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A voice in the chain

أحمد بن حفص السلمي

أحمد بن حفص بن عبد الله بن راشد

Appears in 30 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

2 intermediate narrators

Immediate teacher layer

Received from

أحمد بن حفص السلمي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

2

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

0

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

7

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

0

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

21

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

0

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

صدوق

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو علي ، أبو الحسن
Lineage / nisba
السلمي مولاهم ، النيسابوري ، القاضي ، البصري
Generation
الحادية عشرة
Died
258 هـ ، وقيل : 255 هـ ، وقيل : 260 هـ
Lived in
نيسابور
Died in
نيسابور
Relatives
السلمي مولاهم

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

30 total
Bukhari · 1593لَيُحَجَّنَّ الْبَيْتُ وَلَيُعْتَمَرَنَّ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said "The people will continue performing the Hajj and 'Umra to the Ka'ba even after the appearance of Gog and Magog." Narrated Shu'ba extra The Hour (Day of Judgment) will not be established till the Haj12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5130زَوَّجْتُ أُخْتًا لِي مِنْ رَجُلٍ ، فَطَلَّقَهَا حَتَّى إِذَا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا جَاءَ يَخْطُبُهَا ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : زَوَّجْتُكَ وَفَرَشْتُكَ وَأَكْرَمْتُكَ فَطَلَّقْتَهَا ، ثُمَّ جِئْتَ تَخْطُبُهَا ، لَا وَاللَّهِ لَاconcerning the Verse 'Do not prevent them' (2.232) Ma'qil bin Yasar told me that it was revealed in his connection. He said, "I married my sister to a man and he divorced her, and when her days of 'Idda (three menstrual 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1379كَمْ اللَّيْلَةُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : اثْنَتَانِ وَعِشْرُونَ ، قَالَ :Narrated Abdullah ibn Unays: I was present at the gathering of Banu Salamah, and I was the youngest of them. They (the people) said: Who will ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for us about Laylat al-Qadr? That was the twenty-7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1707تُعَرِّفُهَا حَوْلًا فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا دَفَعْتَهَا إِلَيْهِ وَإِلَّا عَرَفْتَ وِكَاءَهَا وَعِفَاصَهَا ثُمَّ أَفِضْهَا فِي مَالِكَ فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا فَادْفَعْهَا إِلَيْهِThe aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Zaid bin Khalid al-Juhani through a different chain of narrators. This version has: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about a find. He replied: Make the matter known 7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2112مَا تَحْفَظُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ؟A tradition similar to the one narrated above has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. This version does not mention the lower garment and iron ring. He (the Prophet) said: How mu7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3303أَنَّ أُخْتَ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ نَذَرَتْ أَنْ تَحُجَّ مَاشِيَةً ، وَأَنَّهَا لَا تُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنْ مَشْيِ أُخْتِكَ ، فَلْتَرْكَبْ ، وَNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The sister of Uqbah ibn Amir took a vow that she would perform hajj on foot, and she was unable to do so. The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah is not in need of the walking of your sister. She must ride6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4725حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ ، قَالَ :حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ ، ومعنى هذا الحديث الطويل . The tradition mentioned above has again been transmitted by Simak through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect as this lengthy tradition.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4727أُذِنَ لِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَ عَنْ مَلَكٍ مِنْ مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ ، مِنْ حَمَلَةِ الْعَرْشِ ، إِنَّ مَا بَيْنَ شَحْمَةِ أُذُنِهِ إِلَى عَاتِقِهِ مَسِيرَةُ سَبْعِ مِائَةِ عَامٍJabir bin Abdullah reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: I have been permitted to tell about one of Allah’s angels who bears the throne that the distance between the lobe of his ear and his shoulder is a journey of seven hun6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4895إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ أَنْ تَوَاضَعُوا حَتَّى لَا يَبْغِيَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍ وَلَا يَفْخَرَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍNarrated Iyad ibn Himar (al-Mujashi'i): The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah has revealed to me that you must be humble, so that no one oppresses another and boasts over another.7 narratorsNasa'i · 409بَيْنَمَا أَيُّوبُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام يَغْتَسِلُ عُرْيَانًا خَرَّ عَلَيْهِ جَرَادٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَجَعَلَ يَحْثِي فِي ثَوْبِهِ ، قَالَ : فَنَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : يَا أَيُّوبُ ، أَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَغْنَيْتُكَ ، قَالَ 7 narratorsNasa'i · 1355مَنْ سَبَّحَ فِي دُبُرِ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ مِائَةَ تَسْبِيحَةٍ وَهَلَّلَ مِائَةَ تَهْلِيلَةٍ , غُفِرَتْ لَهُ ذُنُوبُهُ وَلَوْ كَانَتْ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ7 narratorsNasa'i · 1598دَعْهُمَا يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ , إِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ عِيدٍ وَهُنَّ أَيَّامُ مِنًى7 narrators