Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
زيد بن ثابت الأنصاري
زيد بن ثابت بن الضحاك بن زيد بن لوذان بن عمرو بن عبد عوف بن غنم بن مالك بن النجار
Appears in 122 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
زيد بن ثابت الأنصاري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
27
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
15
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
20
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
16
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
34
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
10
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
صحابي مشهور ، كاتب الوحي
Al-Dhahabi
كاتب الوحي ، وقدوة الفرضيين
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو سعيد ، ويقال: أبو خارجة ، وقيل : أبو ثابت ، و قيل : أبو عبد الله ، و قيل : أبو عبد الرحمن
- Lineage / nisba
- الأنصاري ، النجاري ، المدني ،الخزرجي ، التيمي
- Generation
- صحابي مشهور ، كاتب الوحي
- Died
- 45 هـ ، وقيل: 40 هـ ، وقيل:42 هـ ، وقيل : 43 هـ ،وقيل: 48 هـ ، وقيل : 51 هـ ، وقيل:52 هـ ، وقيل:54 هـ ، وقيل :55 هـ ،وقيل:56 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Relatives
- أمه النوار بنت مالك بن معاوية بن عدي ، ووالد : خارجة وسليمان ، وأمه أم جميل بنت المخول بن عبد بن قيس بن عمرو بن نضر بن مالك ، ومولاه ثابت بن عبيد ، وأم سعد قيل ابنته ، أخوه : يزيد بن ثابت ، وكاتب الوحي
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 575أَنَّهُمْ تَسَحَّرُوا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ قَامُوا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، قُلْتُ : كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا ، قَالَ : قَدْرُ خَمْسِينَ أَوْ سِتِّينَZaid bin Thabit said, "We took the "Suhur" (the meal taken before dawn while fasting is observed) with the Prophet (ﷺ) and then stood up for the (morning) prayer." I asked him how long the interval between the two (Suhur5 narratorsBukhari · 731أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اتَّخَذَ حُجْرَةً ، قَالَ : حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : مِنْ حَصِيرٍ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَصَلَّى فِيهَا لَيَالِيَ فَصَلَّى بِصَلَاتِهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ ، فَلَمَّا عَلِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) made a small room in the month of Ramadan (Sa`id said, "I think that Zaid bin Thabit said that it was made of a mat") and he prayed there for a few nights, and so some of his companions prayed behin12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 764حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ : مَا لَكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الZaid bin Thabit said to me, "Why do you recite very short Suras in the Maghrib prayer while I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting the longer of the two long Suras?"6 narratorsBukhari · 1072أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالنَّجْمِ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِيهَاI asked Zaid bin Thabit about prostration on which he said that he had recited An-Najm before the Prophet, yet he (the Prophet) had not performed a prostration.6 narratorsBukhari · 1073قَرَأْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالنَّجْمِ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِيهَاI recited An-Najm before the Prophet, yet he did not perform a prostration.5 narratorsBukhari · 1884لَمَّا خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى أُحُدٍ رَجَعَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ ، فَقَالَتْ فِرْقَةٌ : نَقْتُلُهُمْ ، وَقَالَتْ فِرْقَةٌ : لَا نَقْتُلُهُمْ ، فَنَزَلَتْ : فَمَا لَكُمْ فِي الْمُنَافِWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) went out for (the battle of) Uhud, some of his companions (hypocrites) returned (home). A party of the believers remarked that they would kill those (hypocrites) who had returned, but another party s5 narratorsBukhari · 1921تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، قُلْتُ : كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَالسَّحُورِ ؟ قَالَ : قَدْرُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةًZaid bin Thabit said, "We took the Suhur with the Prophet (ﷺ) . Then he stood for the prayer." I asked, "What was the interval between the Suhur and the Adhan?" He replied, "The interval was sufficient to recite fifty ve5 narratorsBukhari · 2173قَالَ : وَحَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، رَخَّصَ فِي الْعَرَايَا بِخَرْصِهَا .The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade Muzabana; and Muzabana is the selling of fresh fruit (without measuring it) for something by measure on the basis that if that thing turns to be more than the fruit, the increase would be for the 1 narratorsBukhari · 2184قَالَ سَالِمٌ : وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَخَّصَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي بَيْعِ الْعَرِيَّةِ بِالرُّطَبِ أَوْ بِالتَّمْرِ ، وَلَمْ Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do not sell fruits of dates until they become free from all the dangers of being spoilt or blighted; and do not sell fresh dates for dry dates." Narrated Salim and `Abdullah from Zaid bin Hab3 narratorsBukhari · 2188أَرْخَصَ لِصَاحِبِ الْعَرِيَّةِ أَنْ يَبِيعَهَا بِخَرْصِهَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) al lowed the owner of 'Araya to sell the fruits on the trees by means of estimation.5 narratorsBukhari · 2192رَخَّصَ فِي الْعَرَايَا أَنْ تُبَاعَ بِخَرْصِهَا كَيْلًاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) allowed the sale of 'Araya by estimating the dates on them for measured amounts of dried dates. Musa bin `Uqba said, "Al- 'Araya were distinguished date palms; one could come and buy them (i.e. thei6 narratorsBukhari · 2380رَخَّصَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تُبَاعَ الْعَرَايَا بِخَرْصِهَا تَمْرًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) permitted selling the dates of the 'Araya for ready dates by estimating the amount of the former (as they are still on the trees).6 narrators