A voice in the chain
الليث بن أبي سليم القرشي
ليث بن أبي سليم بن زنيم ، واسم أبي سليم أيمن ، ويقال : أنس ، ويقال : زيادة ، ويقال : عيسى.
Appears in 54 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
الليث بن أبي سليم القرشي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
2
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
1
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
6
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
20
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
0
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
25
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صدوق اختلط جدا ، ولم يتميز حديثه فترك
Al-Dhahabi
فيه ضعف يسير من سوء حفظه . كان ذا صلاة وصيام وعلم كثير وبعضهم احتج به
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو بكر ، ويقال : أبو بكير
- Lineage / nisba
- الكوفي ، الأموي ، القرشي مولاهم
- Generation
- السادسة
- Died
- 138هـ ، أو 141هـ ، أو 142هـ ، أو 143هـ ، أو 148هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- مولى عتبة بن أبي سفيان ، ويقال : مولى عنبسة بن أبي سفيان ، ويقال : مولى معاوية بن أبي سفيان
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 1838مَاذَا تَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَلْبَسَ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ فِي الْإِحْرَامِ ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لَا تَلْبَسُوا الْقَمِيصَ ، وَلَا السَّرَاوِيلَاتِ ، وَلَا الْعَمَائِمَ ، وَلَا الْبَرَانِسَ ، إِA person stood up and asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What clothes may be worn in the state of Ihram?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Do not wear a shirt or trousers, or any headgear (e.g. a turban), or a hooded cloak; but if some13 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5680الشِّفَاءُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ : شَرْبَةِ عَسَلٍ ، وَشَرْطَةِ مِحْجَمٍ ، وَكَيَّةِ نَارٍ ، وَأَنْهَى أُمَّتِي عَنِ الْكَيِّ(The Prophet (ﷺ) said), "Healing is in three things A gulp of honey, cupping, and branding with fire (cauterizing)." But I forbid my followers to use (cauterization) branding with fire."10 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 5391وحَدَّثَنَاه أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ، وَلَيْثُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ بِإِسْنَادِهِمْ ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُ5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 132رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْسَحُ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْقَذَالَ وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ الْقَفَاNarrated Talhah ibn Musarrif: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiping his head once up to his nape. Musaddad reported: He wiped his head from front to back until he moved his hands from beneath the ears. Abu Dawud said: I 7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 139دَخَلْتُ يَعْنِي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ وَالْمَاءُ يَسِيلُ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ ، فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ الْمَضْمَضَةِ وَالِاسْتِنْشَاقِNarrated Grandfather of Talhah: I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ while he was performing ablution, and the water was running down his face and beard to his chest. I saw him rinsing his mouth and snuffing up water separately.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1006حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، وَعَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ ، عَنْ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: Cannot any one of you (according to the version of the narrator AbdulWarith) step forward or backward or at his right or left. The version of Hammad added: during prayer; that i7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1083أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ الصَّلَاةَ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ تُسَجَّرُ إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِNarrated Abu Qatadah: The Prophet ﷺ disapproved of the offering of prayer at the meridian except on Friday. The Hell-fire is kindled except on Friday. Abu Dawud said: This is a mursal tradition (i. e. the successor is na6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2472يَمُرُّ بِالْمَرِيضِ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ ، فَيَمُرُّ كَمَا هُوَ وَلَا يُعَرِّجُ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُAccording to the version of Al Nufaili, Aishah said “The Prophet ﷺ used to pass by a patient while he was observing I’tikaf (in the mosque) but he passed as usual and did not stay asking about him. ” According to the ver7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4265إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ تَسْتَنْظِفُ الْعَرَبَ قَتْلَاهَا فِي النَّارِ اللِّسَانُ فِيهَا أَشَدُّ مِنْ وَقْعِ السَّيْفِNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet ﷺ said: There will be civil strife which wipe out the Arabs, and their slain will go to Hell. During it the tongue will be more severe than blows of the sword. Abu Dawud s6 narratorsTirmidhi · 314رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ6 narratorsTirmidhi · 1186أَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ اخْتَلَعَتْ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ بَأْسٍ لَمْ تَرِحْ رَائِحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ8 narratorsTirmidhi · 1293أَهْرِقْ الْخَمْرَ ، وَاكْسِرِ الدِّنَانَ11 narrators·parallel chain