A voice in the chain
الحكم بن أبان العدني
الحكم بن أبان
Appears in 18 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
الحكم بن أبان العدني
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
0
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
6
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
3
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
4
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
5
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صدوق عابد ، وله أوهام
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة صاحب سنة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عيسى
- Lineage / nisba
- العدني ، المدني ، اليمني
- Generation
- السادسة
- Born
- 80 هـ
- Died
- 154 هـ ، وقيل : 155 هـ
- Lived in
- اليمن
- Relatives
- والد إبراهيم بن الحكم بن أبان
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Abu Dawud · 590لِيُؤَذِّنْ لَكُمْ خِيَارُكُمْ ، وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمْ قُرَّاؤُكُمْNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Let the best among you call the adhan for you, and the Quran-readers act as your imams.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1197حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي صَفْوَانَ الثَّقَفِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلْمُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، قَالَ : قِيلَ لِابْنِIkrimah said: Ibn Abbas was informed that so-and-so, a certain wife of the Prophet ﷺ, had died. He fell down prostrating himself. He was questioned: Why do you prostrate yourself this moment? He said: The Messenger of Al6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1297يَا عَبَّاسُ ، يَا عَمَّاهُ ، أَلَا أُعْطِيكَ ، أَلَا أَمْنَحُكَ ، أَلَا أَحْبُوكَ ، أَلَا أَفْعَلُ بِكَ عَشْرَ خِصَالٍ إِذَا أَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ ذَنْبَكَ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ ، قَدِيمَهُ وَحَدِيثَهNarrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to al-Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib: Abbas, my uncle, shall I not give you, shall I not present to you, shall I not donate to you, shall I not produce for you ten thi5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2221مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَNarrated Ikrimah: A man made his wife like the back of his mother. He then had intercourse with her before he atoned for it. He came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of this matter. He asked (him): What moved you to the4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2222حَدَّثَنَا الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا ظَاهَرَ مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ فَرَأَى بَرِيقَ سَاقِهَا فِي الْقَمَرِ ، فَوَقَعَ عَلَيIkrimah said “A man made his wife like the back of his mother. When he saw the illumination of her shin in the moonlight, he had intercourse with her. He came to the Prophet ﷺ. He ordered him to atone for it.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2223حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ أَبَانَ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، نَحْوَهُ ، وَلَمْ يَذA similar tradition has been transmitted by Ibn Abbas from the Prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators. This version does not mention the word “shin”.5 narratorsTirmidhi · 1199وَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ6 narratorsTirmidhi · 3279حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمْرِو بْنِ نَبْهَانَ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ الْبَصْرِيُّ الثَّقَفِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ أَبُو غَسَّانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلْمُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَان6 narratorsTirmidhi · 3891حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّاسٌ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ أَبُو غَسَّانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلْمُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً , عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، قَالَ : قِيلَ 6 narratorsNasa'i · 2640أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ ؟6 narratorsNasa'i · 3487وَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ ؟6 narratorsNasa'i · 3488مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ؟5 narrators