A voice in the chain
عبيد الله بن أبي بكر الأنصاري
عبيد الله بن أبي بكر بن أنس بن مالك
Appears in 28 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
عبيد الله بن أبي بكر الأنصاري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
12
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
6
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
2
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
4
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
2
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
2
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو معاذ
- Lineage / nisba
- الأنصاري ، البصري
- Generation
- الرابعة
- Died
- بين 131 هـ إلى 140 هـ
- Lived in
- البصرة
- Relatives
- أخو بكر
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 318إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَكَّلَ بِالرَّحِمِ مَلَكًا يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ ، يَا رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ ، يَا رَبِّ مُضْغَةٌ ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ خَلْقَهُ ، قَالَ : أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى ، شَقِيٌّ أَمْ سَعِيدٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "At every womb Allah appoints an angel who says, 'O Lord! A drop of semen, O Lord! A clot. O Lord! A little lump of flesh." Then if Allah wishes (to complete) its creation, the angel asks, (O Lord!)4 narratorsBukhari · 953كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَغْدُو يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ تَمَرَاتٍAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated The Prophet (ﷺ) used to eat odd number of dates.8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2443انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one."5 narratorsBukhari · 2653الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ ، وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ ، وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ ، وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِThe Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about the great sins He said, "They are-- (1 ) To join others in worship with Allah, (2) To be undutiful to one's parents. (3) To kill a person (which Allah has forbidden to kill) (i.e. to commi11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3333إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَكَّلَ فِي الرَّحِمِ مَلَكًا ، فَيَقُولُ : يَا رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ يَا رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ يَا رَبِّ مُضْغَةٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَهَا ، قَالَ : يَا رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ يَا رَبِّ أُنْثَى يَا رَبِّ شَقِيٌّ أَمْ سَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has appointed an angel in the womb, and the angel says, 'O Lord! A drop of discharge (i.e. of semen), O Lord! a clot, O Lord! a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete the chil4 narratorsBukhari · 5977الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ ، فَقَالَ : أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ ؟ قَالَ : قَوْلُ الزُّورِ أَوْ قَالَ شَهَادَةُ الزُّورِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) mentioned the greatest sins or he was asked about the greatest sins. He said, "To join partners in worship with Allah; to kill a soul which Allah has forbidden to kill; and to be undutiful or unkind5 narratorsBukhari · 6242أَنَّ رَجُلًا اطَّلَعَ مِنْ بَعْضِ حُجَرِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِشْقَصٍ أَوْ بِمَشَاقِصَ ، فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ يَخْتِلُ اA man peeped into a room of the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up, holding an arrow head. It is as if I am just looking at him, trying to stab the man.4 narratorsBukhari · 6258إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ ، فَقُولُوا : وَعَلَيْكُمْthe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If the people of the Scripture greet you, then you should say (in reply), 'Wa'alaikum (And on you).' "4 narratorsBukhari · 6595وَكَّلَ اللَّهُ بِالرَّحِمِ مَلَكًا ، فَيَقُولُ : أَيْ رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ ، أَيْ رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ ، أَيْ رَبِّ مُضْغَةٌ ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ خَلْقَهَا ، قَالَ : أَيْ رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى ، أَشَقِيٌّ أThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah puts an angel in charge of the uterus and the angel says, 'O Lord, (it is) semen! O Lord, (it is now ) a clot! O Lord, (it is now) a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete its4 narratorsBukhari · 6871أَكْبَرُ الْكَبَائِرِ : الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ ، وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ ، وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ ، وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ أَوْ قَالَ ، وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The biggest of Al-Ka`ba'ir (the great sins) are (1) to join others as partners in worship with Allah, (2) to murder a human being, (3) to be undutiful to one's parents (4) and to make a false state9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 6900أَنَّ رَجُلًا اطَّلَعَ مِنْ حُجْرٍ فِي بَعْضِ حُجَرِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ بِمِشْقَصٍ ، أَوْ بِمَشَاقِصَ ، وَجَعَلَ يَخْتِلُهُ لِيَطْعُنَهُA man peeped through a hole in the door of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)'s house, and at that time, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had a Midri (an iron comb or bar) with which he was rubbing his head. So when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw hi4 narratorsBukhari · 6952أَنْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : يَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ، أَنْصُرُهُ إِذَا كَانَ مَظْلُومًا ، أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا كَانَ ظَالِمًا كَيْفَ أَنْصُرُهُ ؟ ، قَالَ : تَحْجُزُهُ أَوْ تَمْنَعُهُ مِنَ الظُّلْAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Help your brother whether he is an oppressor or an oppressed," A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I will help him if he is oppressed, but if he is an oppressor, how shall I help him?" The 5 narrators