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A voice in the chain

كليب بن شهاب الجرمي

كليب بن شهاب بن المجنون

Appears in 38 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

كليب بن شهاب الجرمي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

0

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

0

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

11

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

4

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

16

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

7

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

صدوق ، ووهم من ذكره في الصحابة

Al-Dhahabi

وثق

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو عاصم
Lineage / nisba
الجرمي ، الكوفي ، القضاعي
Generation
الثانية
Died
81 هـ : 90 هـ
Lived in
الكوفة
Relatives
ابنه عاصم بن كليب ، وخاله الغلبان بن عاصم الجرمي

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

38 total
Abu Dawud · 726فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَكَبَّرَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا أُذُنَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَهُمَاNarrated Wail ibn Hujr: I purposely looked at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, how he offered it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, faced the direction of the qiblah and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) a5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 728رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حِيَالَ أُذُنَيْهِ ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُمْ فَرَأَيْتُهُمْ يَرْفَعُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى صُدُورِهِمْ فِي افْتِتَاحِ الNarrated Wail ibn Hujr: I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands in front of his ears when he began to pray. I then came back and saw them (the people) raising their hands up to their chest when they began to pray. They5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 838إِذَا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ ، وَإِذَا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِNarrated Wail ibn Hujr: I saw that the Prophet ﷺ placed his knees (on the ground) before placing his hands when he prostrated himself. And when he stood up, he raised his hands before his knees.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 839فَلَمَّا سَجَدَ وَقَعَتَا رُكْبَتَاهُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقَعَ كَفَّاهُThe above-mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Wail bin Hujr through a different chain of narrators. This version has: When he prostrated himself, his knees fell on the ground before his hands had fallen. Hem10 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 957فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ ، فَكَبَّرَ ، فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعNarrated Wail ibn Hujr: I said that I should look at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ how he prays. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and faced the qiblah (i. e. the direction of Kabah) and uttered the takbir (Alla5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2255أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَ رَجُلًا حِينَ أَمَرَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ أَنْ يَتَلَاعَنَا أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فِيهِ عِنْدَ الْخَامِسَةِ ، يَقُولُ : إِنَّهَا مُوجِبَةٌNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: When the Prophet ﷺ ordered a man and his wife to invoke curses on each other, he ordered a man to put his hand on his mouth when he came to the fifth utterance, saying that it would be the de5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2705إِنَّ النُّهْبَةَ لَيْسَتْ بِأَحَلَّ مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ أَوْ إِنَّ الْمَيْتَةَ لَيْسَتْ بِأَحَلَّ مِنَ النُّهْبَةِNarrated A man of the Ansar: Kulayb reported from a man of the Ansar. He said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey. The people suffered from intense need and strain. They gained booty and then plundere5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2799إِنَّ الْجَذَعَ يُوَفِّي مِمَّا يُوَفِّي مِنْهُ الثَّنِيُّNarrated Asim bin Kulaib: On the authority of his father: We were with a man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ called Mujashi' who belonged to Banu Sulaim. There was a scarcity if goats (in those days). He commanded a6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3332خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي جَنَازَةٍ ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ يُوصِي الْحَافِرَ ، أَوْسِعْ مِنْ قِبَلِ رِجْلَيْهِ ، أAsim ibn Kulayb quoted his father's authority for the following statement by one of the Ansar: We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to a funeral, and I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the grave giving this instructi5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4190أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلِي شَعْرٌ طَوِيلٌ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : ذُبَابٌ ذُبَابٌ ، قَالَ : فَرَجَعْتُ فَجَزَزْتُهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ مِنَNarrated Wail ibn Hujr: I came to the Prophet ﷺ and I had long hair. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me, he said: Evil, evil! He said: I then returned and cut them off. I then came to him in the morning. He said (to me8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4841كُلُّ خُطْبَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا تَشَهُّدٌ فَهِيَ كَالْيَدِ الْجَذْمَاءِNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: Every sermon which does not contain a tashahhud is like a hand cut off.6 narratorsTirmidhi · 268رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا سَجَدَ يَضَعُ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ ، وَإِذَا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ11 narrators·parallel chain