A voice in the chain
سهل بن معاذ الجهني
سهل بن معاذ بن أنس
Appears in 22 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
سهل بن معاذ الجهني
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
10
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
7
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
0
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
5
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
لا بأس به إلا في روايات زبان عنه
Al-Dhahabi
ضعف
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Lineage / nisba
- الجهني ، الشامي ، المصرى
- Generation
- الرابعة
- Died
- 111 هـ : 120 هـ
- Lived in
- مصر
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Abu Dawud · 1110نَهَى عَنِ الْحُبْوَةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَالْإِمَامُ يَخْطُبُNarrated Anas ibn Malik: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited to sit on hips by erecting feet, sticking them to the stomach and holding them with hands on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1287مَنْ قَعَدَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ حِينَ يَنْصَرِفُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى يُسَبِّحَ رَكْعَتَيِ الضُّحَى لَا يَقُولُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا ، غُفِرَ لَهُ خَطَايَاهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِNarrated Muadh ibn Anas al-Juhani: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone sits in his place of prayer when he finishes the dawn prayer till he prays the two rak'ahs of the forenoon, saying nothing but what is good, his sins will 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1453مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَمِلَ بِمَا فِيهِ أُلْبِسَ وَالِدَاهُ تَاجًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ضَوْءُهُ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ ضَوْءِ الشَّمْسِ فِي بُيُوتِ الدُّنْيَا لَوْ كَانَتْ فِيكُمْ فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِالَّذِي عَمِلَ بِهَذَاMuadh al-Juhani reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: If anyone recites the Quran and acts according to its content, on the Day of Judgement his parents will be given to wear a crown whose light is better than the6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2498إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ وَالصِّيَامَ وَالذِّكْرَ تُضَاعَفُ عَلَى النَّفَقَةِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِسَبْعِ مِائَةِ ضِعْفٍNarrated Muadh ibn Jabal: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: (The reward of) prayer, fasting and remembrance of Allah is enhanced seven hundred times over (the reward of) spending in Allah's path.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2629أَنَّ مَنْ ضَيَّقَ مَنْزِلًا أَوْ قَطَعَ طَرِيقًا فَلَا جِهَادَ لَهُNarrated Muadh ibn Anas al-Juhani: I fought along with the Prophet ﷺ in such and such battles. The people occupied much space and encroached on the road. The Prophet ﷺ sent an announcer to announce among the people: Thos6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2630حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ ، عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ ، عَنْ أَسِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ فَرْوَةَ بْنِ مُجَاهِدٍ ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ : غَزَوْSahl bin Muadh reported on the authority of his father “We fought along with the Prophet of Allaah ﷺ. The rest of the tradition is to the same effect. ”7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4023مَنْ أَكَلَ طَعَامًا ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا الطَّعَامَ ، وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ ، قَالَ : وَمَنْ لَبNarrated Muadh ibn Anas: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone eats food and then says: "Praise be to Allah Who has fed me with this food and provided me with it through no might and power on my part, " he will be forgiven his f6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4777حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مَرْحُومٍ ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ : أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِNarrated Muadh ibn Jabal: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: if anyone suppresses anger when he is in a position to give vent to it, Allah, the Exalted, will call him on the Day of Resurrection over the heads of all creature6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4883مَنْ حَمَى مُؤْمِنًا مِنْ مُنَافِقٍ أُرَاهُ ، قَالَ : بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مَلَكًا يَحْمِي لَحْمَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ ، وَمَنْ رَمَى مُسْلِمًا بِشَيْءٍ يُرِيدُ شَيْنَهُ بِهِ حَبَسَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى جِسْرِNarrated Muadh ibn Anas: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone guards a believer from a hypocrite, Allah will send an angel who will guard his flesh on the Day of Resurrection from the fire of Jahannam; but if anyone attacks a M7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5196حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ , حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ , قَالَ : أَظُنُّ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ نَافِعَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو مَرْحُومٍ , عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ أَنَسNarrated Muadh ibn Anas: (This version is same as previous No 5176 from the Prophet ﷺ, adding that): Afterwards another man came and said: Peace and Allah's mercy, blessings and forgiveness be upon you! whereupon he said6 narratorsTirmidhi · 513مَنْ تَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ اتَّخَذَ جِسْرًا إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ5 narratorsTirmidhi · 514نَهَى عَنِ الْحِبْوَةَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَالْإِمَامُ يَخْطُبُ7 narrators