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الحجاج بن المنهال الأنماطي

حجاج بن المنهال

Appears in 90 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

الحجاج بن المنهال الأنماطي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

63

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

1

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

7

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

5

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

8

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

6

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة فاضل

Al-Dhahabi

كان دلالا ثقة ، ورعا ، ذا سنة ، وفضل

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو محمد
Laqab
الحافظ
Lineage / nisba
الأنماطي ، البصري ، العابد ، الحافظ ، السلمي مولاهم ، وقيل : البرساني مولاهم
Generation
التاسعة
Born
140 هـ
Died
216 هـ ، أو 217 هـ ، أو : 219 هـ
Lived in
البصرة
Died in
البصرة
Relatives
السلمي مولاهم ، وقيل : البرساني مولاهم ، أخو : محمد بن المنهال ، والد : عبد الرحمن ، وعبيد الله

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

90 total
Bukhari · 55إِذَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ يَحْتَسِبُهَا فَهُوَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If a man spends on his family (with the intention of having a reward from Allah) sincerely for Allah's sake then it is a (kind of) alms-giving in reward for him.5 narratorsBukhari · 121لَا تَرْجِعُوا بَعْدِي كُفَّارًا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍThe Prophet (ﷺ) said to me during Hajjat-al-Wida' Let the people keep quiet and listen. Then he said (addressing the people), "Do not (become infidels) revert to disbelief after me by striking the necks (cutting the thro5 narratorsBukhari · 339وَضَرَبَ شُعْبَةُ بِيَدَيْهِ الْأَرْضَ ، ثُمَّ أَدْنَاهُمَا مِنْ فِيهِ ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ وَكَفَّيْهِ(on the authority of his father who said) 'Ammar said so (the above Statement). And Shu'ba stroked lightly the earth with his hands and brought them close to his mouth (blew off the dust) and passed them over his face an16 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 691أَمَا يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ أَوْ لَا يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Isn't he who raises his head before the Imam afraid that Allah may transform his head into that of a donkey or his figure (face) into that of a donkey?"4 narratorsBukhari · 747إِذَا صَلَّوْا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ قَامُوا قِيَامًا حَتَّى يَرَوْنَهُ قَدْ سَجَدَ(And Al-Bara was not a liar) Whenever we offered prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he raised his head from the bowing, we used to remain standing till we saw him prostrating .5 narratorsBukhari · 951إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا نَبْدَأُ مِنْ يَوْمِنَا هَذَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ ، ثُمَّ نَرْجِعَ فَنَنْحَرَ ، فَمَنْ فَعَلَ فَقَدْ أَصَابَ سُنَّتَنَاI heard the Prophet (p.b.u.h) delivering a Khutba saying, "The first thing to be done on this day (first day of 'Id ul Adha) is to pray; and after returning from the prayer we slaughter our sacrifices (in the name of All5 narratorsBukhari · 1336أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ مَرَّ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ مَنْبُوذٍ فَأَمَّهُمْ وَصَلَّوْا خَلْفَهُI heard Ash-Shu'bi saying, "I was told by a man who had passed with the Prophet (p.b.u.h) by a grave that was separate from the other graves that he (the Prophet (ﷺ) ) led them in the prayer and they prayed behind him." 5 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 · 1398قَدِمَ وَفْدُ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ هَذَا الْحَيَّ مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ قَدْ حَالَتْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ كُفَّارُ مُضَرَ ، وَلَسْنَا نَخْA delegation of the tribe of `Abdul Qais came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We are from the tribe of Rabi`a, and the infidels of the tribe of Mudar stands between us and you; so we cannot come to7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1476لَيْسَ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ الْأُكْلَةَ وَالْأُكْلَتَانِ ، وَلَكِنْ الْمِسْكِينُ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ غِنًى وَيَسْتَحْيِي أَوْ لَا يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The poor person is not the one who asks a morsel or two (of meals) from the others, but the poor is the one who has nothing and is ashamed to beg from others."4 narratorsBukhari · 1486نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ بَيْعِ الثَّمَرَةِ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ صَلَاحُهَا , وَكَانَ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنْ صَلَاحِهَا ، قَالَ : حَتَّى تَذْهَبَ عَاهَتُهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) had forbidden the sale of dates till they were good (ripe), and when it was asked what it meant, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Till there is no danger of blight."4 narratorsBukhari · 1684إِنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَانُوا لَا يُفِيضُونَ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ ، وَيَقُولُونَ : أَشْرِقْ ثَبِيرُ ، وَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَالَفَهُمْ ، ثُمَّأَفَاضَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُI saw `Umar, offering the Fajr (morning) prayer at Jam'; then he got up and said, "The pagans did not use to depart (from Jam') till the sun had risen, and they used to say, 'Let the sun shine on Thabir (a mountain).' Bu5 narrators