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A voice in the chain

معاذ بن هشام الدستوائي

معاذ بن هشام بن أبي عبد الله : سنبر

Appears in 173 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

معاذ بن هشام الدستوائي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

10

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

75

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

20

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

23

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

39

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

6

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

صدوق ربما وهم

Al-Dhahabi

قال ابن معين : صدوق ليس بحجة

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو عبد الله
Lineage / nisba
الدستوائي ، البصري
Generation
التاسعة
Died
200 هـ
Lived in
ناحية من اليمن ، البصرة
Died in
فى الجرح والتعديل : البصرة ، وقال بن حبان : ناحية اليمن
Travelled to
مكة ، البصرة
School
القدري

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

173 total
Bukhari · 128مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صِدْقًا مِنْ قَلْبِهِ ، إِلَّا حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّارِ ، قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَلَا أُخْبِرُ بِهِ النَّاسَ فَيَ"Once Mu`adh was along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as a companion rider. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Mu`adh bin Jabal." Mu`adh replied, "Labbaik and Sa`daik. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" Again the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Mu`5 narratorsBukhari · 268كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدُورُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي السَّاعَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَهُنَّ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَAnas bin Malik said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day and night and they were eleven in number." I asked Anas, "Had the Prophet (ﷺ) the strength for it?" Anas replied, "We used to s8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 465أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَا مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُظْلِمَةٍ وَمَعَهُمَا مِثْلُ الْمِصْبَاحَيْنِ يُضِيئَانِ بَيْنَ Two of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) departed from him on a dark night and were led by two lights like lamps (going in front of them from Allah as a miracle) lighting the way in front of them, and when they parted, e5 narratorsBukhari · 2440إِذَا خَلَصَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ مِنَ النَّارِ ، حُبِسُوا بِقَنْطَرَةٍ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ ، فَيَتَقَاصُّونَ مَظَالِمَ كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا ، حَتَّى إِذَا نُقُّوا وَهُذِّبُوا أُذِنَ لَهُمْ بِدُخُولِ الْجAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the believers pass safely over (the bridge across) Hell, they will be stopped at a bridge in between Hell and Paradise where they will retaliate upon each other for the injustices done a10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3639أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَا مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُظْلِمَةٍ وَمَعَهُمَا مِثْلُ الْمِصْبَاحَيْنِ يُضِيئَانِ بَيْنَ Once two men from the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out of the house of the Prophet (ﷺ) on a very dark night. They were accompanied by two things that resembled two lamps lighting the way in front of them, and5 narratorsBukhari · 4130كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِنَخْلٍJabir said, "We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) at Nakhl," and then he mentioned the Fear prayer. Narrated Al-Qasim bin Muhammad The Prophet (ﷺ) offered the Fear prayer in the Ghazwa of Banu Anmar.4 narratorsBukhari · 5386مَا عَلِمْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكَلَ عَلَى سُكْرُجَةٍ قَطُّ وَلَا خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ قَطُّ وَلَا أَكَلَ عَلَى خِوَانٍ قَطُّTo the best of my knowledge, the Prophet (ﷺ) did not take his meals in a big tray at all, nor did he ever eat well-baked thin bread, nor did he ever eat at a dining table.6 narratorsBukhari · 5415مَا أَكَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى خِوَانٍ وَلَا فِي سُكْرُجَةٍ وَلَا خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ ، قُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ : عَلَى مَا يَأْكُلُونَ ؟ قَالَ : عَلَى السُّفَرِThe Prophet (ﷺ) never took his meals at a dining table, nor in small plates, and he never ate thin wellbaked bread. (The sub-narrator asked Qatada, "Over what did they use to take their meals?" Qatada said, "On leather d6 narratorsBukhari · 5813كَانَ أَحَبُّ الثِّيَابِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَلْبَسَهَا الْحِبَرَةَThe most beloved garment to the Prophet (ﷺ) to wear was the Hibra (a kind of Yemenese cloth).5 narratorsBukhari · 6538يُجَاءُ بِالْكَافِرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُ : أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ مِلْءُ الْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا أَكُنْتَ تَفْتَدِي بِهِ ، فَيَقُولُ : نَعَمْ ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُ : قَدْ كُنْتَ سُئِلْتَ مَا هُوَ أَيْسَرُ مِنْ Allah's Prophet used to say, "A disbeliever will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and will be asked. "Suppose you had as much gold as to fill the earth, would you offer it to ransom yourself?" He will reply, "Yes." 10 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 148مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، إِلَّا حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّارِ5 narratorsMuslim · 271وحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاق بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَاذٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ5 narrators