A voice in the chain
معمر بن أبي عمرو الأزدي
معمر بن راشد
Appears in 1,085 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
معمر بن أبي عمرو الأزدي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
257
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
309
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
155
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
132
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
164
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
68
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت فاضل ، إلا أن في روايته عن ثابت والأعمش وعاصم بن أبي النجود ، وهشام بن عروة شيئا ، وكذا فيما حدث به بالبصرة
Al-Dhahabi
وقال أحمد : لا تضم معمرا إلى أحد إلا وجدته يتقدمه ، كان من أطلب أهل زمانه للعلم
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عروة
- Lineage / nisba
- الأزدي مولاهم ، الحداني مولاهم ، البصري ، المهلبي
- Generation
- كبار السابعة
- Died
- فى أول 150هـ ، أو : 152 هـ ، أو : 153 هـ ، أو : 154هـ ، 155 هـ
- Lived in
- اليمن ، صنعاء ، البصرة
- Died in
- اليمن ، صنعاء
- Travelled to
- صنعاء
- Relatives
- مولى عبد السلام بن عبد القدوس ، أخوه : صالح بن عبد القدوس ، امرأته : حليمة ، زوج أخته : معن بن زائدة ، وقيل : إنه مولى للمهلب بن أبي صفرة
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 4يَأَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ { 1 } قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ { 2 }"While I was walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky. I looked up and saw the same angel who had visited me at the cave of Hira' sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I got afraid of him and cam9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 6كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ ، وَكَانَ أَجْوَدُ مَا يَكُونُ فِي رَمَضَانَ حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ ، وَكَانَ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَيُدَارِسُهُ الْقُرْAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) was the most generous of all the people, and he used to reach the peak in generosity in the month of Ramadan when Gabriel met him. Gabriel used to meet him every night of Ramadan to teach him the Qu11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 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 · 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 · 42إِذَا أَحْسَنَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِسْلَامَهُ ، فَكُلُّ حَسَنَةٍ يَعْمَلُهَا تُكْتَبُ لَهُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَى سَبْعِ مِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ ، وَكُلُّ سَيِّئَةٍ يَعْمَلُهَا تُكْتَبُ لَهُ بِمِثْلِهَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If any one of you improve (follows strictly) his Islamic religion then his good deeds will be rewarded ten times to seven hundred times for each good deed and a bad deed will be recorded as i5 narratorsBukhari · 113مَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ حَدِيثًا عَنْهُ مِنِّي ، إِلَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ وَلَا أَكْتُبُThere is none among the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) who has narrated more Hadiths than I except 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (bin Al-'As) who used to write them and I never did the same.9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 115سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ، مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ اللَّيْلَةَ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ ، وَمَاذَا فُتِحَ مِنَ الْخَزَائِنِ ، أَيْقِظُوا صَوَاحِبَاتِ الْحُجَرِ ، فَرُبَّ كَاسِيَةٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا عَارِيَةٍ فِي الْآخِرَةِOne night Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up and said, "Subhan Allah! How many afflictions have been descended tonight and how many treasures have been disclosed! Go and wake the sleeping lady occupants of these dwellings (his11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 135لَا تُقْبَلُ صَلَاةُ مَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَتَّى يَتَوَضَّأَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The prayer of a person who does Hadath (passes urine, stool or wind) is not accepted till he performs the ablution." A person from Hadaramout asked Abu Huraira, "What is 'Hadath'?" Abu Hurair5 narratorsBukhari · 205رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى عِمَامَتِهِ وَخُفَّيْهِMy father said, "I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) passing wet hands over his turban and Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather).11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 237كُلُّ كَلْمٍ يُكْلَمُهُ الْمُسْلِمُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ يَكُونُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَهَيْئَتِهَا ، إِذْ طُعِنَتْ تَفَجَّرُ دَمًا اللَّوْنُ لَوْنُ الدَّمِ ، وَالْعَرْفُ عَرْفُ الْمِسْكِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A wound which a Muslim receives in Allah's cause will appear on the Day of Resurrection as it was at the time of infliction; blood will be flowing from the wound and its color will be that of the b5 narratorsBukhari · 275أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَعُدِّلَتِ الصُّفُوفُ قياما ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمَّا قَامَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ جُنُبٌ ، فَقَالَ لَنَا : مَكَانَكُمْ ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ Once the call (Iqama) for the prayer was announced and the rows were straightened. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came out; and when he stood up at his Musalla, he remembered that he was Junub. Then he ordered us to stay at our p11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 278كَانَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَغْتَسِلُونَ عُرَاةً يَنْظُرُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ ، وَكَانَ مُوسَى يَغْتَسِلُ وَحْدَهُ ، فَقَالُوا : وَاللَّهِ مَا يَمْنَعُ مُوسَى أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ مَعَنَا إِلَّا أَنَّهُ آدَرُ ، فَذَهَبَ مThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) Job (Aiyub) was taking a bath naked, golden locusts began to fall on him. Job started collecting them in his clothes. His Lord addressed him, 'O Job! Haven't I given you enough5 narrators