A voice in the chain
صالح بن كيسان الدوسي
صالح بن كيسان
Appears in 222 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
صالح بن كيسان الدوسي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
92
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
76
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
12
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
7
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
33
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
2
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت ، فقيه
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة ، جامع للفقه والحديث والمروءة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو محمد ، ويقال : أبو الحارث
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الحافظ ، المدني ، الدوسي ، المؤدب ، الغفاري مولاهم ، ويقال : العامري مولاهم ، ويقال : الأنصاري مولاهم ، ويقال: مولى آل معيقيب
- Generation
- الرابعة
- Died
- بعد 130 هـ ، أو بعد 140 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Relatives
- مؤدب ولد عمر بن عبد العزيز ، ومولى بني غفار ، ويقال : مولى بني عامر ، ويقال : مولى آل معيقيب ويقال: مولى الأنصار
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 7أَنَّ هِرَقْلَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فِي رَكْبٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ، وَكَانُوا تِجَارًا بِالشَّأْمِ فِي الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَادَّ فِيهَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَكُفَّارَ قُرَيْشٍ Abu Sufyan bin Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were merchants doing business in Sham (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan), at the 10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 23بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيَّ ، وَعَلَيْهِمْ قُمُصٌ مِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ الثُّدِيَّ وَمِنْهَا مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ ، وَعُرِضَ عَلَيَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ يَجُرُّهُ ، قَالُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping I saw (in a dream) some people wearing shirts of which some were reaching up to the breasts only while others were even shorter than that. Umar bin Al-Khattab was shown w6 narratorsBukhari · 27أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْطَى رَهْطًا وَسَعْدٌ جَالِسٌ ، فَتَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا هُوَ أَعْجَبُهُمْ إِلَيَّ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، مAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) distributed (Zakat) amongst (a group of) people while I was sitting there but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) left a man whom I thought the best of the lot. I asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why have you lef10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 51سَأَلْتُكَ ، هَلْ يَزِيدُونَ أَمْ يَنْقُصُونَ ؟ فَزَعَمْتَ أَنَّهُمْ يَزِيدُونَ ، وَكَذَلِكَ الْإِيمَانُ حَتَّى يَتِمَّ ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ ، هَلْ يَرْتَدُّ أَحَدٌ سَخْطَةً لِدِينِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِيهِ ؟ فَزَعَمْتَ أَI was informed by Abu Sufyan that Heraclius said to him, "I asked you whether they (followers of Muhammad) were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were increasing. And in fact, this is the way of true Faith 7 narratorsBukhari · 64أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ بِكِتَابِهِ رَجُلًا وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى عَظِيمِ الْبَحْرَيْنِ ، فَدَفَعَهُ عَظِيمُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ إِلَى كِسْرَى ، فَلَمَّا قَرَأَهُ مَزَّقَهُ ، فOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave a letter to a person and ordered him to go and deliver it to the Governor of Bahrain. (He did so) and the Governor of Bahrain sent it to Chousroes, who read that letter and then tore it to6 narratorsBukhari · 74بَيْنَمَا مُوسَى فِي مَلَإٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمَ مِنْكَ ؟ قَالَ مُوسَى : لَا ، فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى مُوسَى بَلَى عَبْدُنَا خَضِرٌ ، فَسَأَلَ مُوسَى السَّبِيThat he differed with Hur bin Qais bin Hisn Al-Fazari regarding the companion of (the Prophet) Moses. Ibn `Abbas said that he was Al Khadir. Meanwhile, Ubai bin Ka`b passed by them and Ibn `Abbas called him, saying "My f7 narratorsBukhari · 160وَعَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ ، قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ : وَلَكِنْ عُرْوَةُ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ ، فَلَمَّا تَوَضَّأَ عُثْمَانُ ، قَالَ : أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا لَوْلَا آيThis verse is "Verily, those who conceal the clear signs and the guidance which we have sent down...)" (2159). I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'If a man performs ablution perfectly and then offers the compulsory congrega6 narratorsBukhari · 189وَإِذَا تَوَضَّأَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَادُوا يَقْتَتِلُونَ عَلَى وَضُوئِهِMahmud bin Ar-Rabi` who was the person on whose face the Prophet (ﷺ) had ejected a mouthful of water from his family's well while he was a boy, and `Urwa (on the authority of Al-Miswar and others) who testified each othe8 narratorsBukhari · 211حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ وَقُتَيْبَةُ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنِ عُقَيْلٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَنَّ رَسAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) drank milk, rinsed his mouth and said, "It has fat."10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 350فَرَضَ اللَّهُ الصَّلَاةَ حِينَ فَرَضَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ ، فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ ، وَزِيدَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْحَضَرِthe mother of believers Allah enjoined the prayer when He enjoined it, it was two rak'at only (in every prayer) both when in residence or on journey. Then the prayers offered on journey remained the same, but (the rak'at5 narratorsBukhari · 446أَنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَبْنِيًّا بِاللَّبِنِ ، وَسَقْفُهُ الْجَرِيدُ ، وَعُمُدُهُ خَشَبُ النَّخْلِ ، فَلَمْ يَزِدْ فِيهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ شَيْئًا ، وَزَادَ فِيIn the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) the mosque was built of adobes, its roof of the leaves of date-palms and its pillars of the stems of date-palms. Abu Bakr did not alter it. `Umar expanded it on the same pattern a6 narratorsBukhari · 454لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا عَلَى بَابِ حُجْرَتِي وَالْحَبَشَةُ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتُرُنِي بِرِدَائِهِ ، أَOnce I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) at the door of my house while some Ethiopians were playing in the mosque (displaying their skill with spears). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was screening me with his Rida' so as to enable me to 6 narrators