A voice in the chain
يونس بن يزيد الأيلي
يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد ، ويقال : يونس بن يزيد بن مشكان بن أبي النجاد
Appears in 835 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
يونس بن يزيد الأيلي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
254
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
278
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
94
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
27
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
138
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
44
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ، إلا أن في روايته عن الزهري وهما قليلا ، وفي غير الزهري خطأ
Al-Dhahabi
أحد الأثبات
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو يزيد
- Lineage / nisba
- القرشي ، الأيلي ، الأموي مولاهم
- Generation
- السابعة
- Died
- قال ابن سعد : 152 هـ ، البخاري وغيره : 159 هـ (وهو الصحيح) ، وقال محمد بن عزيز : 160 هـ
- Lived in
- أيلة
- Died in
- صعيد مصر
- Relatives
- مولى معاوية بن أبي سفيان ، أخوه : أبو علي بن يزيد ، وعم عنبسة بن خالد بن يزيد الأيلي
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 4يَأَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ { 1 } قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ { 2 }"While I was walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky. I looked up and saw the same angel who had visited me at the cave of Hira' sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I got afraid of him and cam9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 6كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ ، وَكَانَ أَجْوَدُ مَا يَكُونُ فِي رَمَضَانَ حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ ، وَكَانَ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَيُدَارِسُهُ الْقُرْAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) was the most generous of all the people, and he used to reach the peak in generosity in the month of Ramadan when Gabriel met him. Gabriel used to meet him every night of Ramadan to teach him the Qu11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 7أَنَّ هِرَقْلَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فِي رَكْبٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ، وَكَانُوا تِجَارًا بِالشَّأْمِ فِي الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَادَّ فِيهَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَكُفَّارَ قُرَيْشٍ Abu Sufyan bin Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were merchants doing business in Sham (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan), at the 10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 27أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْطَى رَهْطًا وَسَعْدٌ جَالِسٌ ، فَتَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا هُوَ أَعْجَبُهُمْ إِلَيَّ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، مAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) distributed (Zakat) amongst (a group of) people while I was sitting there but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) left a man whom I thought the best of the lot. I asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why have you lef10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 71مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ ، وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ وَاللَّهُ يُعْطِي ، وَلَنْ تَزَالَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ قَائِمَةً عَلَى أَمْرِ اللَّهِ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend the religion. I am just a distributor, but the grant is from Allah. (And remember) that this nation (true Muslims) wil6 narratorsBukhari · 89كُنْتُ أَنَا وَجَارٌ لِي مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ وَهِيَ مِنْ عَوَالِي الْمَدِينَةِ ، وَكُنَّا نَتَنَاوَبُ النُّزُولَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنْزِلُ يَوْمًا وَأَMy Ansari neighbor from Bani Umaiya bin Zaid who used to live at `Awali Al-Medina and used to visit the Prophet (ﷺ) by turns. He used to go one day and I another day. When I went I used to bring the news of that day rega9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 114لَمَّا اشْتَدَّ بِالنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَجَعُهُ ، قَالَ : ائْتُونِي بِكِتَابٍ أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ ، قَالَ عُمَرُ : إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَIbn `Abbas said, "When the ailment of the Prophet (ﷺ) became worse, he said, 'Bring for me (writing) paper and I will write for you a statement after which you will not go astray.' But `Umar said, 'The Prophet is serious6 narratorsBukhari · 161مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَلْيَسْتَنْثِرْ ، وَمَنِ اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيُوتِرْThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever performs ablution should clean his nose with water by putting the water in it and then blowing it out, and whoever cleans his private parts with stones should do it with odd number of stone6 narratorsBukhari · 174وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، عَنْ يُونُسَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : كَانَتِ الْكِلَابُ تَبُولُ وَتُقْبِلُ وَتُدْبِرُMy father said. "During the lifetime of Allah's Apostle, the dogs used to urinate, and pass through the mosques (come and go), nevertheless they never used to sprinkle water on it (urine of the dog.)"6 narratorsBukhari · 211حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ وَقُتَيْبَةُ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنِ عُقَيْلٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَنَّ رَسAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) drank milk, rinsed his mouth and said, "It has fat."10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 275أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَعُدِّلَتِ الصُّفُوفُ قياما ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمَّا قَامَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ جُنُبٌ ، فَقَالَ لَنَا : مَكَانَكُمْ ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ Once the call (Iqama) for the prayer was announced and the rows were straightened. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came out; and when he stood up at his Musalla, he remembered that he was Junub. Then he ordered us to stay at our p11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 349فُرِجَ عَنْ سَقْفِ بَيْتِي وَأَنَا بِمَكَّةَ ، فَنَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَفَرَجَ صَدْرِي ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَهُ بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِطَسْتٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُمْتَلِئٍ حِكْمَةً وَإِيمَانًا ، Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was at Mecca the roof of my house was opened and Gabriel descended, opened my chest, and washed it with Zamzam water. Then he brought a golden tray full of wisdom and faith and having6 narrators