A voice in the chain
محمد بن يحيى الأنصاري
محمد بن يحيى بن حبان بن منقذ بن عمرو بن مالك بن خنساء بن مبذول بن عمرو بن غنم بن مازن بن النجار
Appears in 80 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
محمد بن يحيى الأنصاري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
12
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
15
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
14
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
5
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
23
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
11
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة فقيه
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة صاحب حلقة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبدالله
- Lineage / nisba
- الأنصاري ، المازني ، المدني ، النجاري
- Generation
- الرابعة
- Died
- 121 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Died in
- المدينة
- Relatives
- عمه واسع بن حبان ، أولاده : سكينة وفاطمة وبريكة ، أمه : أم العلاء بنت عباد بن سلكان بن سلامة ، وتزوجها عبادة بن الصامت
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 145لَقَدِ ارْتَقَيْتُ يَوْمًا عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتٍ لَنَا ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلًا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ لِحَاجَتِهِ ، وَقَالَ : لَعَلَّكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يُصPeople say, "Whenever you sit for answering the call of nature, you should not face the Qibla or Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem)." I told them. "Once I went up the roof of our house and I saw Allah's Apostle answering the call6 narratorsBukhari · 148ارْتَقَيْتُ فَوْقَ ظَهْرِ بَيْتِ حَفْصَةَ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِي ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ مُسْتَدْبِرَ الْقِبْلَةِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الشَّأْمِI went up to the roof of Hafsa's house for some job and I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) answering the call of nature facing Sham (Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon regarded as one country) with his back towards the Qibla.6 narratorsBukhari · 149لَقَدْ ظَهَرْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتِنَا ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَاعِدًا عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِOnce I went up the roof of our house and saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) answering the call of nature while sitting over two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (See Hadith No. 147).6 narratorsBukhari · 2146حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ ، وَعَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللّAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade selling by Mulamasa and Munabadha.6 narratorsBukhari · 2542مَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ كَائِنَةٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَّا وَهِيَ كَائِنَةٌI saw Abu Sa`id and asked him about coitus interruptus. Abu Sa`id said, "We went with Allah's Apostle, in the Ghazwa of Bani Al-Mustaliq and we captured some of the 'Arabs as captives, and the long separation from our wi6 narratorsBukhari · 2799يَوْمًا قَرِيبًا مِنِّي ، ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ ، يَتَبَسَّمُ ، فَقُلْتُ : مَا أَضْحَكَكَ ، قَالَ : أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عُرِضُوا عَلَيَّ يَرْكَبُونَ هَذَا الْبَحْرَ الْأَخْضَرَ كَالْمُلُوكِ عَلَى الْأَسِرَّةِ ، قَالَتْ : فUm Haram said, "Once the Prophet (ﷺ) slept in my house near to me and got up smiling. I said, 'What makes you smile?' He replied, 'Some of my followers who (i.e. in a dream) were presented to me sailing on this green sea6 narratorsBukhari · 2800يَوْمًا قَرِيبًا مِنِّي ، ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ ، يَتَبَسَّمُ ، فَقُلْتُ : مَا أَضْحَكَكَ ، قَالَ : أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عُرِضُوا عَلَيَّ يَرْكَبُونَ هَذَا الْبَحْرَ الْأَخْضَرَ كَالْمُلُوكِ عَلَى الْأَسِرَّةِ ، قَالَتْ : فUm Haram said, "Once the Prophet (ﷺ) slept in my house near to me and got up smiling. I said, 'What makes you smile?' He replied, 'Some of my followers who (i.e. in a dream) were presented to me sailing on this green sea6 narratorsBukhari · 2894يَوْمًا فِي بَيْتِهَا فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ ، قَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، مَا يُضْحِكُكَ ، قَالَ : عَجِبْتُ مِنْ قَوْمٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَرْكَبُونَ الْبَحْرَ كَالْمُلُوكِ عَلَى الْأَسِرَّةِ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسUm Haram told me that the Prophet (ﷺ) one day took a midday nap in her house. Then he woke up smiling. Um Haram asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What makes you smile?" He replied "I was astonished to see (in my dream) so6 narratorsBukhari · 2895يَوْمًا فِي بَيْتِهَا فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ ، قَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، مَا يُضْحِكُكَ ، قَالَ : عَجِبْتُ مِنْ قَوْمٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَرْكَبُونَ الْبَحْرَ كَالْمُلُوكِ عَلَى الْأَسِرَّةِ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسUm Haram told me that the Prophet (ﷺ) one day took a midday nap in her house. Then he woke up smiling. Um Haram asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What makes you smile?" He replied "I was astonished to see (in my dream) so6 narratorsBukhari · 3102يَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ مُسْتَدْبِرَ الْقِبْلَةِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الشَّأْمِOnce I went upstairs in Hafsa's house and saw the Prophet (ﷺ) answering the call of nature with his back towards the Qibla and facing Sham.6 narratorsBukhari · 4138مَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ كَائِنَةٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَّا وَهِيَ كَائِنَةٌI entered the Mosque and saw Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri and sat beside him and asked him about Al-Azl (i.e. coitus interruptus). Abu Sa`id said, "We went out with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for the Ghazwa of Banu Al-Mustaliq and we 6 narratorsBukhari · 7409مَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ كَتَبَ مَنْ هُوَ خَالِقٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِThat during the battle with Bani Al-Mustaliq they (Muslims) captured some females and intended to have sexual relation with them without impregnating them. So they asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about coitus interrupt us. The Pro10 narrators·parallel chain