A voice in the chain
محمد بن الفضيل الضبي
محمد بن فضيل بن غزوان بن جرير
Appears in 238 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
محمد بن الفضيل الضبي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
34
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
61
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
25
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
34
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
24
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
60
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صدوق عارف ، رمي بالتشيع
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة شيعي
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبد الرحمن
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Lineage / nisba
- الضبي مولاهم ، الكوفي ، الحافظ
- Generation
- التاسعة
- Died
- 194هـ، أو 195 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Died in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- مولى بني ضية
- School
- كان شيعيا محترقا
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 38مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever observes fasts during the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping to attain Allah's rewards, then all his past sins will be forgiven."5 narratorsBukhari · 281سَتَرْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ صَبَّ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فَغَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ وَمَا أَصَابَهُ ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى الْحَاI screened the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was taking a bath of Janaba. He washed his hands, poured water from his right hand over his left and washed his private parts. Then he rubbed his hand over a wall or the earth, and per10 narratorsBukhari · 442لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ مَا مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ رِدَاءٌ إِمَّا إِزَارٌ وَإِمَّا كِسَاءٌ قَدْ رَبَطُوا فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ ، فَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ نِصْفَ السَّاقَيْنِ ، وَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُI saw seventy of As-Suffa men and none of them had a Rida' (a garment covering the upper part of the body). They had either Izars (only) or sheets which they tied round their necks. Some of these sheets reached the middl5 narratorsBukhari · 595أَخَافُ أَنْ تَنَامُوا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ ، قَالَ بِلَالٌ : أَنَا أُوقِظُكُمْ ، فَاضْطَجَعُوا وَأَسْنَدَ بِلَالٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ فَغَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنَاهُ فَنَامَ ، فَاسْتَيْقَظَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وMy father said, "One night we were traveling with the Prophet (ﷺ) and some people said, 'We wish that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) would take a rest along with us during the last hours of the night.' He said, 'I am afraid that 5 narratorsBukhari · 1199كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّجَاشِيِّ سَلَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْنَا وَقَالَ : إِنَّ فِWe used to greet the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was praying and he used to answer our greetings. When we returned from An-Najashi (the ruler of Ethiopia), we greeted him, but he did not answer us (during the prayer) and (after6 narratorsBukhari · 1216كُنْتُ أُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ وَقَالَ : إِنَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لَشُغْلًاI used to greet the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was in prayer and he would return my greeting, but when we returned (from Ethiopia) I greeted the Prophet (while he was praying) but he did not return the greeting, and (after fin6 narratorsBukhari · 1300قَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَهْرًا حِينَ قُتِلَ الْقُرَّاءُ ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَزِنَ حُزْنًا قَطُّ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُWhen the reciters of Qur'an were martyred, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recited Qunut for one month and I never saw him (i.e. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)) so sad as he was on that day.4 narratorsBukhari · 1728اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ، قَالُوا : وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ ؟ قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ، قَالُوا : وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ ؟ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا ، قَالَ : وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Forgive those who get their heads shaved." The people asked. "Also those who get their hair cut short?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Forgive those who have their heads shaved." Th5 narratorsBukhari · 2041كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعْتَكِفُ فِي كُلِّ رَمَضَانٍ ، وَإِذَا صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ دَخَلَ مَكَانَهُ الَّذِي اعْتَكَفَ فِيهِ ، قَالَ : فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ أَنْ تَعْتَكِفَ ، فَأَذِنَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to practice I`tikaf every year in the month of Ramadan. And after offering the morning prayer, he used to enter the place of his I`tikaf. `Aisha asked his permission to let her practice I`tikaf5 narratorsBukhari · 2064أَقْبَلَتْ عِيرٌ ، وَنَحْنُ نُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْجُمُعَةَ ، فَانْفَضَّ النَّاسُ إِلَّا اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا ، فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ : وَإِذَا رَأَوْا تِجَارَةً أَوْ لَهْوًاA caravan arrived (at Medina) while we were offering the Jumua prayer with the Prophet. The people left out for the caravan, with the exception of twelve persons. Then this Verse was revealed 'But when they see some barg5 narratorsBukhari · 2544مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَعَالَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهَا ، ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرَانِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "He who has a slave-girl and educates and treats her nicely and then manumits and marries her, will get a double reward."6 narratorsBukhari · 2613أَتَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْتَ فَاطِمَةَ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ عَلَيْهَا ، وَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ فَذَكَرَتْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ ، فَذَكَرَهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ Once the Prophet (ﷺ) went to the house of Fatima but did not enter it. `Ali came and she told him about that. When 'All asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about it, he said, "I saw a (multicolored) decorated curtain on her door. I am5 narrators