Narrators From Among the
Sahabah:
More than thirty of the wellknown and
eminent Companions of the Prophet (S) have narrated Hadith
alThaqalayn from him. Their names as well as those of
some authors who have narrated their traditions in their books,
are given below:
1. Amir alMu'minin `Ali
ibn Abi Talib (A) (23BH40H/600661).
2. Al'Imam alHasan
ibn `Ali (A) (350/624670).
3. Salman alFarsi (d. 36/656).
4. Jundab ibn Junadah, Abu Dharr
alGhifari. (d. 32/650).
5. `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas (3 BH68/61987).
6. Sa`d ibn Malik, Abu Sa`id
alKhudri (10 BH74/613693).
7. Jabir ibn `Abd Allah al'Ansari
(16 BH78/607697).
8. Abu alHaytham Malik
ibn alTayhan (d. 20/641).
9. Ibrahim Abu Rafi`, one of
the Prophet's mawali (d. after 40/ 661).
10. Hudhayfah ibn alYaman
(d. 36/656).
11. Hudhayfah ibn Usayd alGhifari.
12. Khuzaymah ibn Thabit Dhu
Shahadatayn (d. 37/657).
13. Zayd ibn Thabit (11 BH45/611665).
14. Abu Hurayrah, `Abd alRahman
ibn Sakhr (d. 59/679).
15. `Abd Allah ibn Hantab.
16. Jubayr ibn Mut`im (d. 59/679).
17. AlBara' ibn `Azib (d.
71/690).
18. Anas ibn Malik (10 BH93/612712).
19. Talhah ibn `Ubayd Allah alTaymi
(28 BH36/596656).
20. `Abd alRahman ibn `Awf
(44 BH32/580652).
21. Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas (d. 23BH55/600675).
22. `Amr ibn al`As (50
BH43/574664).
23. Sahl ibn Sa`d al'Ansari
(d. 91/710).
24. `Adi ibn Hatim (d. 68/687).
25. `Uqbah ibn `Amir (d. 58/678).
26. Abu Ayyub al'Ansari,
Khalid ibn Zayd (d. 52/672).
27. Abu Shurayh alKhuza`i,
Khuwaylid ibn `Amr (d. 68/687).
28. Abu Qudamah, al'Ansari
(martyred 37/657).
29. Abu Layla al'Ansari
(martyred 37/657).
30. `Umayrah al'Aslami.
Hadith alThaqalayn has been narrated from all the above five (26 30) by:
31. `Amir ibn Layla ibn Damrah.
32. Zayd ibn Arqam (d.68/687).
33. `Abd Allah ibn `Umar (10
BH73/613692)
34. Fatimah alZahra' (A)
(18 BH11/604632)
35. Umm Salamah, Hind bint Suhayl
(28 BH62/596681)
36. Umm Hani, Fakhtah bint Abi
Talib (d.40/661)
Narrators of Hadith alThaqalayn from Among the Tabi`un:
A large number of narrators from among the
Tabi`un have narrated this tradition from one or more of the Sahabah
mentioned above. Some of them are:
37. Abu alTufayl `Amir
ibn Wathilah alLaythi (3100/625718)
38. `Atiyyah ibn Sa`d al`Awfi.
39. Hanash ibn alMu`tamar.
40. AlHarith alHamdani.
41. Habib ibn Abi Thabit.
42. `Ali ibn Rabi`ah.
43. AlQasim ibn Hassan.
44. Husayn ibn Sabrah.
45. `Amr ibn Muslim.
46. Abu alDuha Muslim ibn
Sabih
47. Yahya ibn Ju`dah.
48. Al'Asbagh ibn Nubatah.
49. `Abd Allah ibn Abi Rafi`.
50. AlMuttalib ibn `Abd
Allah ibn Hantab alMakhzumi.
51. `Abd alRahman ibn Abi
Sa`id alKhudri.
52. `Umar ibn `Ali ibn Abi Talib.
53. Fatimah ibnat `Ali ibn Abi
Talib.
54. AlHasan ibn alHasan
ibn `Ali ibn Abi Talib.
55. Zayn al'Abidin `Ali
ibn alHusayn (A).
56. Yazid ibn Hayyan.
57. Malik ibn Damrah.
58. Abu Salih.
59. Sa`id ibn Masruq alThawri
(d. 126/743).
His narration is recorded in Muslim (Sahih,
ii, 238) from Muhammad ibn Bakkar, from Hassan ibn Ibrahim,
from him, from Yazid ibn Hayyan, from Zayd ibn Arqam. Is considered
thiqah by Ibn Hibban, Ibn alMadini, Ibn Hajar al`Asqalani,
and alDhahabi. [18]
60. AlRukayn ibn alRabi`
Abu alRabi` alFazari alKufi (d.131/ 748).
In Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Musnad, v, 181,182)
from al'Aswad ibn `Amir, from Sharik, from him, from alQasim
ibn Hassan, from Zayd ibn Thabit. Is considered thiqah by
Ahmad, Ibn Mu`in, alNasa'i, Ibn Hibban and Ibn Hajar. [19]
61. Yahya ibn Sa`id ibn Hayyan,
Abu Hayyan alTaymi alKufi (d.145/762).
In Muslim (Sahih, ii, 237 238)
and Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Musnad, iv, 371) from Yazid
ibn Hayyan from Zayd ibn Arqam. Is considered thiqah by
alThawri, Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah al`Ijli, alDhahabi,
alYafi`i, al`Asqalani, and Ibn Hibban. [20]
62. `Abd alMalik ibn Abi
Sulayman Maysarah al`Arzami alKufi (d.145/762).
In Ahmad (Musnad, iii, 26) from `Atiyyah
from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. Is considered thiqah by
Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Yahya ibn Mu`in, and also by `Abd Allah ibn
Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Sufyan alThawri, alNasa'i, al`Ijli
and Ibn `Ammar alMusili. [21]
63. Al'A`mash, Sulayman
ibn Mihran al'Asadi alKufi alKahili (61
147/680 764).
In alTirmidhi (Sahih, ii, 220)
from `Ali ibn alMundhir, from Muhammad ibn Fudyal from him
from `Atiyyah from Abu Sa`id alKhudri and also from Habib
ibn Abi Thabit from Zayd ibn Arqam. Is considered thiqah by
alDhahabi, alYafi`i, al`Ijli, Yahya ibn Mu`in
and alNasa'i. [22]
64. Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar
alThaqafi alMadani (d.151/ 768).
His marfu` narrations from Zayd ibn
Arqam and Abu Sa`id alKhudri have been recorded by Ibn Manzur
(Lisan al`Arab, iv, 530). Is considered thiqah
by Ibn Hibban, Shu`bah, Sufyan, Yahya ibn Mu`in, Ibn alMadini
and alSubki, and other scholars. [23]
65. Isra'il ibn Yunus alSabi`i,
Abu Yusuf alKufi (d. 160/776).
In Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Musnad, iv, 371)
from al'Aswad ibn `Amir, from him, from `Uthman ibn alMughirah,
from `Ali ibn Rabi`ah, from Zayd ibn Arqam. Considered thiqah
by al`Ijli, Abu Hatim, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ibn Hibban,
[24] Ibn Hajar, [25]
and others.
66. `Abd alRahman ibn `Abd
Allah ibn `Utbah ibn Mas`ud alKufi alMas`udi (d.160/776).
AlTabarani (alMu`jam alsaghir,
i, 135) records his narration from Kathir alNawa', from
`Atiyyah from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. He is considered thiqah
by Yahya ibn Mu`in, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn alMadini.
[26]
67. Muhammad ibn Talhah ibn Musarrif
alYami alKufi (d. 167/ 783).
Ahmad ibn Hanbal in Musnad, Ibn alMaghazili
in alManaqib and alHamawi in Fara'id alsimtayn
have narrated Hadith alThaqalayn from him. He
has been considered thiqah by the authors of the six Sihah
all of whom have narrated traditions from him.
68. Abu `Awanah alWaddah
ibn `Abd Allah alYashkari alWasiti alBazzaz
(d. 176/792).
AlNasa'i in Khasa'is, alHakim
in alMustadrak and alKhwarazmi in alManaqib
have narrated Hadith alThaqalayn from him. He
is considered thiqah by Abu Hatim, [27]
Abu Zur`ah, Ibn `Adi, [28] alDhahabi,
[29] Ibn Hajar [30]
and alSuyuti. [31]
69. Sharik ibn `Abd Allah alQadi
(d. 177/793).
In Musnad Ahmad (v, 181, 182) from alRukayn,
from alQasim ibn Hassan, from Zayd ibn Thabit. Has been
considered thiqah by Yahya ibn Mu`in and al`Ijli.
[32]
70. Hassan ibn Ibrahim ibn `Abd Allah alKirmani (d. 176/792).
Muslim in his Sahih and alHakim
in alMustadrak. Has been considered thiqah by
Ibn Mu`in, Ibn alMadini, Ibn `Adi, Ibn Hibban, [33]
and alDhahabi. [34]
71. Jarir ibn `Abd alHamid
alDabbi alKufi (d. 188/803).
