A voice in the chain
يحيى بن سعيد التيمي
يحيى بن سعيد بن حيان
Appears in 53 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
يحيى بن سعيد التيمي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
13
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
18
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
7
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
5
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
4
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
6
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة عابد
Al-Dhahabi
إمام ثبت
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو حيان
- Lineage / nisba
- التيمي ، الكوفي ، العابد
- Generation
- السادسة
- Died
- 145 هـ ، وقيل : 143 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- عمه يزيد بن حيان التيمي
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 50الْإِيمَانُ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَبِلِقَائِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْبَعْثِ ، قَالَ : مَا الْإِسْلَامُ ؟ قَالَ : الْإِسْلَامُ أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا ، وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلَاOne day while the Prophet (ﷺ) was sitting in the company of some people, (The angel) Gabriel came and asked, "What is faith?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, 'Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, (the) meeting with H5 narratorsBukhari · 1149أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قال لِبِلَالٍ عِنْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ : يَا بِلَالُ حَدِّثْنِي بِأَرْجَى عَمَلٍ عَمِلْتَهُ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ دَفَّ نَعْلَيْكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ فِي الْجAt the time of the Fajr prayer the Prophet (ﷺ) asked Bilal, "Tell me of the best deed you did after embracing Islam, for I heard your footsteps in front of me in Paradise." Bilal replied, "I did not do anything worth men5 narratorsBukhari · 1397أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَقَالَ : دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ إِذَا عَمِلْتُهُ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ ؟ , قَالَ : تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا ، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ A Bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise, if I do it." The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Worship Allah, and worship none along with Him, offer the (five) prescribed co6 narratorsBukhari · 2650حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، قَالَ : سَأَلَتْ أُمِّي أَبِي بَعْضَ اMy mother asked my father to present me a gift from his property; and he gave it to me after some hesitation. My mother said that she would not be satisfied unless the Prophet (ﷺ) was made a witness to it. I being a youn7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3073حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو زُرْعَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَامَ فِينَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عThe Prophet (ﷺ) got up amongst us and mentioned Al Ghulul, emphasized its magnitude and declared that it was a great sin saying, "Don't commit Ghulul for I should not like to see anyone amongst you on the Day of Ressurec7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3340كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي دَعْوَةٍ فَرُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ الذِّرَاعُ وَكَانَتْ تُعْجِبُهُ فَنَهَسَ مِنْهَا نَهْسَةً ، وَقَالَ : أَنَا سَيِّدُ الْقَوْمِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ بِمWe were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) at a banquet and a cooked (mutton) forearm was set before him, and he used to like it. He ate a morsel of it and said, "I will be the chief of all the people on the Day of Resurr5 narratorsBukhari · 3361بَاب حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ نَصْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى One day some meat was given to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, "On the Day of Resurrection Allah will gather all the first and the last (people) in one plain, and the voice of the announcer will reach all of them, and one w5 narratorsBukhari · 4619أَمَّا بَعْدُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنَّهُ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ ، وَهْيَ مِنْ خَمْسَةٍ : مِنَ الْعِنَبِ ، وَالتَّمْرِ ، وَالْعَسَلِ ، وَالْحِنْطَةِ ، وَالشَّعِيرِ ، وَالْخَمْرُ مَا خَامَرَ الْعَقْلَI heard 'Umar while he was on the pulpit of the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Now then O people! The revelation about the prohibition of alcoholic drinks was revealed; and alcoholic drinks are extracted from five things Grapes, d7 narratorsBukhari · 4712أَنَا سَيِّدُ النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، وَهَلْ تَدْرُونَ مِمَّ ذَلِكَ ؟ يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ ، يُسْمِعُهُمُ الدَّاعِي ، وَيَنْفُذُهُمُ الْبَصَرُ ، وَتَدْنُو الشَّSome (cooked) meat was brought to Allah Apostle and the meat of a forearm was presented to him as he used to like it. He ate a morsel of it and said, "I will be the chief of all the people on the Day of Resurrection. Do 5 narratorsBukhari · 4777الْإِيمَانُ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ ، وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ ، وَكُتُبِهِ ، وَرُسُلِهِ ، وَلِقَائِهِ ، وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْبَعْثِ الْآخِرِOne day while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting with the people, a man came to him walking and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). What is Belief?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Belief is to believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books,5 narratorsBukhari · 5581أَمَّا بَعْدُ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ وَهِيَ مِنْ خَمْسَةٍ الْعِنَبِ ، وَالتَّمْرِ ، وَالْعَسَلِ ، وَالْحِنْطَةِ ، وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالْخَمْرُ مَا خَامَرَ الْعَقْلَ'Umar stood up on the pulpit and said, "Now then, prohibition of alcoholic drinks have been revealed, and these drinks are prepared from five things, i.e.. grapes, dates, honey, wheat or barley And an alcoholic drink is 6 narratorsBukhari · 5588إِنَّهُ قَدْ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ ، وَهِيَ مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَشْيَاءَ الْعِنَبِ ، وَالتَّمْرِ ، وَالْحِنْطَةِ ، وَالشَّعِيرِ ، وَالْعَسَلِ`Umar delivered a sermon on the pulpit of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), saying, "Alcoholic drinks were prohibited by Divine Order, and these drinks used to be prepared from five things, i.e., grapes, dates, wheat, barley and ho9 narrators·parallel chain