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Companion of the Prophet ﷺ

جندب بن عبد الله البجلي

جندب بن عبد الله بن سفيان ، ويقال : جندب بن خالد بن سفيان ، وربما نسب إلى جده

Appears in 56 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

جندب بن عبد الله البجلي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

19

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

23

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

2

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

4

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

4

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

4

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

له صحبة

Al-Dhahabi

صحابي

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو عبد الله
Known as
جندب الخير ، وجندب الفاروق ، وجندب بن أم جندب
Lineage / nisba
البجلي ، العلقي ، قسري
Generation
له صحبة
Died
قال خليفة : في فتنة ابن الزبير ، وذكره البخاري في " التاريخ " فيمن توفي من60 هـ إلى 70 هـ ، ثم أعاد ذكره في العقد الذي بعده وهو : من 70 هـ إلى 80 هـ ، وقال ابن قانع : 64 هـ
Lived in
الكوفة ، البصرة

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

56 total
Bukhari · 985صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ ، ثُمَّ خَطَبَ ، ثُمَّ ذَبَحَ ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فَلْيَذْبَحْ أُخْرَى مَكَانَهَا ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَذْبَحْ فَلْيَذْبَحْ بِاسْمِOn the day of Nahr the Prophet (ﷺ) offered the prayer and delivered the Khutba and then slaughtered the sacrifice and said, "Anybody who slaughtered (his sacrifice) before the prayer should slaughter another animal in li4 narratorsBukhari · 1124اشْتَكَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَقُمْ لَيْلَةً أَوْ لَيْلَتَيْنِThe Prophet (ﷺ) became sick and did not get up (for Tahajjud prayer) for a night or two.4 narratorsBukhari · 1125احْتَبَسَ جِبْرِيلُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ : أَبْطَأَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْطَانُهُ فَنَزَلَتْ : وَالضُّحَى { 1 } وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَاGabriel did not come to the Prophet (for some time) and so one of the Quraish women said, "His Satan has deserted him." So came the Divine Revelation "By the forenoon And by the night When it is still! Your Lord (O Muham4 narratorsBukhari · 1364وَقَالَ حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ : حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ ، حَدَّثَنَا جُنْدَبٌ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَمَا نَسِينَا وَمَا نَخَافُ أَنْ يَكْذِبَ جُنْدَبٌ ، عَلَى اThe Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Whoever intentionally swears falsely by a religion other than Islam, then he is what he has said, (e.g. if he says, 'If such thing is not true then I am a Jew,' he is really a Jew). And whoev4 narratorsBukhari · 2802هَلْ أَنْتِ إِلَّا إِصْبَعٌ دَمِيتِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَا لَقِيتِIn one of the holy Battles a finger of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (got wounded and) bled. He said, "You are just a finger that bled, and what you got is in Allah's Cause."4 narratorsBukhari · 3463كَانَ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ رَجُلٌ بِهِ جُرْحٌ فَجَزِعَ فَأَخَذَ سِكِّينًا فَحَزَّ بِهَا يَدَهُ فَمَا رَقَأَ الدَّمُ حَتَّى مَاتَ ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بَادَرَنِي عَبْدِي بِنَفْسِهِ حَرَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Amongst the nations before you there was a man who got a wound, and growing impatient (with its pain), he took a knife and cut his hand with it and the blood did not stop till he died. Allah 5 narratorsBukhari · 4950حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ جُنْدُبَ بْنَ سُفْيَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : " اشْتَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) became sick and could not offer his night prayer (Tahajjud) for two or three nights. Then a lady (the wife of Abu Lahab) came and said, "O Muhammad! I think that your Satan has forsaken you, fo4 narratorsBukhari · 4951حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ غُنْدَرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ جُنْدُبًا الْبَجَلِيَّ ، قَالَتْ امْرَأَةٌ : يَا رَسُولَ A lady said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I see that your friend has delayed. (in conveying Qur'an) to you." So there was revealed 'Your Lord (O Muhammad) has neither forsaken you, not hated you.' (93.1-3)5 narratorsBukhari · 4983اشْتَكَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَقُمْ لَيْلَةً أَوْ لَيْلَتَيْنِ ، فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ ، فَقَالَتْ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، مَا أُرَى شَيْطَانَكَ إِلَّا قَدْ تَرَكَكَ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) fell ill and did not offer the night prayer (Tahajjud prayer) for a night or two. A woman (the wife of Abu Lahab) came to him and said, "O Muhammad ! I do not see but that your Satan has left you." T4 narratorsBukhari · 5060اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ ، فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فَقُومُوا عَنْهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Recite (and study) the Qur'an as long as you agree about its interpretation, but if you have any difference of opinion (as regards to its interpretation and meaning) then you should stop reciting i4 narratorsBukhari · 5061اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ ، فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فَقُومُوا عَنْهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Recite (and study) the Qur'an as long as you agree about its interpretation, but when you have any difference of opinion (as regards its interpretation and meaning) then you should stop reciting it18 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5500مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَذْبَحْ مَكَانَهَا أُخْرَى ، وَمَنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَذْبَحْ حَتَّى صَلَّيْنَا فَلْيَذْبَحْ عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِOnce during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) we offered some animals as sacrifices. Some people slaughtered their sacrifices before the (Id) prayer, so when the Prophet (ﷺ) finished his prayer, he saw that they had 4 narrators