A voice in the chain
معاذ بن أسد الغنوي
معاذ بن أسد بن أبي شجرة
Appears in 9 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
معاذ بن أسد الغنوي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
8
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
1
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
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبد الله
- Lineage / nisba
- الغنوي ، المروزي ، البصري
- Generation
- العاشرة
- Born
- 150، أو نحوها
- Died
- بضع 220 ، أو : 221 هـ ، وقال ابن عساكر : 223 هـ ، وقال أبو القاسم : 229 هـ ، وقيل : 228 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة
- Died in
- البصرة
- Relatives
- كاتب ابن المبارك
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 686اسْتَأْذَنَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَذِنْتُ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : أَيْنَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ ؟ فَأَشَرْتُ لَهُ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي أُحِبُّ ، فَقَامَ وَصَفَفْنَا خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ سThe Prophet (came to my house and) asked permission for entering and I allowed him. He asked, "Where do you like me to pray in your house?" I pointed to a place which I liked. He stood up for prayer and we aligned behind6 narratorsBukhari · 724مَا أَنْكَرْتَ مِنَّا مُنْذُ يَوْمِ عَهِدْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : مَا أَنْكَرْتُ شَيْئًا ، إِلَّا أَنَّكُمْ لَا تُقِيمُونَ الصُّفُوفَI arrived at Medina and was asked whether I found any change since the days of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I said, "I have not found any change except that you do not stand in alignment in your prayers."7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 6422حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي مَحْمُودُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ ، وَزَعَمَ مَحْمُودٌ ، أَنَّهُ عَقَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The son of Adam (i.e. man) grows old and so also two (desires) grow old with him, i.e., love for wealth and (a wish for) a long life."5 narratorsBukhari · 6542يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي زُمْرَةٌ هُمْ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا تُضِيءُ وُجُوهُهُمْ إِضَاءَةَ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "From my followers there will enter Paradise a crowd, seventy thousand in number, whose faces will glitter as the moon does when it is full." On hearing that, 'Ukasha bin Mihsan Al-A6 narratorsBukhari · 6548إِذَا صَارَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ ، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ إِلَى النَّارِ ، جِيءَ بِالْمَوْتِ حَتَّى يُجْعَلَ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ ، ثُمَّ يُذْبَحُ ، ثُمَّ يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ : يَا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ ، لَا مAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise and the people of the Fire have entered the Fire, death will be brought and will be placed between the Fire and Paradise, and then it will be5 narratorsBukhari · 6549إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ لِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ :Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah will say to the people of Paradise, 'O the people of Paradise!' They will say, 'Labbaik, O our Lord, and Sa`daik!' Allah will say, 'Are you pleased?" They will say, 'Why should we not b6 narratorsBukhari · 6551مَا بَيْنَ مَنْكِبَيِ الْكَافِرِ مَسِيرَةُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ للرَّاكِبِ الْمُسْرِعِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The width between the two shoulders of a Kafir (disbeliever) will be equal to the distance covered by a fast rider in three days."5 narratorsBukhari · 7498أَعْدَدْتُ لِعِبَادِي الصَّالِحِينَ ، مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ ، وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ ، وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلَى قَلْبِ بَشَرٍthe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah said, "I have prepared for My righteous slaves (such excellent things) as no eye has ever seen, nor an ear has ever heard nor a human heart can ever think of.' "5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3629أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِغَرِيمٍ لِي ، فَقَالَ لِي : الْزَمْهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي : يَا أَخَا بَنِي تَمِيمٍ ، مَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِأَسِيرِكَ ؟Narrated Grandfather of Hirmas ibn Habib: I brought my debtor to the Holy Prophet ﷺ. He said to me: Stick to him. He again said to me: O brother of Banu Tamim, what do you want to do with your prisoner.5 narrators