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A voice in the chain

أحمد بن محمد الغساني

أحمد بن محمد بن الوليد بن عقبة بن الأزرق بن عمرو بن الحارث بن أبي شمر

Appears in 6 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

أحمد بن محمد الغساني

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

6

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

0

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

0

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

Al-Dhahabi

ثقة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو الوليد ، ويقال : أبو محمد
Lineage / nisba
الغساني ، المكي ، الأزرقي
Generation
العاشرة
Died
قال ابن حبان والسمعاني : 212 هـ . وقال البخاري : فارقناه حيا سنة 212 هـ . وقال ابن عساكر : بعد 217 هـ ، أو فيها . وقال الحاكم : 222 هـ
Lived in
مكة
Relatives
جد أبي الوليد محمد بن عبد الله الأزرقي ، ابن عمه عبد الرحمن بن الحسن بن القاسم بن عقبة .

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

6 total
Bukhari · 155ابْغِنِي أَحْجَارًا أَسْتَنْفِضْ بِهَا أَوْ نَحْوَهُ ، وَلَا تَأْتِنِي بِعَظْمٍ وَلَا رَوْثٍ ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِأَحْجَارٍ بِطَرَفِ ثِيَابِي فَوَضَعْتُهَا إِلَى جَنْبِهِ وَأَعْرَضْتُ عَنْهُ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى أَتْبَعَهُ بِهِنI followed the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was going out to answer the call of nature. He used not to look this way or that. So, when I approached near him he said to me, "Fetch for me some stones for ' cleaning the privates pa4 narratorsBukhari · 1274أُتِيَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَوْمًا بِطَعَامِهِ , فَقَالَ : قُتِلَ مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ وَكَانَ خَيْرًا مِنِّي فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ مَا يُكَفَّنُ فِيهِ إِلَّا بُرْدَةٌ ، وَقُتِلَ حَمْزَOnce the meal of 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf was brought in front of him, and he said, "Mus'ab bin 'Umair was martyred and he was better than I, and he had nothing except his Burd (a black square narrow dress) to be shrouded 5 narratorsBukhari · 1860أَذِنَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لِأَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي آخِرِ حَجَّةٍ حَجَّهَا ، فَبَعَثَ مَعَهُنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍI said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shouldn't we participate in Holy battles and Jihad along with you?" He replied, "The best and the most superior Jihad (for women) is Hajj which is accepted by Allah." `Aisha added Ever s4 narratorsBukhari · 2262مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيًّا إِلَّا رَعَى الْغَنَمَ ، فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُهُ : وَأَنْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ : نَعَمْ ، كُنْتُ أَرْعَاهَا عَلَى قَرَارِيطَ لِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah did not send any prophet but shepherded sheep." His companions asked him, "Did you do the same?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Yes, I used to shepherd the sheep of the people of Mecca for some Qi4 narratorsBukhari · 3441لِعِيسَى أَحْمَرُ وَلَكِنْ ، قَالَ : بَيْنَمَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ أَطُوفُ بِالْكَعْبَةِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ آدَمُ سَبْطُ الشَّعَرِ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ يَنْطِفُ رَأْسُهُ مَاءً أَوْ يُهَرَاقُ رَأْسُهُ مَاءً ، فَقُلْتُ : مَنْ No, By Allah, the Prophet (ﷺ) did not tell that Jesus was of red complexion but said, "While I was asleep circumambulating the Ka`ba (in my dream), suddenly I saw a man of brown complexion and lank hair walking between t5 narratorsBukhari · 3605هَلَاكُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى يَدَيْ غِلْمَةٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ، فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ : غِلْمَةٌ ، قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ : إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ أُسَمِّيَهُمْ بَنِي فُلَانٍ وَبَنِي فُلَانٍI was with Marwan and Abu Huraira and heard Abu Huraira saying, "I heard the trustworthy, truly inspired one (i.e. the Prophet (ﷺ) ) saying, 'The destruction of my followers will be brought about by the hands of some you4 narrators