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A voice in the chain

علي بن مسهر القرشي

علي بن مسهر بن علي بن عمير بن عاصم بن عبيد بن مسهر

Appears in 210 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

علي بن مسهر القرشي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

25

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

103

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

7

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

20

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

10

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

45

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ثقة له غرائب بعد ما أضر

Al-Dhahabi

وكان فقيها محدثا ثقة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو الحسن
Laqab
الحافظ
Lineage / nisba
القرشي ، الكوفي ، الحافظ ، القاضي
Generation
الثامنة
Died
189 هـ
Lived in
الموصل ، أرمينية ، الكوفة
Relatives
أخو عبد الرحمن بن مسهر قاضي جبل

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

210 total
Bukhari · 302كَانَتْ إِحْدَانَا إِذَا كَانَتْ حَائِضًا فَأَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُبَاشِرَهَا أَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَتَّزِرَ فِي فَوْرِ حَيْضَتِهَا ، ثُمَّ يُبَاشِرُهَا ، قَالَتْ : وَأَيُّكُمْ يَمْلِك(on the authority of his father) `Aisha said "Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) wanted to fondle anyone of us during her periods (menses), he used to order her to put on an Izar and start fondling her." `Aisha added, "None 9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 511رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي وَإِنِّي لَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَأَنَا مُضْطَجِعَةٌ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ ، فَتَكُونُ لِي الْحَاجَةُ فَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَسْتَقْبِلَهُ فَأَنْسَلُّ انْسِلَاThe things which annul the prayers were mentioned before me. They said, "Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they pass in front of the praying people)." I said, "You have made us (i.e. women) dogs. I sa10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1076كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ السَّجْدَةَ وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ فَيَسْجُدُ وَنَسْجُدُ مَعَهُ ، فَنَزْدَحِمُ حَتَّى مَا يَجِدُ أَحَدُنَا لِجَبْهَتِهِ مَوْضِعًا يَسْجُدُ عَلَيْهِWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) recited Surat As-Sajda and we were with him, he would prostrate and we also would prostrate with him and some of us (because of the heavy rush) would not find a place (for our foreheads) to prostrate5 narratorsBukhari · 1290لَمَّا أُصِيبَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ جَعَلَ صُهَيْب يَقُولُ : وَا أَخَاهُ , فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , قَالَ : إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ الْThat his father said, "When `Umar was stabbed, Suhaib started crying O my brother! `Umar said, 'Don't you know that the Prophet (ﷺ) said The deceased is tortured for the weeping of the living'?"6 narratorsBukhari · 1665كَانَ النَّاسُ يَطُوفُونَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ عُرَاةً إِلَّا الْحُمْسَ ، وَالْحُمْسُ قُرَيْشٌ ، وَمَا وَلَدَتْ ، وَكَانَتِ الْحُمْسُ يَحْتَسِبُونَ عَلَى النَّاسِ يُعْطِي الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ الثِّيَابَ يَطُوفُ فِيهَا ، وَDuring the Pre-Islamic period of Ignorance, the people used to perform Tawaf of the Ka`ba naked except the Hums; and the Hums were Quraish and their offspring. The Hums used to give clothes to the men who would perform t5 narratorsBukhari · 2138لَقَلَّ يَوْمٌ كَانَ يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، إِلَّا يَأْتِي فِيهِ بَيْتَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَحَدَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ ، فَلَمَّا أُذِنَ لَهُ فِي الْخُرُوجِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَمْ يَرُعْنَRarely did the Prophet (ﷺ) fail to visit Abu Bakr's house everyday, either in the morning or in the evening. When the permission for migration to Medina was granted, all of a sudden the Prophet (ﷺ) came to us at noon and5 narratorsBukhari · 2885حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ خَلِيلٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَThe Prophet (ﷺ) was vigilant one night and when he reached Medina, he said, "Would that a pious man from my companions guard me tonight!" Suddenly we heard the clatter of arms. He said, "Who is that? " He (The new comer)5 narratorsBukhari · 3215كُلُّ ذَاكَ يَأْتِي الْمَلَكُ أَحْيَانًا فِي مِثْلِ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ فَيَفْصِمُ عَنِّي وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ مَا ، قَالَ : وَهُوَ أَشَدُّهُ عَلَيَّ وَيَتَمَثَّلُ لِي الْمَلَكُ أَحْيَانًا رَجُلًا فَيُكَلِّمُنِي فَأَعِي مَا Al Harith bin Hisham asked the Prophet, "How does the divine inspiration come to you?" He replied, "In all these ways The Angel sometimes comes to me with a voice which resembles the sound of a ringing bell, and when thi5 narratorsBukhari · 3465بَيْنَمَا ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ يَمْشُونَ إِذْ أَصَابَهُمْ مَطَرٌ فَأَوَوْا إِلَى غَارٍ فَانْطَبَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ ، فَقَالَ : بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ إِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ يَا هَؤُلَاءِ لَا يُنْجِيكُمْ إِلَّا الAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Once three persons (from the previous nations) were traveling, and suddenly it started raining and they took shelter in a cave. The entrance of the cave got closed while they were inside. The5 narratorsBukhari · 3717اسْتَخْلِفْ ، قَالَ : وَقَالُوهُ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : وَمَنْ فَسَكَتَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ أَحْسِبُهُ الْحَارِثَ ، فَقَالَ : اسْتَخْلِفْ ، فَقَالَ : عُثْمَانُ وَقَالُوا ، فَقَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : وَمَنْ`Uthman bin `Affan was afflicted with severe nose-bleeding in the year when such illness was prevelant and that prevented him from performing Hajj, and (because of it) he made his will. A man from Quraish came to him and6 narratorsBukhari · 3821اسْتَأْذَنَتْ هَالَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ أُخْتُ خَدِيجَةَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَعَرَفَ اسْتِئْذَانَ خَدِيجَةَ فَارْتَاعَ لِذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ :Once Hala bint Khuwailid, Khadija's sister, asked the permission of the Prophet (ﷺ) to enter. On that, the Prophet (ﷺ) remembered the way Khadija used to ask permission, and that upset him. He said, "O Allah! Hala!" So I5 narratorsBukhari · 3835أَسْلَمَتِ امْرَأَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ لِبَعْضِ الْعَرَبِ وَكَانَ لَهَا حِفْشٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، قَالَتْ : فَكَانَتْ تَأْتِينَا فَتَحَدَّثُ عِنْدَنَا فَإِذَا فَرَغَتْ مِنْ حَدِيثِهَا ، قَالَتْ : وَيَوْمُ الْوِشَاحِ مِنْ تَعَاجِيA black lady slave of some of the 'Arabs embraced Islam and she had a hut in the mosque. She used to visit us and talk to us, and when she finished her talk, she used to say "The day of the scarf was one of our Lord's wo5 narrators