A voice in the chain
زكريا بن أبي زائدة الوادعي
زكريا بن أبي زائدة : خالد ، ويقال: هبيرة بن ميمون بن فيروز
Appears in 126 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
زكريا بن أبي زائدة الوادعي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
26
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
41
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
15
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
14
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
20
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
10
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ، وكان يدلس
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة ، يدلس عن شيخه الشعبي
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو يحيى
- Lineage / nisba
- الهمداني ، الوادعي مولاهم ، الكوفي ، القاضي ، الأعمى
- Generation
- السادسة
- Died
- 147 هـ ، أو : 148 هـ ، أو : 149 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- مولى وادعة ، أخو عمر ، وعلي ابني أبي زائدة ، والد يحيى بن زكريا بن أبي زائدة
- School
- قدري
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 52الْحَلَالُ بَيِّنٌ وَالْحَرَامُ بَيِّنٌ ، وَبَيْنَهُمَا مُشَبَّهَاتٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ ، فَمَنِ اتَّقَى الْمُشَبَّهَاتِ اسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ ، وَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي الشُّبُهَاتِ كَرَاعٍ يَرْعَI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'Both legal and illegal things are evident but in between them there are doubtful (suspicious) things and most of the people have no knowledge about them. So whoever saves himself fr4 narratorsBukhari · 206دَعْهُمَا ، فَإِنِّي أَدْخَلْتُهُمَا طَاهِرَتَيْنِ ، فَمَسَحَ عَلَيْهِمَاMy father said, "Once I was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) on a journey and I dashed to take off his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather). He ordered me to leave them as he had put them after performing ab5 narratorsBukhari · 1313وَقَالَ أَبُو حَمْزَةَ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَمْرٍو ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى , قَالَ : كُنْتُ مَعَ قَيْسٍ وسَهْلٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا , فَقَالَا : كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَSahl bin Hunaif and Qais bin Sa'd were sitting in the city of Al-Qadisiya. A funeral procession passed in front of them and they stood up. They were told that funeral procession was of one of the inhabitants of the land 11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1704فَتَلْتُ لِهَدْيِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَعْنِي الْقَلَائِدَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُحْرِمَI twisted (the garlands) for the Hadis of the Prophet (ﷺ) before he assumed Ihram.5 narratorsBukhari · 2493مَثَلُ الْقَائِمِ عَلَى حُدُودِ اللَّهِ وَالْوَاقِعِ فِيهَا ، كَمَثَلِ قَوْمٍ اسْتَهَمُوا عَلَى سَفِينَةٍ فَأَصَابَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَعْلَاهَا وَبَعْضُهُمْ أَسْفَلَهَا ، فَكَانَ الَّذِينَ فِي أَسْفَلِهَا إِذَا اسْتَقَوْا مِنَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of the person abiding by Allah's order and restrictions in comparison to those who violate them is like the example of those persons who drew lots for their seats in a boat. Some of the4 narratorsBukhari · 2511الرَّهْنُ يُرْكَبُ بِنَفَقَتِهِ ، وَيُشْرَبُ لَبَنُ الدَّرِّ إِذَا كَانَ مَرْهُونًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "One can ride the mortgaged animal because of what one spends on it, and one can drink the milk of a milch animal as long as it is mortgaged. "4 narratorsBukhari · 2512الرَّهْنُ يُرْكَبُ بِنَفَقَتِهِ إِذَا كَانَ مَرْهُونًا ، وَلَبَنُ الدَّرِّ يُشْرَبُ بِنَفَقَتِهِ إِذَا كَانَ مَرْهُونًا ، وَعَلَى الَّذِي يَرْكَبُ وَيَشْرَبُ النَّفَقَةُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The mortgaged animal can be used for riding as long as it is fed and the milk of the milch animal can be drunk according to what one spend on it. The one who rides the animal or drinks its mi5 narratorsBukhari · 2718أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسِيرُ عَلَى جَمَلٍ لَهُ قَدْ أَعْيَا ، فَمَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَضَرَبَهُ ، فَدَعَا لَهُ ، فَسَارَ بِسَيْرٍ لَيْسَ يَسِيرُ مِثْلَهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : بِعْنِيهِ بِوَقِيَّةٍ ؟ قُلWhile I was riding a (slow) and tired camel, the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by and beat it and prayed for Allah's Blessings for it. The camel became so fast as it had never been before. The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "Sell it to me 30 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2852الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الْأَجْرُ وَالْمَغْنَمُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Good will remain (as a permanent quality) in the foreheads of horses (for Jihad) till the Day of Resurrection, for they bring about either a reward (in the Hereafter) or (war) booty (in this world)4 narratorsBukhari · 3022بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَهْطًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَى أَبِي رَافِعٍ لِيَقْتُلُوهُ فَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَدَخَلَ حِصْنَهُمْ ، قَالَ : فَدَخَلْتُ فِي مَرْبِطِ دَوَابَّ لَهُمْ ، قَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent a group of Ansari men to kill Abu-Rafi`. One of them set out and entered their (i.e. the enemies) fort. That man said, "I hid myself in a stable for their animals. They closed the fort gate. La5 narratorsBukhari · 3023بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَهْطًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَى أَبِي رَافِعٍ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَتِيكٍ بَيْتَهُ لَيْلًا ، فَقَتَلَهُ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent a group of the Ansar to Abu Rafi`. `Abdullah bin Atik entered his house at night and killed him while he was sleeping.6 narratorsBukhari · 3235ذَاكَ جِبْرِيلُ كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ فِي صُورَةِ الرَّجُلِ ، وَإِنَّهُ أَتَاهُ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ فِي صُورَتِهِ الَّتِي هِيَ صُورَتُهُ فَسَدَّ الْأُفُقَI asked Aisha "What about His Statement-- "Then he (Gabriel) approached And came closer, And was at a distance Of but two bow-lengths Or (even) nearer?" (53.8-9) She replied, "It was Gabriel who used to come to the Proph7 narrators