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A voice in the chain

حاتم بن إسماعيل الحارثي

حاتم بن إسماعيل

Appears in 130 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

حاتم بن إسماعيل الحارثي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

25

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

37

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

14

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

20

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

14

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

20

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

صحيح الكتاب ، صدوق يهم

Al-Dhahabi

ثقة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو إسماعيل
Lineage / nisba
المدني ، الحارثي مولاهم ، الكوفي الأصل ، مولى بني عبد المدان
Generation
الثامنة
Died
186 هـ أو 187 هـ
Lived in
الكوفة ، المدينة
Died in
المدينة
Travelled to
المدينة
Relatives
الحارثي مولاهم ، مولى: بني عبد المدان

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

130 total
Bukhari · 190يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ ابْنَ أُخْتِي وَجِعٌ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ ، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى خَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ بَيْنَ كَتِفَMy aunt took me to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! This son of my sister has got a disease in his legs." So he passed his hands on my head and prayed for Allah's blessings for me; then he performed ab4 narratorsBukhari · 1580دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ مِنْ كَدَاءٍ مِنْ أَعْلَى مَكَّةَ ، وَكَانَ عُرْوَةُ أَكْثَرَ مَا يَدْخُلُ مِنْ كَدَاءٍ ، وَكَانَ أَقْرَبَهُمَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ`Urwa said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) entered Mecca in the year of the conquest of Mecca from the side of Kada' which is at the higher part of Mecca." `Urwa often entered from Kada' which was nearer of the two to his dwelling pla4 narratorsBukhari · 1858حُجَّ بِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا ابْنُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ(While in the company of my parents) I was made to perform Hajj with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I was a seven-year-old boy then. (Fath-ul-Bari, p.443, Vol.4)4 narratorsBukhari · 2484خَفَّتْ أَزْوَادُ الْقَوْمِ وَأَمْلَقُوا ، فَأَتَوْا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي نَحْرِ إِبِلِهِمْ ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ ، فَلَقِيَهُمْ عُمَرُ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ ، فَقَالَ : مَا بَقَاؤُكُمْ بَعْدَ إِبِلِكُمْ Once (on a journey) our provisions diminished and the people were reduced to poverty. They went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked his permission to slaughter their camels, and he agreed. `Umar met them and they told him about4 narratorsBukhari · 2824حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ ، عَنْ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، قَالَ : صَحِبْتُ طَلْحَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ وسَعْدًا والْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ وعَبْI was in the company of Talha bin 'Ubaidullah, Sa`d, Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad and `Abdur Rahman bin `Auf and I heard none of them narrating anything from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) but Talha was talking about the day (of the ba5 narratorsBukhari · 2899ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا ارْمُوا ، وَأَنَا مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ ، قَالَ : فَأَمْسَكَ أَحَدُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَا The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by some people of the tribe of Bani Aslam who were practicing archery. The Prophet said, "O Bani Isma`il ! Practice archery as your father Isma`il was a great archer. Keep on throwing arrows and I 4 narratorsBukhari · 2975لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ ، أَوْ قَالَ : لَيَأْخُذَنَّ غَدًا رَجُلٌ يُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، أَوْ قَالَ : يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِعَلِيٍّ وَمَا نَرْجُوهُ ، فَقَالُواI heard Al Abbas telling Az-Zubair, "The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered you to fix the flag here."4 narratorsBukhari · 2982نَادِ فِي النَّاسِ يَأْتُونَ بِفَضْلِ أَزْوَادِهِمْ ، فَدَعَا وَبَرَّكَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ دَعَاهُمْ بِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْ فَاحْتَثَى النَّاسُ حَتَّى فَرَغُوا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَشْOnce the journey-food of the people ran short and they were in great need. So, they came to the Prophet to take his permission for slaughtering their camels, and he permitted them. Then `Umar met them and they informed h4 narratorsBukhari · 3183حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ ابْنَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، قَالَتْ : قَدِمَتْ عَلَيَّ During the period of the peace treaty of Quraish with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), my mother, accompanied by her father, came to visit me, and she was a pagan. I consulted Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My mo5 narratorsBukhari · 3373ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا وَأَنَا مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ ، قَالَ : فَأَمْسَكَ أَحَدُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَا لَكُمْ لَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) passed by some persons of the tribe of Aslam practicing archery (i.e. the throwing of arrows) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O offspring of Ishmael! Practice archery (i.e. arrow throwing) as your father was4 narratorsBukhari · 3541حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ ، عَنْ الْجُعَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ السَّائِبَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ ، قَالَ : ذَهَبَتْ بِي خَالَتِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اMy aunt took me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My nephew is sick"' The Prophet (ﷺ) passed his hands over my head and blessed me. Then he performed ablution and I drank the remaining water, a5 narratorsBukhari · 3702لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ أَوْ لَيَأْخُذَنَّ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا رَجُلًا يُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ`Ali happened to stay behind the Prophet (ﷺ) and (did not join him) during the battle of Khaibar for he was having eye trouble. Then he said, "How could I remain behind Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" So `Ali set out following t4 narrators