A voice in the chain
يحيى بن أبي كثير الطائي
يحيى بن أبي كثير : صالح بن المتوكل ، وقيل : يسار ، وقيل : نشيط ، وقيل : دينار
Appears in 613 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
يحيى بن أبي كثير الطائي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
138
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
131
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
78
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
56
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
147
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
63
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة ثبت ، لكنه يدلس ويرسل
Al-Dhahabi
أحد الأعلام ، قال أيوب : ما بقي على وجه الأرض مثل يحيى بن أبي كثير ، قلت : كان من العباد العلماء الأثبات
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو نصر ، ويقال : أبو كثير ، أبو أيوب
- Lineage / nisba
- الطائي مولاهم ، البصري ، اليمامي ،مولى من نبهان .
- Generation
- الخامسة
- Died
- 129هـ أو 130هـ أو 132هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة ، اليمامة
- Died in
- اليمامة
- Travelled to
- المدينة ، البصرة
- Relatives
- الطائي مولاهم ،وابنه عبد الله بن يحيى بن أبي كثير ، مولى من نبهان .
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 112أَنَّ خُزَاعَةَ قَتَلُوا رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ عَامَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ بِقَتِيلٍ مِنْهُمْ قَتَلُوهُ ، فَأُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَرَكِبَ رَاحِلَتَهُ فَخَطَبَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ الIn the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of Khuza`a killed a man from the tribe of Bani Laith in revenge for a killed person, belonging to them. They informed the Prophet (ﷺ) about it. So he rode his Rahila (she-c5 narratorsBukhari · 153إِذَا شَرِبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَتَنَفَّسْ فِي الْإِنَاءِ ، وَإِذَا أَتَى الْخَلَاءَ فَلَا يَمَسَّ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ ، وَلَا يَتَمَسَّحْ بِيَمِينِهِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whenever anyone of you drinks water, he should not breathe in the drinking utensil, and whenever anyone of you goes to a lavatory, he should neither touch his penis nor clean his private part5 narratorsBukhari · 154إِذَا بَالَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَأْخُذَنَّ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ ، وَلَا يَسْتَنْجِي بِيَمِينِهِ ، وَلَا يَتَنَفَّسْ فِي الْإِنَاءِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whenever anyone of you makes water he should not hold his penis or clean his private parts with his right hand. (And while drinking) one should not breathe in the drinking utensil ."5 narratorsBukhari · 179يَتَوَضَّأُ كَمَا يَتَوَضَّأُ لِلصَّلَاةِ وَيَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُI asked `Uthman bin `Affan about a person who engaged in intercourse but did no discharge. `Uthman replied, "He should perform ablution like the one for an ordinary prayer but he must wash his penis." `Uthman added, "I h7 narratorsBukhari · 204حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَخْبَرَهُ ، أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صَلMy father said, "I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) passing wet hands over his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather)."9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 205رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى عِمَامَتِهِ وَخُفَّيْهِMy father said, "I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) passing wet hands over his turban and Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather).11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 286حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ ، وَشَيْبَانُ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ ، أَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَرْقُدُ وَهُوَ جُنُI asked 'Aisha "Did the Prophet (ﷺ) use to sleep while he was Junub?" She replied, "Yes, but he used to perform ablution (before going to bed).5 narratorsBukhari · 292يَتَوَضَّأُ كَمَا يَتَوَضَّأُ لِلصَّلَاةِ وَيَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُI asked `Uthman bin `Affan about a man who engaged in the sexual intercourse with his wife but did not discharge. `Uthman replied, "He should perform ablution like that for the prayer after washing his private parts." `U12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 298بَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُضْطَجِعَةٌ فِي خَمِيصَةٍ ، إِذْ حِضْتُ فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ ثِيَابَ حِيضَتِي ، قَالَ : أَنُفِسْتِ ؟ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، فَدَعَانِي فَاضْطَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ While I was laying with the Prophet (ﷺ) under a single woolen sheet, I got the menses. I slipped away and put on the clothes for menses. He said, "Have you got "Nifas" (menses)?" I replied, "Yes." He then called me and m6 narratorsBukhari · 322حِضْتُ وَأَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْخَمِيلَةِ ، فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَخَرَجْتُ مِنْهَا فَأَخَذْتُ ثِيَابَ حِيضَتِي فَلَبِسْتُهَا ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّUm-Salama said, "I got my menses while I was lying with the Prophet (ﷺ) under a woolen sheet. So I slipped away, took the clothes for menses and put them on. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Have you got your menses?' I repl6 narratorsBukhari · 323بَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُضْطَجِعَةً فِي خَمِيلَةٍ حِضْتُ ، فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ ثِيَابَ حِيضَتِي ، فَقَالَ : أَنُفِسْتِ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، فَدَعَانِي فَاضْطَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ فWhile I was lying with the Prophet (ﷺ) under a woolen sheet, I got my menses. I slipped away and put on the clothes for menses. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Have you got your menses?" I replied, "Yes." He called me and I slept6 narratorsBukhari · 360مَنْ صَلَّى فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ فَلْيُخَالِفْ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever prays in a single garment must cross its ends (over the shoulders).5 narrators