A voice in the chain
يحيى بن جعفر البيكندي
يحيى بن جعفر بن أعين
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
1 intermediate narrator
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
يحيى بن جعفر البيكندي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
28
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
0
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
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
صدوق
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو زكريا
- Lineage / nisba
- الأزدي ، البارقي ، البخاري ، البيكندي ، ويقال : الباكندي ، ونسبه السمعاني نكبونيا
- Generation
- العاشرة
- Died
- 243هـ
- Lived in
- بيكند, بخارى
- Relatives
- ابنه الحسين بن يحيى بن جعفر البيكندي
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 363كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ ، فَقَالَ : يَا مُغِيرَةُ خُذْ الْإِدَاوَةَ ، فَأَخَذْتُهَا ، فَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى تَوَارَى عَنِّي فَقَضOnce I was traveling with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, "O Mughira! take this container of water." I took it and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went far away till he disappeared. He answered the call of nature and was wearing a Sy6 narratorsBukhari · 945وَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ مَا صَلَّيْتُهَا بَعْدُ ، قَالَ : فَنَزَلَ إِلَى بُطْحَانَ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ بَعْدَ مَا غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ بَعْدَهَاWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) returned from the battle of Al-Ahzab (The confederates), he said to us, "None should offer the 'Asr prayer but at Bani Quraiza." The 'Asr prayer became due for some of them on the way. Some of them d6 narratorsBukhari · 1204حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ , قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "التَّسْبِيحُ للرِّجThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The saying 'Sub Han Allah' is for men and clapping is for women.5 narratorsBukhari · 1361مَرَّ بِقَبْرَيْنِ يُعَذَّبَانِ , فَقَالَ : إِنَّهُمَا لَيُعَذَّبَانِ ، وَمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي كَبِيرٍ ، أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكَانَ لَا يَسْتَتِرُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ ، وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَكَانَ يَمْشِي بِالنَّمِيمَةِ ، ثُمَّThe Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves, and those two persons (in the graves) were being tortured. He said, "They are being tortured not for a great thing (to avoid). One of them never saved himself from being soiled 6 narratorsBukhari · 2066إِذَا أَنْفَقَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ كَسْبِ زَوْجِهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ أَمْرِهِ ، فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If a woman gives something (i.e. in charity) from her husband's earnings without his permission, she will get half his reward."5 narratorsBukhari · 3038يَسِّرَا وَلَا تُعَسِّرَا ، وَبَشِّرَا وَلَا تُنَفِّرَا ، وَتَطَاوَعَا وَلَا تَخْتَلِفَاThat his father said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) sent Mu`adh and Abu Musa to Yemen telling them. 'Treat the people with ease and don't be hard on them; give them glad tidings and don't fill them with aversion; and love each other,6 narratorsBukhari · 3218أَلَا تَزُورُنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَزُورُنَا ، قَالَ : فَنَزَلَتْ وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا سورة مريم آية 64 الْآيَةَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked Gabriel, "Why don't you visit us more often than you do?" Then the following Holy Verse was revealed (in this respect)-- "And we (angels) descend not but by the order of your Lord. To Him belo8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3280إِذَا اسْتَجْنَحَ اللَّيْلُ ، أَوْ قَالَ جُنْحُ اللَّيْلِ فَكُفُّوا صِبْيَانَكُمْ ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ تَنْتَشِرُ حِينَئِذٍ ، فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ سَاعَةٌ مِنَ الْعِشَاءِ فَخَلُّوهُمْ وَأَغْلِقْ بَابَكَ وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللّThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When nightfalls, then keep your children close to you, for the devil spread out then. An hour later you can let them free; and close the gates of your house (at night), and mention Allah's Name the5 narratorsBukhari · 3411كَمَلَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ كَثِيرٌ وَلَمْ يَكْمُلْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا آسِيَةُ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ ، وَإِنَّ فَضْلَ عَائِشَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ كَفَضْلِ الثَّرِيدِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الطَّعَامِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Many amongst men reached (the level of) perfection but none amongst the women reached this level except Asia, Pharaoh's wife, and Mary, the daughter of `Imran. And no doubt, the superiority o6 narratorsBukhari · 3968يُقْسِمُ لَنَزَلَتْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتُ فِي هَؤُلَاءِ الرَّهْطِ السِّتَّةِ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍI heard Abu Dhar swearing that these Holy Verses were revealed in connection with those six persons on the day of Badr.7 narratorsBukhari · 4144حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى , حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ , عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ عُمَرَ , عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ , عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا : " كَانَتْ تَقْرَأُ إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ سورة النور آية 1`Aisha used to recite this Verse-- 'Ida taliqunahu bi-alsinatikum' (24.15) "(As you tell lie with your tongues.)" and used to say "Al-Walaq" means "telling of a lie. "She knew this Verse more than anybody else as it was 5 narratorsBukhari · 4643مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا فِي أَخْلَاقِ النَّاسِAllah ordered His Prophet to forgive the people their misbehavior (towards him).5 narrators