A voice in the chain
الأسود بن قيس العبدي
الأسود بن قيس
Appears in 47 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
الأسود بن قيس العبدي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
13
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
12
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
5
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
4
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
9
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
4
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
ثقة
Al-Dhahabi
ثقة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو قيس
- Lineage / nisba
- العبدي ، الكوفي ، وقيل : البجلي ، وقيل النخعي
- Generation
- الرابعة
- Died
- 131 هـ : 140 هـ
- Lived in
- الكوفة
- Relatives
- أخوه علي بن قيس
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 985صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ ، ثُمَّ خَطَبَ ، ثُمَّ ذَبَحَ ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فَلْيَذْبَحْ أُخْرَى مَكَانَهَا ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَذْبَحْ فَلْيَذْبَحْ بِاسْمِOn the day of Nahr the Prophet (ﷺ) offered the prayer and delivered the Khutba and then slaughtered the sacrifice and said, "Anybody who slaughtered (his sacrifice) before the prayer should slaughter another animal in li4 narratorsBukhari · 1124اشْتَكَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَقُمْ لَيْلَةً أَوْ لَيْلَتَيْنِThe Prophet (ﷺ) became sick and did not get up (for Tahajjud prayer) for a night or two.4 narratorsBukhari · 1125احْتَبَسَ جِبْرِيلُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ : أَبْطَأَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْطَانُهُ فَنَزَلَتْ : وَالضُّحَى { 1 } وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَاGabriel did not come to the Prophet (for some time) and so one of the Quraish women said, "His Satan has deserted him." So came the Divine Revelation "By the forenoon And by the night When it is still! Your Lord (O Muham4 narratorsBukhari · 1913إِنَّا أُمَّةٌ أُمِّيَّةٌ ، لَا نَكْتُبُ وَلَا نَحْسُبُ الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "We are an illiterate nation; we neither write, nor know accounts. The month is like this and this, i.e. sometimes of 29 days and sometimes of thirty days."5 narratorsBukhari · 2802هَلْ أَنْتِ إِلَّا إِصْبَعٌ دَمِيتِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَا لَقِيتِIn one of the holy Battles a finger of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (got wounded and) bled. He said, "You are just a finger that bled, and what you got is in Allah's Cause."4 narratorsBukhari · 4950حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ جُنْدُبَ بْنَ سُفْيَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : " اشْتَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلOnce Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) became sick and could not offer his night prayer (Tahajjud) for two or three nights. Then a lady (the wife of Abu Lahab) came and said, "O Muhammad! I think that your Satan has forsaken you, fo4 narratorsBukhari · 4951حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ غُنْدَرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ جُنْدُبًا الْبَجَلِيَّ ، قَالَتْ امْرَأَةٌ : يَا رَسُولَ A lady said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I see that your friend has delayed. (in conveying Qur'an) to you." So there was revealed 'Your Lord (O Muhammad) has neither forsaken you, not hated you.' (93.1-3)5 narratorsBukhari · 4983اشْتَكَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَقُمْ لَيْلَةً أَوْ لَيْلَتَيْنِ ، فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ ، فَقَالَتْ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، مَا أُرَى شَيْطَانَكَ إِلَّا قَدْ تَرَكَكَ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) fell ill and did not offer the night prayer (Tahajjud prayer) for a night or two. A woman (the wife of Abu Lahab) came to him and said, "O Muhammad ! I do not see but that your Satan has left you." T4 narratorsBukhari · 5500مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَذْبَحْ مَكَانَهَا أُخْرَى ، وَمَنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَذْبَحْ حَتَّى صَلَّيْنَا فَلْيَذْبَحْ عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِOnce during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) we offered some animals as sacrifices. Some people slaughtered their sacrifices before the (Id) prayer, so when the Prophet (ﷺ) finished his prayer, he saw that they had 4 narratorsBukhari · 5562مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فَلْيُعِدْ مَكَانَهَا أُخْرَى ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَذْبَحْ فَلْيَذْبَحْI witnessed the Prophet (ﷺ) on the Day of Nahr. He said, "Whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before offering the 'Id prayer, should slaughter another sacrifice in its place; and whoever has not slaughtered their sacrifice4 narratorsBukhari · 6146هَلْ أَنْتِ إِلَّا إِصْبَعٌ دَمِيتِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَا لَقِيتِWhile the Prophet (ﷺ) was walking, a stone hit his foot and stumbled and his toe was injured. He then (quoting a poetic verse) said, "You are not more than a toe which has been bathed in blood in Allah's Cause."4 narratorsBukhari · 6674مَنْ ذَبَحَ فَلْيُبَدِّلْ مَكَانَهَا ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ ذَبَحَ ، فَلْيَذْبَحْ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِI witnessed the Prophet (ﷺ) offering the `Id prayer (and after finishing it) he delivered a sermon and said, "Whoever has slaughtered his sacrifice (before the prayer) should make up for it (i.e. slaughter another animal4 narrators