Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
الزبير بن العوام الأسدي
الزبير بن العوام بن خويلد بن أسد بن عبد العزى بن قصي بن كلاب بن مرة بن كعب بن لؤي بن غالب
Appears in 45 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
الزبير بن العوام الأسدي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
15
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
2
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
4
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
12
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
5
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
7
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
أحد العشرة المشهود لهم بالجنة
Al-Dhahabi
حواري رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبد الله ، أبو الطاهر
- Lineage / nisba
- القرشي ، الأسدي ، المدني
- Generation
- أحد العشرة المشهود لهم بالجنة
- Died
- 36 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Died in
- سفوان ناحية البصرة
- Relatives
- حواري رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، و ابن عمته صفية بنت عبد المطلب ، أولاده : عبد الله ، وعاصم ، وعروة ، والمنذر ، ومصعب ، وحمزة ، وخالد ، وعمرو ، وعبيدة ، وجعفر ، ورملة ، وزينب ، وهند ، وسودة ، وحبيبة ، وعائشة ، وخديجة ، ابن ابنه عامر بن عبد الله بن الزبير ، ابن أخي خديجة ، وآخى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بينه وبين طلحة ، وقيل : بينه وبين كعب بن مالك ، مولاه أبو حكيم ، و مولاته أم عطاء ، أخو : مالك ، وعبد الرحمن ، وعبد الله ، والسائب ، والحرب ، وصفوان ، وبعكك ، وتملك ، وأصرم ، وأسد الله ، وبحير ، والأسود ، ومرة ، وبلاد
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 107مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِI said to my father, 'I do not hear from you any narration (Hadith) of Allah s Apostle as I hear (his narration) from so and so?" Az-Zubair replied. l was always with him (the Prophet) and I heard him saying "Whoever tel6 narratorsBukhari · 1471لَأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ حَبْلَهُ فَيَأْتِيَ بِحُزْمَةِ الْحَطَبِ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ فَيَبِيعَهَا فَيَكُفَّ اللَّهُ بِهَا وَجْهَهُ ، خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ أَعْطَوْهُ أَوْ مَنَعُوهُThe Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "It is better for anyone of you to take a rope (and cut) and bring a bundle of wood (from the forest) over his back and sell it and Allah will save his face (from the Hell-Fire) because of tha5 narratorsBukhari · 2075حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "One would rather take a rope and cut wood and carry it than ask others).5 narratorsBukhari · 2373لَأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَحْبُلًا ، فَيَأْخُذَ حُزْمَةً مِنْ حَطَبٍ فَيَبِيعَ ، فَيَكُفَّ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَجْهَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ أُعْطِيَ أَمْ مُنِعَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No doubt, one had better take a rope (and cut) and tie a bundle of wood and sell it whereby Allah will keep his face away (from Hell-fire) rather than ask others who may give him or not."5 narratorsBukhari · 2708أَنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ خَاصَمَ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي شِرَاجٍ مِنَ الْحَرَّةِ ، كَانَا يَسْقِيَانِ بِهِ كِلَاهُمَا ،Az-Zubair told me that he quarreled with an Ansari man who had participated in (the battle of) Badr in front of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about a water stream which both of them used for irrigation. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sai5 narratorsBukhari · 3094لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌWhile I was at home, the sun rose high and it got hot. Suddenly the messenger of `Umar bin Al- Khattab came to me and said, "The chief of the believers has sent for you." So, I went along with him till I entered the plac12 narratorsBukhari · 3721فَكُنْتُ أُدْخِلُ أَصَابِعِي فِي تِلْكَ الضَّرَبَاتِ أَلْعَبُ وَأَنَا صَغِيرٌOn the day of the battle of Al-Yarmuk, the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Az-Zubair, "Will you attack the enemy vigorously so that we may attack them along with you?" So Az-Zubair attacked them, and they inflicted5 narratorsBukhari · 3975حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّ أَصْحَاب رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالُوا لِلزُّبَيْرِ يَوْمَOn the day of (the battle) of Al-Yarmuk, the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to Az-Zubair, "Will you attack the enemy so that we shall attack them with you?" Az-Zubair replied, "If I attack them, you people woul5 narratorsBukhari · 3998لَقِيتُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ وَهُوَ مُدَجَّجٌ لَا يُرَى مِنْهُ إِلَّا عَيْنَاهُ , وَهُوَ يُكْنَى أَبُو ذَاتِ الْكَرِشِAz-Zubair said, "I met Ubaida bin Sa`id bin Al-As on the day (of the battle) of Badr and he was covered with armor; so much that only his eyes were visible. He was surnamed Abu Dhat-al-Karish. He said (proudly), 'I am Ab5 narratorsBukhari · 4027ضُرِبَتْ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ بِمِائَةِ سَهْمٍOn the day of Badr, (Quraishi) Emigrants received 100 shares of the war booty."6 narratorsBukhari · 4033هَلْ لَكَ فِي عُثْمَانَ , وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ , وَالزُّبَيْرِ , وَسَعْدٍ يَسْتَأْذِنُونَ ؟ فَقَالَ : نَعَمْ , فَأَدْخِلْهُمْ فَلَبِثَ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ جَاءَ ، فَقَالَ : هَلْ لَكَ فِي عَبَّاسٍ , وَعَلِيٍّ يَسْتThat once `Umar bin Al-Khattab called him and while he was sitting with him, his gatekeeper, Yarfa came and said, "Will you admit `Uthman, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf, AzZubair and Sa`d (bin Abi Waqqas) who are waiting for yo11 narratorsBukhari · 5358وَكَانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ ذَكَرَ لِي ذِكْرًا مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ عَلَى مَالِكِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ ، فَقَالَ مَالِكٌ : انْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى أَدْخُلَ عَلَى عُمَرَ Once I set out to visit `Umar (bin Al-Khattab). (While I was sitting there with him his gate-keeper, Yarfa, came and said, "Uthman `AbdurRahman (bin `Auf), Az-Zubair and Sa`d (bin Abi Waqqas) are seeking permission (to m13 narrators