A voice in the chain
الحجاج بن يوسف الثقفي
حجاج بن يوسف بن أبي عقيل
Appears in 4 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
الحجاج بن يوسف الثقفي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
0
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
4
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
وليس بأهل أن يروى عنه .
Al-Dhahabi
الظالم
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو محمد
- Lineage / nisba
- الثقفي
- Generation
- الثالثة
- Born
- قال أبو عبد الرحمن : 39 هـ . وقال خليفة : 41 هـ . ويقال : 40 هـ ، وفي تهذيب التهذيب : 45 هـ ، أو بعدها بيسير
- Died
- 95 هـ
- Lived in
- الطائف ، الحرمان ، الكوفة ، العراق
- Died in
- واسط
- School
- كان حروريا أزرقيا
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Abu Dawud · 4641إِنَّ مَثَلَ عُثْمَانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ يَقْرَؤُهَا وَيُفَسِّرُهَا : إِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَى إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَيَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الAwf said: I heard al-Hajjaj addressing the people say: The similitude of Uthman with Allah is like the similitude of Jesus son of Mary. He then recited the following verse and explained it: “Behold! Allah said: O Jesus! 4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4642رَسُولُ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي حَاجَتِهِ أَكْرَمُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْ خَلِيفَتُهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ ؟ فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي لِلَّهِ : عَلَيَّ أَلَّا أُصَلِّيَ خَلْفَكَ صَلَاةً أَبَدًا ، وَإِنْ وَجَدْتُ قَوْمًا يُجَاهِدُونَكَ لَأُجَاهِدَنَّكAl-Rabi bin Khalid al-Dabbi said: I heard al-Hajjaj say in his address: Is the messenger of one of you sent for some need is more respectable with him or his successor among his people? I thought in my mind: I make a vow7 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4643اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ لَيْسَ فِيهَا مَثْنَوِيَّةٌ ، وَاسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا لَيْسَ فِيهَا مَثْنَوِيَّةٌ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ ، وَاللَّهِ لَوْ أَمَرْتُ النَّاسَ أَنْ يَخْرُجُوا مِنْ بَابٍAsim said: I heard al-Hajjaj say on the pulpit: Fear Allah as much as possible; there is no exception in it. Hear and obey the Commander of the Faithful Abd al-Malik; there is no exception in it. I swear by Allah, if ord4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4644هَذِهِ الْحَمْرَاءُ هَبْرٌ هَبْرٌ ، أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَوْ قَدْ قَرَعْتُ عَصًا بِعَصًا لَأَذَرَنَّهُمْ كَالْأَمْسِ الذَّاهِبِ ، يَعْنِي الْمَوَالِيَAl-Amash said: These clients (i. e., non-Arabs) are to be struck and cut off. I swear by Allah, if I strike a stick with a stick, I would annihilate them like the day that passed away. Al-hamra means clients or non-Arabs4 narrators