A voice in the chain
علي بن يحيى الأنصاري
علي بن يحيى بن خلاد بن رافع بن مالك بن العجلان بن عمرو بن عامر بن زريق
Appears in 14 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
علي بن يحيى الأنصاري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
1
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
0
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
6
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
0
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
6
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
1
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
وثقه ابن معين
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو يحيى
- Lineage / nisba
- الزرقي ، الأنصاري ، المدني
- Generation
- الرابعة
- Died
- 129هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Relatives
- والد يحيى بن علي ، عم أبيه رفاعة بن رافع
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 799كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ، قَالَ رَجُلٌ وَرَاءَهُ : رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدOne day we were praying behind the Prophet. When he raised his head from bowing, he said, "Sami'a l-lahu liman hamidah." A man behind him said, "Rabbana wa laka l-hamdu, hamdan kathiran taiyiban mubarakan fihi" (O our Lo6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 770كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ، قَRifaah bin Rafi said: One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listened to him who praised Him. A man behind the Messenger of All6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 857إِنَّهُ لَا تَتِمُّ صَلَاةٌ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيَضَعَ الْوُضُوءَ يَعْنِي مَوَاضِعَهُ ، ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرُ وَيَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ وَيُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ وَيَقْرَأُ بِمَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآNarrated Rifaah ibn Rafi: A man entered the mosque. . . . . . He then narrated the tradition like the one narrated in (No. 855). This version is as follows: The Prophet ﷺ said: The prayer of anyone is not perfect unless 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 858إِنَّهَا لَا تَتِمُّ صَلَاةُ أَحَدِكُمْ حَتَّى يُسْبِغَ الْوُضُوءَ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، فَيَغْسِلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ، وَيَمْسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ، ثُNarrated Rifaah ibn Rafi: This version (of Hadith No 856) adds: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The prayer of any of you is not complete until he performs ablution perfectly, as Allah, the Exalted, has ordered you. He sho8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 859إِذَا قُمْتَ فَتَوَجَّهْتَ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ فَكَبِّرْ ، ثُمَّ اقْرَأْ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَبِمَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ ، وَإِذَا رَكَعْتَ فَضَعْ رَاحَتَيْكَ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْكَ وَامْدُدْ ظَهْرَكَ ، وَقَالَ : إِذَا This tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Rifaah bin Rafi. This version goes: When you get up and face the qiblah, what Allah wishes you to recite. And when you bow, put your palm6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 860إِذَا أَنْتَ قُمْتَ فِي صَلَاتِكَ فَكَبِّرِ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى ثُمَّ اقْرَأْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ، وَقَالَ فِيهِ : فَإِذَا جَلَسْتَ فِي وَسَطِ الصَّلَاةِ فَاطْمَئِنَّ وَافْتَرِشْ فَخِذَكَ الْيُسْرَى ثُمّThis tradition has also been transmitted by Rifaah b Rafi through a different chain of narrators. This version has: When you get up to pray, say the takbir, exalting Allah; then recite the Quran as much as it is convenie6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 861فَتَوَضَّأْ كَمَا أَمَرَكَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ ، ثُمَّ تَشَهَّدْ فَأَقِمْ ، ثُمَّ كَبِّرْ ، فَإِنْ كَانَ مَعَكَ قُرْآنٌ فَاقْرَأْ بِهِ ، وَإِلَّا فَاحْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَكَبِّرْهُ وَهَلِّلْهُ ، وَقَالَ فِيهِ : وَإِنِ انْتَRifaah bin Rafi has also narrated this tradition through a different chain from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. This version goes: Then perform ablution in a way Allah, the exalted, has command you, then say the shahadah and g6 narratorsNasa'i · 668أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي صَفِّ الصَّلَاةِ الْحَدِيثَ6 narratorsNasa'i · 1054ارْجِعْ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تُصَلِّ6 narratorsNasa'i · 1063لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِضْعَةً وَثَلَاثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا أَوَّلًا7 narratorsNasa'i · 1137وَعَلَيْكَ اذْهَبْ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تُصَلِّ7 narratorsNasa'i · 1314ارْجِعْ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تُصَلِّ6 narrators