A voice in the chain
سفيان الثوري
سفيان بن سعيد بن مسروق
Appears in 1,683 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
سفيان الثوري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
356
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
261
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
231
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
296
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
325
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
214
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حافظ ، فقيه عابد ، إمام حجة
Al-Dhahabi
أحد الأعلام علما وزهدا
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبد الله
- Lineage / nisba
- الثوري ، الكوفي
- Generation
- رؤس الطبقة السابعة
- Born
- 95 هـ أو 96 هـ أو 97 هـ
- Died
- 159 هـ أو 160 هـ أو 161 هـ أو 162 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Died in
- البصرة
- Travelled to
- نيسابور ،مكة، البصرة
- Relatives
- إخوته : حبيب والمبارك وعمر ، وأصحابه : ابن المبارك ووكيع وأبو إسحاق الفزاري وابن مهدي
- School
- كان يتشيع فلما لقي أيوب وابن عون بالبصرة ترك التشيع
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 34أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا خَالِصًا ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا إِذَا ، اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ ، وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever has the following four (characteristics) will be a pure hypocrite and whoever has one of the following four characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy unless and until he giv8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 68كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ فِي الْأَيَّامِ كَرَاهَةَ السَّآمَةِ عَلَيْنَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to take care of us in preaching by selecting a suitable time, so that we might not get bored. (He abstained from pestering us with sermons and knowledge all the time).5 narratorsBukhari · 90أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنَّكُمْ مُنَفِّرُونَ ، فَمَنْ صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ فَلْيُخَفِّفْ ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الْمَرِيضَ وَالضَّعِيفَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِOnce a man said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I may not attend the (compulsory congregational) prayer because so and so (the Imam) prolongs the prayer when he leads us for it. The narrator added "I n5 narratorsBukhari · 111هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ كِتَابٌ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ، إِلَّا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ ، أَوْ فَهْمٌ أُعْطِيَهُ رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ أَوْ مَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ ، فَمَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ ؟ قَالَ : الْعَقْلُ وَفَكَاكُ الْأAbu Juhaifa said, "I asked `Ali, 'Have you got any book (which has been revealed to the Prophet (ﷺ) apart from the Qur'an)?' `Ali replied, 'No, except Allah's Book or the power of understanding which has been bestowed (b7 narratorsBukhari · 157تَوَضَّأَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةًThe Prophet (ﷺ) performed ablution by washing the body parts only once.5 narratorsBukhari · 214كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَوَضَّأُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍAnas said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform ablution for every prayer." I asked Anas, "What did you used to do?' Anas replied, "We used to pray with the same ablution until we break it with Hadath."9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 241بَزَقَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ثَوْبِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) once spat in his clothes.8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 247إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَكَ لِلصَّلَاةِ ، ثُمَّ اضْطَجِعْ عَلَى شِقِّكَ الْأَيْمَنِ ، ثُمَّ قُلْ : اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Whenever you go to bed perform ablution like that for the prayer, lie or your right side and say, "Allahumma aslamtu wajhi ilaika, wa fauwadtu `Amri ilaika, wa alja'tu Zahri ilaika raghbatan 6 narratorsBukhari · 249تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ غَيْرَ رِجْلَيْهِ ، وَغَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ وَمَا أَصَابَهُ مِنَ الْأَذَى ، ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ ، ثُمَّ نَحَّى رِجْلَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُ(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) performed ablution like that for the prayer but did not wash his feet. He washed off the discharge from his private parts and then poured water over his body. He withdrew h7 narratorsBukhari · 281سَتَرْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ صَبَّ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فَغَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ وَمَا أَصَابَهُ ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى الْحَاI screened the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was taking a bath of Janaba. He washed his hands, poured water from his right hand over his left and washed his private parts. Then he rubbed his hand over a wall or the earth, and per10 narratorsBukhari · 299حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : " كُنْتُ أَغْتَسِلُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمThe Prophet (ﷺ) and I used to take a bath from a single pot while we were Junub. During the menses, he used to order me to put on an Izar (dress worn below the waist) and used to fondle me. While in I'tikaf, he used to b6 narratorsBukhari · 303كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُبَاشِرَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ نِسَائِهِ أَمَرَهَا فَاتَّزَرَتْ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌWhen ever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) wanted to fondle any of his wives during the periods (menses), he used to ask her to wear an Izar.7 narrators·parallel chain