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A voice in the chain

عبد الرحمن بن زياد الإفريقي

عبد الرحمن بن زياد بن أنعم بن منبه بن النمادة بن حيويل بن عمرو بن أسوط بن سعد بن ذي شعبين بن يعفر بن ضبع بن شعبان بن عمرو بن معاوية بن قيس

Appears in 29 hadith across the six canonical collections.

An abridged path through the isnād

From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books

مُحَمَّد ﷺ

The Messenger

عبد الرحمن بن زياد الإفريقي

Selected narrator

Preserved in the six books

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

0

صحيح مسلم

Sahih Muslim

0

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud

9

جامع الترمذي

Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi

9

سنن النسائي

Sunan an-Nasa’i

0

سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah

11

Historical scholarship

Classical assessments

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

ضعيف في حفظه ، وكان رجلا صالحا

Al-Dhahabi

ضعفوه

Life & identity

Biographical notes

Kunya
أبو أيوب ، ويقال : أبو خالد ، أبو خلف
Lineage / nisba
الشعباني ، الإفريقي ، القاضي ، المصري ، المعافري
Generation
السابعة
Born
74 هـ ، أو : 75 هـ
Died
156 هـ ، وقيل : 161 هـ
Lived in
الكوفة ، إفريقية
Died in
إفريقية

The written record

Hadith in this narrator’s chain

29 total
Abu Dawud · 62كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ عَلَى طُهْرٍ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Abu Ghutayf al-Hudhali reported: I was in the company of Ibn Umar. When the call was made for the noon (zuhr) prayer, he performed ablution and said the prayer. When the call for the afternoon9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 270أُخْبِرُكِ بِمَا صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، دَخَلَ لَيْلا وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ ، فَمَضَى إِلَى مَسْجِدِهِ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : تَعْنِي مَسْجِدَ بَيْتِهِ ، فَلَمْ يَنْصَرِفْ حَتَّى غَلَبَتْنِيNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Umarah ibn Ghurab said that his paternal aunt narrated to him that she asked Aishah: What if one of us menstruates and she and her husband have no bed except one? She replied: I relate to 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 514لَمَّا كَانَ أَوَّلُ أَذَانِ الصُّبْحِ ، أَمَرَنِي يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَذَّنْتُ ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ : أُقِيمُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى نَاحِيَةِ الْمَشْرِقِ إِلNarrated Ziyad ibn al-Harith as-Sudai: When the adhan for the dawn prayer was initially introduced, the Prophet ﷺ commanded me to call the adhan and I did so. Then I began to ask: Should I utter iqamah, Messenger of Alla5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 593ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ صَلَاةً : مَنْ تَقَدَّمَ قَوْمًا وَهُمْ لَهُ كَارِهُونَ ، وَرَجُلٌ أَتَى الصَّلَاةَ دِبَارًا وَالدِّبَارُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهَا بَعْدَ أَنْ تَفُوتَهُ ، وَرَجُلٌ اعْتَبَدَ مُحَرَّرَهُNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet ﷺ said: There are three types of people whose prayer is not accepted by Allah: One who goes in front of people when they do not like him; a man who comes dibaran, which means that 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 617إِذَا قَضَى الْإِمَامُ الصَّلَاةَ وَقَعَدَ فَأَحْدَثَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ ، فَقَدْ تَمَّتْ صَلَاتُهُ ، وَمَنْ كَانَ خَلْفَهُ مِمَّنْ أَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet ﷺ said: When the Imam completes the prayer and sits (for reciting tashahhud), and then becomes defiled (i. e. his ablution becomes void) before he speaks (to someone), his6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1535إِنَّ أَسْرَعَ الدُّعَاءِ إِجَابَةً دَعْوَةُ غَائِبٍ لِغَائِبٍNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet ﷺ said: The supplication which gets the quickest answer is that made by one distant Muslim for another.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1630إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يَرْضَ بِحُكْمِ نَبِيٍّ وَلَا غَيْرِهِ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ حَتَّى حَكَمَ فِيهَا هُوَ فَجَزَّأَهَا ثَمَانِيَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَجْزَاءِ أَعْطَيْتُكَ حَقَّكَNarrated Ziyad ibn al-Harith as-Sudai: I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and swore allegiance to him, and after telling a long story he said: Then a man came to him and said: Give me some of the sadaqah (alms). The Mess5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2885الْعِلْمُ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ فَضْلٌ آيَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ ، أَوْ سُنَّةٌ قَائِمَةٌ ، أَوْ فَرِيضَةٌ عَادِلَةٌNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet ﷺ said: Knowledge has three categories; anything else is extra; a precise verse, or an established sunnah (practice), or a firm obligatory duty.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4011إِنَّهَا سَتُفْتَحُ لَكُمْ أَرْضُ الْعَجَمِ وَسَتَجِدُونَ فِيهَا بُيُوتًا يُقَالُ لَهَا الْحَمَّامَاتُ فَلَا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الرِّجَالُ إِلَّا بِالْأُزُرِ وَامْنَعُوهَا النِّسَاءَ إِلَّا مَرِيضَةً أَوْ نُفَسَاءَNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet ﷺ said: After some time the lands of the non-Arabs will be conquered for you, and there you will find houses called hammamat (hot baths). so men should not enter them (to 5 narratorsTirmidhi · 54رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ مَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ بِطَرَفِ ثَوْبِهِ7 narratorsTirmidhi · 59مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ عَلَى طُهْرٍ ، كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهِ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ5 narratorsTirmidhi · 199إِنَّ أَخَا صُدَاءٍ قَدْ أَذَّنَ وَمَنْ أَذَّنَ فَهُوَ يُقِيمُ6 narrators