A voice in the chain
أحمد بن يونس التميمي
أحمد بن عبد الله بن يونس بن عبد الله بن قيس ، وقد ينسب إلى جده
Appears in 217 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
أحمد بن يونس التميمي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
68
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
54
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
87
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
2
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
3
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
3
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حافظ
Al-Dhahabi
الحافظ ، قال أحمد بن حنبل : شيخ الإسلام
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبد الله
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الحافظ ، التميمي ، الكوفى ، اليربوعي مولاهم
- Generation
- من كبار العاشرة
- Born
- 133 هـ ، أو 134 هـ
- Died
- 227 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Died in
- الكوفة
- Travelled to
- الري ، خراسان
- Relatives
- والد أبي حصين عبد الله بن أحمد ، يقال : مولى الفضيل بن عياض
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 26أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُئِلَ ، أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ فَقَالَ : إِيمَانٌ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ، قِيلَ : ثُمَّ مَاذَا ؟ قَالَ : الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، قِيلَ : ثُمَّ مَاذَا Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked, "What is the best deed?" He replied, "To believe in Allah and His Apostle (Muhammad). The questioner then asked, "What is the next (in goodness)? He replied, "To participate in Jihad (rel6 narratorsBukhari · 197أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا لَهُ مَاءً فِي تَوْرٍ مِنْ صُفْرٍ ، فَتَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَيَدَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِهِ وَOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to us and we brought out water for him in a brass pot. He performed ablution thus He washed his face thrice, and his forearms to the elbows twice, then passed his wet hands lightly over th5 narratorsBukhari · 331إِذَا أَقْبَلَتِ الْحَيْضَةُ فَدَعِي الصَّلَاةَ ، وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ فَاغْسِلِي عَنْكِ الدَّمَ وَصَلِّيThe Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Give up the prayer when your menses begin and when it has finished, wash the blood off your body (take a bath) and start praying."5 narratorsBukhari · 352صَلَّى جَابِرٌ فِي إِزَارٍ قَدْ عَقَدَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ قَفَاهُ وَثِيَابُهُ مَوْضُوعَةٌ عَلَى الْمِشْجَبِ ، قَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ : تُصَلِّي فِي إِزَارٍ وَاحِدٍ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّمَا صَنَعْتُ ذَلِكَ لِيَرَانِي أَحْمَقُ مِثْلُOnce Jabir prayed with his Izar tied to his back while his clothes were Lying beside him on a wooden peg. Somebody asked him, "Do you offer your prayer in a single Izar?" He replied, "I did so to show it to a fool like y5 narratorsBukhari · 373اذْهَبُوا بِخَمِيصَتِي هَذِهِ إِلَى أَبِي جَهْمٍ وَائْتُونِي بِأَنْبِجَانِيَّةِ أَبِي جَهْمٍ فَإِنَّهَا أَلْهَتْنِي آنِفًا عَنْ صَلَاتِيthe Prophet (ﷺ) prayed in a Khamisa (a square garment) having marks. During the prayer, he looked at its marks. So when he finished the prayer he said, "Take this Khamisa of mine to Abu Jahm and get me his Inbijaniya (a 8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 621لَا يَمْنَعَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ أَوْ أَحَدًا مِنْكُمْ أَذَانُ بِلَالٍ مِنْ سَحُورِهِ ، فَإِنَّهُ يُؤَذِّنُ أَوْ يُنَادِي بِلَيْلٍ لِيَرْجِعَ قَائِمَكُمْ وَلِيُنَبِّهَ نَائِمَكُمْ ، وَلَيْسَ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْفَجْرُ أَوِ الصُّبْAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Bilal pronounces the Adhan at night, so keep on eating and drinking (Suhur) till Ibn Um Maktum pronounces the Adhan."5 narratorsBukhari · 687ثَقُلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : أَصَلَّى النَّاسُ ، قُلْنَا : لَا ، هُمْ يَنْتَظِرُونَكَ ، قَالَ : ضَعُوا لِي مَاءً فِي الْمِخْضَبِ ، قَالَتْ : فَفَعَلْنَا ، فَاغْتَسَلَ فَذَهَبَ لِيَنُوءَI went to `Aisha and asked her to describe to me the illness of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). `Aisha said, "Yes. The Prophet became seriously ill and asked whether the people had prayed. We replied, 'No. O Allah's Apostle! They6 narratorsBukhari · 702إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُنَفِّرِينَ فَأَيُّكُمْ مَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ فَلْيَتَجَوَّزْ ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِA man came and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! By Allah, I keep away from the morning prayer only because So and so prolongs the prayer when he leads us in it." The narrator said, "I never saw Allah's Apostle more furiou5 narratorsBukhari · 1003قَنَتَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَهْرًا يَدْعُو عَلَى رِعْلٍ ، وَذَكْوَانَThe Prophet (ﷺ) recited Qunut for one month (in the Fajr prayer) asking Allah to punish the tribes of Ral and Dhakwan.5 narratorsBukhari · 1171كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُخَفِّفُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ ، حَتَّى إِنِّي لَأَقُولُ هَلْ قَرَأَ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِSomebody came to the house of Ibn `Umar and told him that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)s had entered the Ka`ba. Ibn `Umar said, "I went in front of the Ka`ba and found that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had come out of the Ka`ba and I s12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1309كُنَّا فِي جَنَازَةٍ فَأَخَذَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِيَدِ مَرْوَانَ ، فَجَلَسَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُوضَعَ فَجَاءَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ مَرْوَانَ , فَقَالَ : قُمْ فَوَاللَّهِ لThat his father said, "While we were accompanying a funeral procession, Abu Huraira got hold of the hand of Marwan and they sat down before the coffin was put down. Then Abu Sa`id came and took hold of Marwan's hand and 6 narratorsBukhari · 1446بُعِثَ إِلَى نُسَيْبَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةِ بِشَاةٍ ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا مِنْهَا ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : عِنْدَكُمْ شَيْءٌ ؟ ، فَقُلْتُ : لَا ، إِلَّا مَا أA sheep was sent to me (Nusaiba Al-Ansariya) (in charity) and I sent some of it to 'Aisha. The Prophet asked 'Aisha for something to eat. 'Aisha replied that there was nothing except what Nusaiba Al-Ansariya had sent of 5 narrators