A voice in the chain
عبد الله بن يحيى المعافري
عبد الله بن يحيى
Appears in 5 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
1 intermediate narrator
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
عبد الله بن يحيى المعافري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
2
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
3
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
0
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
0
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
لا بأس به
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو يحيى
- Known as
- البرلسي
- Lineage / nisba
- المعافري ، ويقال : الكلاعي ، البرلسي ، المصري
- Generation
- من كبار العاشرة
- Died
- 212 هـ
- Lived in
- البرلس, مصر
- Died in
- البرلس
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 4650مَا قَوْلِي فِي عَلِيٍّ وَعُثْمَانَ ، أَمَّا عُثْمَانُ، فَكَانَ اللَّهُ قَدْ عَفَا عَنْهُ ، فَكَرِهْتُمْ أَنْ يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُ ، وَأَمَّا عَلِيٌّ ، فَابْنُ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَخَتَنُهThat a man came to him (while two groups of Muslims were fighting) and said, "O Abu `Abdur Rahman! Don't you hear what Allah has mentioned in His Book 'And if two groups of believers fight against each other...' (49.9) S7 narratorsBukhari · 4837أَفَلَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكُونَ عَبْدًا شَكُورًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer prayer at night (for such a long time) that his feet used to crack. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why do you do it since Allah has forgiven you your faults of the past and those to follo6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 331أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ الْغَائِطِ فَلَقِيَهُ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ بِئْرِ جَمَلٍ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى أَقْIbn Umar said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came from the privy. A man met him near Bir Jamal and saluted him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not return the salutation until he came to a wall and placed his hands on the wall a6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2412كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَصْرَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ صَاحِبِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفِينَةٍ مِنْ الْفُسْطَاطِ فِي رَمَضَانَ ، فَرُفِعَ ثُمَّ قُرِّبَ غَدَاهُ . قَالَ جَعْفَرٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ : فَلَمْ يُجَاوِNarrated Abu Busrah al-Ghifari,: Jafar ibn Jubayr said: I accompanied Abu Busrah al-Ghifari, a Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, in a boat proceeding from al-Fustat (Cairo) during Ramadan. He was lifted (to the boat9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 3462إِذَا تَبَايَعْتُمْ بِالْعِينَةِ ، وَأَخَذْتُمْ أَذْنَابَ الْبَقَرِ ، وَرَضِيتُمْ بِالزَّرْعِ ، وَتَرَكْتُمُ الْجِهَادَ ، سَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ ذُلًّا لَا يَنْزِعُهُ حَتَّى تَرْجِعُوا إِلَى دِينِكُمْNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ say: When you enter into the inah transaction, hold the tails of oxen, are pleased with agriculture, and give up conducting jihad (struggle in the way of Alla10 narrators·parallel chain