A voice in the chain
محمد بن ثور الصنعاني
محمد بن ثور
Appears in 18 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
محمد بن ثور الصنعاني
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
0
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
12
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
6
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
0
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
وثقوه
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبد الله
- Lineage / nisba
- الصنعاني ، اليماني ، العابد
- Generation
- التاسعة
- Died
- 190هـ تقريبا
- Lived in
- اليمن, البصرة, صنعاء
- Relatives
- ابنه عبد الجبار
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Abu Dawud · 2152إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ حَظَّهُ مِنَ الزِّنَا أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ لَا مَحَالَةَ ، فَزِنَا الْعَيْنَيْنِ النَّظَرُ ، وَزِنَا اللِّسَانِ الْمَنْطِقُ ، وَالنَّفْسُ تَمَنَّى وَتَشْتَهِي ، وَالْفَرْجُ يُصَدِّقُ ذَلIbn Abbas said “I did not see anything more resembling to minor sins than what Abu Hurairah reported from the Prophet ﷺ who said “Allaah has decreed for the children of Adam a share in adultery, he will get it by all mea7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2637حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ ثَوْرٍ ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسNarrated Kab ibn Malik: When the Prophet ﷺ intended to go on an expedition, he always pretended to be going somewhere else, and he would say: War is deception. Abu Dawud said: Only Mamar has transmitted this tradition. B6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2765مَا خَلَأَتْ وَمَا ذَلِكَ لَهَا بِخُلُقٍ وَلَكِنْ حَبَسَهَا حَابِسُ الْفِيلِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا يَسْأَلُونِي الْيَوْمَ خُطَّةً يُعَظِّمُونَ بِهَا حُرُمَاتِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أَعْطَيْتُهُمْ إِيَّاAl Miswar bin Makhramah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out in the year of al-Hudaibbiyyah with over ten hundreds of Companions and when he came to Dhu al Hulaifah. He garlanded and marked the sacrificial animals, an6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2964حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ ثَوْرٍ ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ بِهَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ ، قَالَ : وَهُمَا يَعْنِي عَلِيًّا ، وَالْعَبَّاسَ رضي الNarrating this tradition Malik bin Aws said: They i. e Ali and al-Abbas (Allah be pleased with them), were quarrelling about what Allah bestowed on His Messenger of Allah ﷺ, that is, the property of Banu al-Nadir. Abu Da5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2971حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ ثَوْرٍ ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، فِي قَوْلِهِ : فَمَا أَوْجَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْلٍ وَلا رِكَابٍ سورة الحشر آية 6 ، قَالَ : صَالَحَ النَّبِيُّAl-Zuhri, explaining the verse "For this you made no expedition with either cavalry or camelry" said: The Prophet ﷺ concluded the treaty of peace with the people of Fadak and townships which he named which I could not re4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3439نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ ، فَقُلْتُ : مَا يَبِيعُ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ ؟ ، قَالَ : لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ سِمْسَارًاNarrated Ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a townsman to sell for a man from the desert. I asked: What do you mean by the selling of a townsman for a man from the desert ? He replied: He should not be a broker 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4101لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ جَلَابِيبِهِنَّ خَرَجَ نِسَاءُ الْأَنْصَارِ كَأَنَّ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِنَّ الْغِرْبَانَ مِنَ الْأَكْسِيَةِNarrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Muminin: When the verse "That they should cast their outer garments over their persons" was revealed, the women of Ansar came out as if they had crows over their heads by wearing outer garment6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4107إِنَّهَا إِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ أَقْبَلَتْ بِأَرْبَعٍ ، وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ أَدْبَرَتْ بِثَمَانٍ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَلَا أَرَى هَذَا يَعْلَمُ مَا هَاهُنَا ، لَا يَدْخُلَنَّ عَلَيْكُنَّ هَذNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: A mukhannath (eunuch) used to enter upon the wives of Prophet ﷺ. They (the people) counted him among those who were free of physical needs. One day the Prophet ﷺ entered upon us when he wa7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4655خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَمَنَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ ، قَالَ : فَأَتَاهُ يَعْنِي عُرْوَةَ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ، فَجَعَلَ يُكَلِّمُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَكُلAl-Miswar bin Makhramah said: The prophet ﷺ went out during the time of (treaty of) al-Hudaibiyyah. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition. He said: Urwah bin Masud then came to him and began to speak to the Prophet6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4683أَعْطَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رِجَالًا وَلَمْ يُعْطِ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ شَيْئًا ، فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَعْطَيْتَ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا وَلَمْ تُعْطِ فُلَانًا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ مُؤْSaad bin Abi Waqqas said: The Prophet ﷺ gave some people and did not give anything to a man of them. Saad said: Messenger of Allah! You gave so and so, so and so, but did not give anything to so and so while he is a beli6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4684قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا سورة الحجرات آية 14 ، قَالَ : نَرَى أَنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ الْكَلِمَةُ وَالْإِيمَانَ الْعَمَلُExplaining the verse, “say ; You have no faith, but you only say: We have submitted our wills to Allah”, Al-Zuhri said: We think that ISLAM is a word, and faith is an action.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4886أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِثْلَ أَبِي ضَيْغَمٍ أَوْ ضَمْضَمٍ شَكَّ ابْنُ عُبَيْدٍ كَانَ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ ، قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي قَدْ تَصَدَّقْتُ بِعِرْضِي عَلَى عِبَادِكَNarrated Qatadah: Is one of you helpless to be like AbuDaygham or Damdam (Ibn Ubayd is doubtful) who would say when morning came: O Allah, I gave my honour as alms to Thy servants?4 narrators