A voice in the chain
مالك بن أنس الأصبحي
مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر بن عمرو بن الحارث بن غيمان بن خثيل بن عمرو بن الحارث
Appears in 1,865 hadith across the six canonical collections.
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From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
مالك بن أنس الأصبحي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
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Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
654
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
351
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
290
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
147
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
352
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
71
Historical scholarship
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Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
الفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين
Al-Dhahabi
الإمام
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبد الله
- Lineage / nisba
- الأصبحي ، الحميري ، المدني ، التيمي ، اليمني
- Generation
- السابعة
- Born
- 92 هـ ، أو 93 ، أو 94 هـ ، أو 95 هـ
- Died
- 178 هـ ، أو 179 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Died in
- المدينة
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- مكة ، مصر
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- حليف عثمان بن عبيد الله القرشي ، وكاتبه عيسى بن كنانة ، وأمه العالية بنت شريك بن عبد الرحمن بن شريك الأزدية ، وأخوه النضر ، وعمه أبو سهيل نافع بن مالك
Teachers in the transmission
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The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 2أَحْيَانًا يَأْتِينِي مِثْلَ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ ، وَهُوَ أَشَدُّهُ عَلَيَّ فَيُفْصَمُ عَنِّي ، وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ عَنْهُ مَا قَالَ ، وَأَحْيَانًا يَتَمَثَّلُ لِي الْمَلَكُ رَجُلًا فَيُكَلِّمُنِي فَأَعِي مَا يَقُولُ(the mother of the faithful believers) Al-Harith bin Hisham asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! How is the Divine Inspiration revealed to you?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, "Sometimes it is (revealed)5 narratorsBukhari · 19يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَكُونَ خَيْرَ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِ غَنَمٌ ، يَتْبَعُ بِهَا شَعَفَ الْجِبَالِ وَمَوَاقِعَ الْقَطْرِ ، يَفِرُّ بِدِينِهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A time will soon come when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will take on the top of mountains and the places of rainfall (valleys) so as to flee with his religion from aff5 narratorsBukhari · 22يَدْخُلُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ ، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ النَّارَ ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : أَخْرِجُوا مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ ، فَيُخْرَجُونَ مِنْهَا قَدِ اسْوَدُّThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the people of Paradise will enter Paradise and the people of Hell will go to Hell, Allah will order those who have had faith equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed to be taken out from7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 24دَعْهُ فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) passed by an Ansari (man) who was admonishing his brother regarding Haya'. On that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Leave him as Haya' is a part of faith." (See Hadith 9)5 narratorsBukhari · 29أُرِيتُ النَّارَ فَإِذَا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءُ يَكْفُرْنَ ، قِيلَ : أَيَكْفُرْنَ بِاللَّهِ ، قَالَ : يَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ ، وَيَكْفُرْنَ الْإِحْسَانَ لَوْ أَحْسَنْتَ إِلَى إِحْدَاهُنَّ الدَّهْرَ ، ثُمَّ رَأَتْ مThe Prophet (ﷺ) said "I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who were ungrateful." It was asked, "Do they disbelieve in Allah?" (or are they ungrateful to Allah?) He replied, "They are5 narratorsBukhari · 37مَنْ قَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said "Whoever establishes prayers during the nights of Ramadan faithfully out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's rewards (not for showing off), all his past sins will be forgiven."5 narratorsBukhari · 46خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ ، فَقَالَ : هَلْ عَلَيَّ غَيْرُهَا ؟ قَالَ : لَا إِلَّا أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : وَصِيَامُ رَمَضَانَ ، قَالَ : هَلْ عَلَيَّ غA man from Najd with unkempt hair came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and we heard his loud voice but could not understand what he was saying, till he came near and then we came to know that he was asking about Islam. Allah's 5 narratorsBukhari · 54الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ وَلِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى ، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَتَزَوَّجAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The reward of deeds depends upon the intention and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Apostle, then his emigration was 6 narratorsBukhari · 66أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنِ النَّفَرِ الثَّلَاثَةِ ، أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمْ فَأَوَى إِلَى اللَّهِ فَآوَاهُ اللَّهُ ، وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَاسْتَحْيَا فَاسْتَحْيَا اللَّهُ مِنْهُ ، وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَأَعْرَضَ فَأَعْرَضَ اللَّهُ عَنWhile Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting in the mosque with some people, three men came. Two of them came in front of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the third one went away. The two persons kept on standing before Allah's Mess5 narratorsBukhari · 76أَقْبَلْتُ رَاكِبًا عَلَى حِمَارٍ أَتَانٍ ، وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ قَدْ نَاهَزْتُ الِاحْتِلَامَ ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي بِمِنًى إِلَى غَيْرِ جِدَارٍ ، فَمَرَرْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ بَعْضِ الOnce I came riding a she-ass and had (just) attained the age of puberty. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was offering the prayer at Mina. There was no wall in front of him and I passed in front of some of the row while they were o5 narratorsBukhari · 83أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَفَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ بِمِنًى لِلنَّاسِ يَسْأَلُونَهُ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : لَمْ أَشْعُرْ فَحَلَقْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَذْبَحَ ؟ فَقَالَ : اذْبَحْ وَلَا حAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) stopped (for a while near the Jimar) at Mina during his last Hajj for the people and they were asking him questions. A man came and said, "I forgot and got my head shaved before slaughtering the Had5 narratorsBukhari · 100إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ انْتِزَاعًا يَنْتَزِعُهُ مِنَ الْعِبَادِ ، وَلَكِنْ يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ بِقَبْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ ، حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يُبْقِ عَالِمًا اتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ رُءُوسًا جُهَّالًا ، فَسُئِلُوا فَأَI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Allah does not take away the knowledge, by taking it away from (the hearts of) the people, but takes it away by the death of the religious learned men till when none of the (religio5 narrators