A voice in the chain
محمد بن العلاء الهمداني
محمد بن العلاء بن كريب
Appears in 957 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 العلاء الهمداني
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
51
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
510
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
95
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
164
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
34
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
103
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة حافظ
Al-Dhahabi
الحافظ
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو كريب
- Laqab
- الحافظ
- Known as
- أبو كريب
- Lineage / nisba
- الهمداني ، الكوفي ، الحافظ
- Generation
- العاشرة
- Died
- 248هـ . وقيل : 247 هـ وهو وهم
- Lived in
- العراق ، المذين بالكوفة
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 79مَثَلُ مَا بَعَثَنِي اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنَ الْهُدَى وَالْعِلْمِ ، كَمَثَلِ الْغَيْثِ الْكَثِيرِ أَصَابَ أَرْضًا فَكَانَ مِنْهَا نَقِيَّةٌ قَبِلَتِ الْمَاءَ ، فَأَنْبَتَتِ الْكَلَأَ وَالْعُشْبَ الْكَثِيرَ ، وَكَانَتْ مِنْهَا The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me is like abundant rain falling on the earth, some of which was fertile soil that absorbed rain water and brought forth vegetation a6 narratorsBukhari · 92سَلُونِي عَمَّا شِئْتُمْ ، قَالَ رَجُلٌ : مَنْ أَبِي ؟ قَالَ : أَبُوكَ حُذَافَةُ ، فَقَامَ آخَرُ ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ أَبِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ؟ فَقَالَ : أَبُوكَ سَالِمٌ مَوْلَى شَيْبَةَ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى عُمَرُ مَا فِي وَجThe Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about things which he did not like, but when the questioners insisted, the Prophet got angry. He then said to the people, "Ask me anything you like." A man asked, "Who is my father?" The Prophet5 narratorsBukhari · 196أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَعَا بِقَدَحٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ وَوَجْهَهُ فِيهِ وَمَجَّ فِيهِOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) asked for a tumbler containing water. He washed his hands and face in it and also threw a mouthful of water in it.5 narratorsBukhari · 558مَثَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ، وَالْيَهود ، والنَّصَارَى كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتَأْجَرَ قَوْمًا يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ عَمَلًا إِلَى اللَّيْلِ فَعَمِلُوا إِلَى نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ ، فَقَالُوا : لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا إِلَى أَجْرِكَ فَاسْتَأْجَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of Muslims, Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who employed laborers to work for him from morning till night. They worked till midday and they said, 'We are not in need of5 narratorsBukhari · 567أَبْشِرُوا إِنَّ مِنْ نِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ يُصَلِّي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ غَيْرُكُمْ ، أَوْ قَالَ مَا صَلَّى هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُكُمْMy companions, who came with me in the boat and I landed at a place called Baqi [??] Buthan [??] . The Prophet (ﷺ) was in Medina at that time. One of us used to go to the Prophet (ﷺ) by turns every night at the time of t5 narratorsBukhari · 651أَعْظَمُ النَّاسِ أَجْرًا فِي الصَّلَاةِ أَبْعَدُهُمْ فَأَبْعَدُهُمْ مَمْشًى ، وَالَّذِي يَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلَاةَ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَهَا مَعَ الْإِمَامِ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِنَ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَنَامُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The people who get tremendous reward for the prayer are those who are farthest away (from the mosque) and then those who are next farthest and so on. Similarly one who waits to pray with the Imam h5 narratorsBukhari · 1059خَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَزِعًا يَخْشَى أَنْ تَكُونَ السَّاعَةُ ، فَأَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّى بِأَطْوَلِ قِيَامٍ وَرُكُوعٍ وَسُجُودٍ رَأَيْتُهُ قَطُّ يَفْعَلُهُ وَقَالَ هَThe sun eclipsed and the Prophet (ﷺ) got up, being afraid that it might be the Hour (i.e. Day of Judgment). He went to the Mosque and offered the prayer with the longest Qiyam, bowing and prostration that I had ever seen5 narratorsBukhari · 1414لَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَطُوفُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهِ بِالصَّدَقَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ ، ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُ أَحَدًا يَأْخُذُهَا مِنْهُ ، وَيُرَى الرَّجُلُ الْوَاحِدُ يَتْبَعُهُ أَرْبَعُونَ امْرَأَةً يَلُذْنَ بِهِ مِنْ قThy Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "A time will come upon the people when a person will wander about with gold as Zakat and will not find anybody to accept it, and one man will be seen followed by forty women to be their guardi5 narratorsBukhari · 1438الْخَازِنُ الْمُسْلِمُ الْأَمِينُ الَّذِي يُنْفِذُ ، وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ : يُعْطِي مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ كَامِلًا مُوَفَّرًا طَيِّبٌ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ فَيَدْفَعُهُ إِلَى الَّذِي أُمِرَ لَهُ بِهِ أَحَدُ الْمُتَصَدِّقَيْنِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "An honest Muslim storekeeper who carries out the orders of his master and pays fully what he has been ordered to give with a good heart and pays to that person to whom he was ordered to pay, is reg5 narratorsBukhari · 2271مَثَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْيَهُودِ ، وَالنَّصَارَى ، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتَأْجَرَ قَوْمًا يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ عَمَلًا ، يَوْمًا إِلَى اللَّيْلِ عَلَى أَجْرٍ مَعْلُومٍ ، فَعَمِلُوا لَهُ إِلَى نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ ، فَقَالُوا : لThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of Muslims, Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who employed laborers to work for him from morning till night for specific wages. They worked till midday and then said, 'We5 narratorsBukhari · 2319الْخَازِنُ الْأَمِينُ الَّذِي يُنْفِقُ ، وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ : الَّذِي يُعْطِي مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ كَامِلًا مُوَفَّرًا طَيِّبًا نَفْسُهُ إِلَى الَّذِي أُمِرَ بِهِ أَحَدُ الْمُتَصَدِّقَيْنِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "An honest treasurer who gives what he is ordered to give fully, perfectly and willingly to the person to whom he is ordered to give, is regarded as one of the two charitable persons."5 narratorsBukhari · 2446الْمُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْبُنْيَانِ يَشُدُّ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا ، وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A believer to another believer is like a building whose different parts enforce each other." The Prophet (ﷺ) then clasped his hands with the fingers interlaced (while saying that).5 narrators