A voice in the chain
عروة بن الزبير الأسدي
عروة بن الزبير بن العوام بن خويلد بن أسد بن عبد العزي بن قصي
Appears in 1,811 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
عروة بن الزبير الأسدي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
658
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
361
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
227
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
129
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
272
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
164
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة فقيه مشهور
Al-Dhahabi
قال ابن سعد : كان فقيها عالما كثير الحديث ثبتا مأمونا
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عبدالله
- Lineage / nisba
- الأسدي ، المدني ، القرشي
- Generation
- الثالثة
- Born
- 23 هـ ، أو 29 هـ
- Died
- 91 هـ ، أو 92، أو 93 هـ ، أو 94 هـ ، أو 95 هـ ، أو 99 هـ ، أو 100 هـ ، أو 101 هـ
- Lived in
- مصر ، المدينة
- Died in
- مجاج في ناحية الفرع
- Travelled to
- مصر
- Relatives
- أمه : أسماء بنت أبي بكر الصديق ، وخالته : عائشة أم المؤمنين ، أولاده عبد الله وعمر والأسود ومحمد ويحيى وعثمان وهشام وعبيد الله ومصعب ، أخيه : عبد الله ، وعبيد الله ، ومصعب ، والأسود وابن ابنه : عمر بن عبد الله بن عروة بن الزبير ، وابن أخيه : محمد بن جعفر بن الزبير ، وتزوج امرأة من بني وعلة ابنت أسميفع بن وعلة ، وحبيب مولاه ، وزميل مولاه
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 2أَحْيَانًا يَأْتِينِي مِثْلَ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ ، وَهُوَ أَشَدُّهُ عَلَيَّ فَيُفْصَمُ عَنِّي ، وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ عَنْهُ مَا قَالَ ، وَأَحْيَانًا يَتَمَثَّلُ لِي الْمَلَكُ رَجُلًا فَيُكَلِّمُنِي فَأَعِي مَا يَقُولُ(the mother of the faithful believers) Al-Harith bin Hisham asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! How is the Divine Inspiration revealed to you?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, "Sometimes it is (revealed)5 narratorsBukhari · 3أَوَّلُ مَا بُدِئَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ الْوَحْيِ الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ فِي النَّوْمِ ، فَكَانَ لَا يَرَى رُؤْيَا إِلَّا جَاءَتْ مِثْلَ فَلَقِ الصُّبْحِ ، ثُمَّ حُبِّبَ إِلَيْهِ ا"While I was walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky. I looked up and saw the same angel who had visited me at the cave of Hira' sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I got afraid of him and cam6 narratorsBukhari · 20كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَمَرَهُمْ ، أَمَرَهُمْ مِنَ الْأَعْمَالِ بِمَا يُطِيقُونَ ، قَالُوا : إِنَّا لَسْنَا كَهَيْئَتِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ مَا تَWhenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered the Muslims to do something, he used to order them deeds which were easy for them to do, (according to their strength and endurance). They said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We are not5 narratorsBukhari · 43أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَعِنْدَهَا امْرَأَةٌ ، قَالَ : مَنْ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَتْ : فُلَانَةُ تَذْكُرُ مِنْ صَلَاتِهَا ، قَالَ : مَهْ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا تُطِيقُونَ ، فَوَاللَّهِ لَا Once the Prophet (ﷺ) came while a woman was sitting with me. He said, "Who is she?" I replied, "She is so and so," and told him about her (excessive) praying. He said disapprovingly, "Do (good) deeds which is within your5 narratorsBukhari · 100إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ انْتِزَاعًا يَنْتَزِعُهُ مِنَ الْعِبَادِ ، وَلَكِنْ يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ بِقَبْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ ، حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يُبْقِ عَالِمًا اتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ رُءُوسًا جُهَّالًا ، فَسُئِلُوا فَأَI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Allah does not take away the knowledge, by taking it away from (the hearts of) the people, but takes it away by the death of the religious learned men till when none of the (religio5 narratorsBukhari · 130إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ ، فَهَلْ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ مِنْ غُسْلٍ إِذَا احْتَلَمَتْ ؟ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَاءَ ، فَغَطَّتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ تَعْنِي وَجْهَهUm-Sulaim came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "Verily, Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it necessary for a woman to take a bath after she has a wet dream (nocturnal sexual discharge?) The Prophet repli6 narratorsBukhari · 146حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، أَنَّ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّThe wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to go to Al-Manasi, a vast open place (near Baqi` at Medina) to answer the call of nature at night. `Umar used to say to the Prophet (ﷺ) "Let your wives be veiled," but Allah's Apostle d6 narratorsBukhari · 147قَدْ أُذِنَ أَنْ تَخْرُجْنَ فِي حَاجَتِكُنَّThe Prophet (ﷺ) said to his wives, "You are allowed to go out to answer the call of nature. "5 narratorsBukhari · 160وَعَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ ، قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ : وَلَكِنْ عُرْوَةُ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ ، فَلَمَّا تَوَضَّأَ عُثْمَانُ ، قَالَ : أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا لَوْلَا آيThis verse is "Verily, those who conceal the clear signs and the guidance which we have sent down...)" (2159). I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'If a man performs ablution perfectly and then offers the compulsory congrega6 narratorsBukhari · 189وَإِذَا تَوَضَّأَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَادُوا يَقْتَتِلُونَ عَلَى وَضُوئِهِMahmud bin Ar-Rabi` who was the person on whose face the Prophet (ﷺ) had ejected a mouthful of water from his family's well while he was a boy, and `Urwa (on the authority of Al-Miswar and others) who testified each othe8 narratorsBukhari · 212إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَلْيَرْقُدْ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ عَنْهُ النَّوْمُ ، فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا صَلَّى وَهُوَ نَاعِسٌ لَا يَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَغْفِرُ فَيَسُبُّ نَفْسَهُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you feels drowsy while praying he should go to bed (sleep) till his slumber is over because in praying while drowsy one does not know whether one is asking for forgiveness or for5 narratorsBukhari · 222أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِصَبِيٍّ ، فَبَالَ عَلَى ثَوْبِهِ ، فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَأَتْبَعَهُ إِيَّاهُ(the mother of faithful believers) A child was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and it urinated on the garment of the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked for water and poured it over the soiled place.5 narrators