A voice in the chain
الفضل بن دكين الملائي
الفضل بن دكين : عمرو بن حماد بن زهير بن درهم
Appears in 311 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
الفضل بن دكين الملائي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
189
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
15
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
19
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
22
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
49
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
17
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت
Al-Dhahabi
الحافظ
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو نعيم
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Known as
- أبو نعيم
- Lineage / nisba
- الملائي ، التيمي مولاهم ، الكوفي ، الأحول ، القرشي ، الطلحي
- Generation
- التاسعة
- Born
- فى آخر 129 هـ ، أو 130 هـ
- Died
- 218 هـ ، 219 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Died in
- الكوفة
- Travelled to
- بغداد
- Relatives
- مولى آل طلحة بن عبيد الله ، ابن ابنه أحمد بن ميثم بن أبي نعيم الفضل بن دكين ، ابنته صليحة ، ويقال : طليحة بنت أبي نعيم الفضل بن دكين ، التيمي مولاهم
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 52الْحَلَالُ بَيِّنٌ وَالْحَرَامُ بَيِّنٌ ، وَبَيْنَهُمَا مُشَبَّهَاتٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ ، فَمَنِ اتَّقَى الْمُشَبَّهَاتِ اسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ ، وَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي الشُّبُهَاتِ كَرَاعٍ يَرْعَI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'Both legal and illegal things are evident but in between them there are doubtful (suspicious) things and most of the people have no knowledge about them. So whoever saves himself fr4 narratorsBukhari · 112أَنَّ خُزَاعَةَ قَتَلُوا رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ عَامَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ بِقَتِيلٍ مِنْهُمْ قَتَلُوهُ ، فَأُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَرَكِبَ رَاحِلَتَهُ فَخَطَبَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ الIn the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of Khuza`a killed a man from the tribe of Bani Laith in revenge for a killed person, belonging to them. They informed the Prophet (ﷺ) about it. So he rode his Rahila (she-c5 narratorsBukhari · 124رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِنْدَ الْجَمْرَةِ وَهُوَ يُسْأَلُ ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، نَحَرْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ ، قَالَ : ارْمِ وَلَا حَرَجَ ، قَالَ آخَرُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللI saw the Prophet (ﷺ) near the Jamra and the people were asking him questions (about religious problems). A man asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have slaughtered the Hadi (animal) before doing the Rami." The Prophet (ﷺ5 narratorsBukhari · 156أَتَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْغَائِطَ ، فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آتِيَهُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ ، فَوَجَدْتُ حَجَرَيْنِ وَالْتَمَسْتُ الثَّالِثَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ ، فَأَخَذْتُ رَوْثَةً فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا ، فThe Prophet (ﷺ) went out to answer the call of nature and asked me to bring three stones. I found two stones and searched for the third but could not find it. So took a dried piece of dung and brought it to him. He took 10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 201كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَغْسِلُ أَوْ كَانَ يَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ إِلَى خَمْسَةِ أَمْدَادٍ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to take a bath with one Sa' up to five Mudds (1 Sa' = [??] Mudds) of water and used to perform ablution with one Mudd of water.4 narratorsBukhari · 204حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَخْبَرَهُ ، أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صَلMy father said, "I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) passing wet hands over his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather)."9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 206دَعْهُمَا ، فَإِنِّي أَدْخَلْتُهُمَا طَاهِرَتَيْنِ ، فَمَسَحَ عَلَيْهِمَاMy father said, "Once I was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) on a journey and I dashed to take off his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather). He ordered me to leave them as he had put them after performing ab5 narratorsBukhari · 253أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَيْمُونَةَ كَانَا يَغْتَسِلَانِ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍThe Prophet (ﷺ) and Maimuna used to take a bath from a single pot.6 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 254أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُفِيضُ عَلَى رَأْسِي ثَلَاثًا ، وَأَشَارَ بِيَدَيْهِ كِلْتَيْهِمَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "As for me, I pour water three times on my head." And he pointed with both his hands.5 narratorsBukhari · 256كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْخُذُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَكُفٍّ وَيُفِيضُهَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ، ثُمَّ يُفِيضُ عَلَى سَائِرِ جَسَدِهِ ، فَقَالَ لِي الْحَسَنُ : إِنِّي رَجُلٌ كَثِيرُ الشَّعَرِ ، فَقُلْتُ : كَانJabir bin `Abdullah said to me, "Your cousin (Hasan bin Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiya) came to me and asked about the bath of Janaba. I replied, 'The Prophet (ﷺ) uses to take three handfuls of water, pour them on his head and4 narratorsBukhari · 286حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ ، وَشَيْبَانُ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ ، أَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَرْقُدُ وَهُوَ جُنُI asked 'Aisha "Did the Prophet (ﷺ) use to sleep while he was Junub?" She replied, "Yes, but he used to perform ablution (before going to bed).5 narratorsBukhari · 291إِذَا جَلَسَ بَيْنَ شُعَبِهَا الْأَرْبَعِ ، ثُمَّ جَهَدَهَا فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغَسْلُas the following Hadith 290. Narrated Abu Huraira The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When a man sits in between the four parts of a woman and did the sexual intercourse with her, bath becomes compulsory."12 narrators·parallel chain