A voice in the chain
أحمد بن سعيد القرطبي
أحمد بن سعيد بن بشر بن عبيد الله
Appears in 22 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
أحمد بن سعيد القرطبي
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
22
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
صدوق
Al-Dhahabi
قال النسائي : ليس بالقوي
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو جعفر
- Lineage / nisba
- الهمداني ، المصري
- Generation
- الحادية عشرة
- Died
- 253 هـ
- Lived in
- مصر
- Died in
- مصر
- Relatives
- ابنه سعيد ، صاحب ابن وهب
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Abu Dawud · 169مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ الْوُضُوءَ ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ، يُقْبِلُ عَلَيْهِمَا بِقَلْبِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ ، إِلَّا قَدْ أَوْجَبَ ، فَقُلْتُ : بَخٍ بَخٍ ، مَا أَجْوَدَ هَذِهِ . فَقَالUqbah bin Amir said: We served ourselves in the company of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We tended our camels by turn. One day I had my turn to tend the camels, and I drove them in the afternoon. I found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ11 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 707إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَزَلَ بِتَبُوكَ إِلَى نَخْلَةٍ ، فَقَالَ : هَذِهِ قِبْلَتُنَا ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى إِلَيْهَا ، فَأَقْبَلْتُ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ أَسْعَى حَتَّى مَرَرْتُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا Saeed bin Ghazwan reported on the authority of his father that he made his stay at Tabuk (during his journey) for performing Hajj. All of a sudden he saw a crippled man and asked him about his condition. He said: I relat7 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 1377أَصَابُوا ، وَنِعْمَ مَا صَنَعُواNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out and saw that the people were praying during (the night of) Ramadan in the corner of the mosque. He asked: Who are these people ? It was said to him that those were6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2874اجْتَنِبُوا السَّبْعَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ ، قِيلَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا هُنَّ ؟ قَالَ : الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ ، وَالسِّحْرُ ، وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ، وَأَكْلُ الرِّبَا ، وَأَكْلُ مَالNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Refrain from seven (characteristics) which cause destruction. He was asked: What are they, Messenger of Allah ? He replied: To assign partner to Allah, magic, to6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3365الْعَرِيَّةُ الرَّجُلُ يُعْرِي النَّخْلَةَ أَوِ الرَّجُلُ يَسْتَثْنِي مِنْ مَالِهِ النَّخْلَةَ أَوِ الِاثْنَتَيْنِ ، يَأْكُلُهَا ، فَيَبِيعُهَا بِتَمْرٍAbd Rabbihi bin Saeed al-Ansari said: 'Ariyyah means that a man gives another man a palm-tree on loan, or it means that reserves one or two palm-trees from his property for his personal use, then he sells for dried dates4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3470إِنْ بِعْتَ مِنْ أَخِيكَ تَمْرًا ، فَأَصَابَتْهَا جَائِحَةٌ فَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا بِمَ تَأْخُذُ مَالَ أَخِيكَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّNarrated Jabir bin Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: If you were to sell dried dates to your brother and they were smitten by blight, it will not be allowable for you to take your brother's property unjustly.9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 3596أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ الشُّهَدَاءِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي بِشَهَادَتِهِ أَوْ يُخْبِرُ بِشَهَادَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَاZaid bin Khalid al-Juhani reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: "Shall I not tell you of the best witnesses ? He is the one who produces his deposition or gives his evidence (the narrator is doubtful) before he is9 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3602لَا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ بَدَوِيٍّ عَلَى صَاحِبِ قَرْيَةٍNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: The testimony of a nomad Arab against a townsman is not allowable.8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4102يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ نِسَاءَ الْمُهَاجِرَاتِ الْأُوَلَ لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ سورة النور آية 31 شَقَقْنَ أَكْنَفَNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: May Allah have mercy on the early immigrant women. When the verse "That they should draw their veils over their bosoms" was revealed, they tore their thick outer garments and made veils fr9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4116اصْدَعْهَا صَدْعَيْنِ ، فَاقْطَعْ أَحَدَهُمَا قَمِيصًا وَأَعْطِ الْآخَرَ امْرَأَتَكَ تَخْتَمِرُ بِهِ ، فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ ، قَالَ : وَأْمُرِ امْرَأَتَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ تَحْتَهُ ثَوْبًا لَا يَصِفُهَاNarrated Dihyah ibn Khalifah al-Kalbi: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought some pieces of fine Egyptian linen and he gave me one and said: Divide it into two; cut one of the pieces into a shirt and give the other to you8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4204غَيِّرُوا هَذَا بِشَيْءٍ وَاجْتَنِبُوا السَّوَادَNarrated Jabir bin Abdullah: Abu Quhafah was brought on the day of the conquest of Makkah with head and beard while like hyssop. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Change this something, but avoid black.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4449يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَّا زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ ، فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ ، فَوَضَعُوا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وِسَادَةً فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : ائْتُونيِ بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَNarrated Abdullah Ibn Umar: A group of Jews came and invited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to Quff. So he visited them in their school. They said: Abul Qasim, one of our men has committed fornication with a woman; so pronounc5 narrators