَ كُلُّ النَّاسِ يَجِدُ سِقَاءً : فَرَخَّصَ لَهُمْ فِي الْجَرِّ غَيْرِ الْمُزَفَّتWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the use of certain containers (that were used for preparing alcoholic drinks), somebody said to the Prophet (ﷺ) . "But not all the people can find skins." So he allowed them to use clay jars 8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 6317اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ ، أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ ، أَنْتَ قَيِّمُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ ، أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ ، وَوَعْدُكَ حَقٌّ ، وَقَوْلWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) got up at night to offer the night prayer, he used to say "Allahumma laka l-hamdu; Anta nuras-samawati wal ardi wa man fihinna. wa laka l-hamdu; Anta qaiyim as-samawati wal ardi wa man flhinna. Wa la5 narrators