A voice in the chain
الحسين بن الأسود العجلي
الحسين بن علي بن الأسود ، وقد ينسب إلى جده
Appears in 10 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
الحسين بن الأسود العجلي
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
8
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
2
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
0
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
0
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صدوق ، يخطئ كثيرا
Al-Dhahabi
قال أبو حاتم : صدوق ، ضعفه ابن عدي وغيره
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبد الله
- Lineage / nisba
- العجلي ، الكوفي
- Generation
- الحادية عشرة
- Died
- 254 هـ
- Lived in
- نزيل بغداد
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Abu Dawud · 2904حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَسْوَدَ الْعِجْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ ، عَنْ جِبْرِيلَ بْنِ أَحْمَرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : مَاتَ رَجُلٌNarrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: A man of Khuzaah died and his estate was brought to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: Look for his heir or some relative. But they found neither heir nor relative. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Giv6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2981حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْعِجْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ السُّدِّيِّ ذِي الْقُرْبَى ، قَالَ : هُمْ بَنُو عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ . Explaining the relatives of the Prophet ﷺ al-Saddi said: They are Banu Abd al-Muttalib.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3011حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ ، أَنَّ يَحْيَى بْنَ آدَمَ حَدَّثَهُمْ ، عَنْ أَبِي شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِع نَفَرًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النBashir bin Yasar said that he heard a number of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ say. He then narrated the tradition (mentioned above). He said “One half comprised the portions of the Muslims and the portion of the Messen6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3012أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا ظَهَرَ عَلَى خَيْبَرَ قَسَمَهَا عَلَى سِتَّةٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ سَهْمًا جَمَعَ كُلُّ سَهْمٍ مِائَةَ سَهْمٍ ، فَكَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسNarrated A Group of Companions of the Prophet: Bashir ibn Yasar, the client of the Ansar, reported on the authority of a group of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ conquered Khaybar, he divid5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3016حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْعَجْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ آدَمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍNarrated Abdullah ibn Abu Bakr: Abdullah ibn Abu Bakr and some children of Muhammad ibn Maslamah said: There remained some people of Khaybar and they confined themselves to the fortresses. They asked the Messenger of All7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3069حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ آدَمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، أَنّ رَسُولNarrated Asma daughter of Abu Bakr: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ assigned to az-Zubayr palm-trees as a fief.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3355حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ ، وَالْأَوَّلُ أَتَمُّ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ بِسِعْرِ يَوْمِهَا . The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Simak (b. Harb) with a different chain of narrators and to the same effect. The first version is more perfect. It does not mention the words "at the current rate4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4032خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَيْهِ مِرْطٌ مُرَحَّلٌ مِنْ شَعَرٍ أَسْوَدَAishah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one morning wearing a variegated garment of black goat hair. Narrated Utbah ibn AbdusSulami: I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to clothe me. He clothed me with two coarse clo7 narratorsTirmidhi · 1833لَا يَحْقِرَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَلْيَلْقَ أَخَاهُ بِوَجْهٍ طَلِيقٍ ، وَإِنِ اشْتَرَيْتَ لَحْمًا أَوْ طَبَخْتَ قِدْرًا فَأَكْثِرْ مَرَقَتَهُ وَاغْرِفْ لِجَارِكَ مِنْهُ7 narratorsTirmidhi · 3589اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا اسْتِقْبَالُ لَيْلِكَ وَإِدْبَارُ نَهَارِكَ وَأَصْوَاتُ دُعَاتِكَ وَحُضُورُ صَلَوَاتِكَ ، أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي6 narrators