Muslim in his Sahih mentions his narration
of Hadith alThaqalayn. He has been considered thiqah
by Ibn Sa`d, Muhammad ibn Hammad, Abu Hatim, al`Ijli,
[35] Yusuf ibn `Ammar alMusili,
alNasa'i, Ibn Khirash, Abu alQasim alLalika'i,
alKhalili and Ibn Hajar. [36]
According to the latter two there is unanimity on his tawthiq.
72. Abu Bishr Isma`iI ibn Ibrahim
ibn Muqsim al'Asadi alBasri, known as Ibn `Ulayyah
(d. 193/808).
His narration of Hadith alThaqalayn
is recorded by Muslim in his Sahih and Ahmad in
his Musnad. One of the leading traditionists and jurists
of Basrah, he has been considered thiqah by Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
Ibn Mu`in, [37] alDhahabi,
[38] alNasa'i, Ibn Sa`d, [39]
and alSuyuti. [40]
73. Abu `Abd alRahman Muhammad
ibn alFudayl alDabbi alKufi (d. 194/809).
His narration of Hadith alThaqalayn
is mentioned by Muslim and alTirmidhi in their books.
He has been considered thiqah by Ibn Mu`in and saduq
by Abu Zur`ah. [41]
74. `Abd Allah ibn Numayr alHamdani
(d. 199/814).
Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his Musnad and Kitab
almanaqib. Has been considered thiqah by Yahya
ibn Mu`in, al`Ijli and Ibn Sa`d. [42]
75. Habib ibn Abi Thabit (d.
119/737).
His narration is mentioned by alNasa'i
(Khasa'is, i, 133) and Ibn Kathir (alBidayah wa
alnihayah, v, 209) from Ibn alTufayh from Zayd
ibn Arqam. Has been considered thiqah by al`Ijli,
Ibn Mu`in, alNasa'i and Abu Hatim. [43]
76. Abu Ishaq `Amr ibn `Abd Allah
alSabi`i (d. 129/746).
His narration is mentioned by alDarqutni
in Kitab al`Ilal (ii, 78) from Hanash ibn alMu`tamir
from Abu Dharr. Has been considered thiqah by Ibn Mu`in,
alNasa'i, al`Ijli and Abu Hatim. [44]
77. Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn `Ali
ibn Abi Talib.
In alDulabi, alDhurriyyat altahirah,
from his father, from his grandfather (A). Regarded thiqah
by alDhahabi [45] and
mentioned in alThiqat by Ibn Hibban.
78. Hakim ibn Jubayr al'Asadi.
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alkabir,
iii, No. 2681), from him, from Abu alTufayl from Zayd
ibn Arqam. One of four eminent traditionists of his time. [46]
79. Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah
(d. 147/764).
In alMuhamili (al'Amali,
iii, 38, MS. in Dar alKutub alZahiriyyah, Damascus),
from him, from `Atiyyah al`Awfi from Abu Sa`id alKhudri.
Tawthiq by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, al`Ijli, Abu Dawud,
alNasa'i [47] and Ibn Sa`d.
[48]
80. Fitr ibn Khalifah alMakhzumi
(d. 153 or 155/770 or 772).
In alSamhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn,
MS., F. 86) and alSakhawi (al'Istijlab, MS.,
F. 22), from him, from Abu alTufayl. Tawthiq by Ahmad
ibn Hanbal, Yahya ibn Mu`in, al`Ijli, alNasa'i, Ibn
Sa`d, Abu Nu`aym alFadl ibn Dukayn and Ibn Hibban. [49]
81. Kathir ibn Zayd (d. 158/774).
In Abu Ja`far alTahawi (Mushkil al'athar,
ii, 307) and alDulabi (alDhurriyyat altahirah,
168) from him, from Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn `Ali, from `Ali
(A). Tawthiq by Ibn `Ammar alMusili and Ibn Hibban.
[50]
82. Ma`ruf ibn Kharrabudh alMakki.
In Abu al`Abbas alHasan ibn Sufyan
alNasawi (alMusnad alkabir), Abu Nu`aym
(Hilyat al'awliya', i, 355), Samhudi (Jawahir
al`iqdayn), alTabarani (alMu`jam alkabir),
alHafiz alHaythami (Majma` alzawa'id),
alKhatib alBaghdadi, Ibn `Asakir, Ibn Hajar and
others, from him from Abu Tufayl, from Hudhayfah ibn Asid alGhifari.
Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [51]
83. Abu alJahhaf Dawud
ibn Abi `Awf alTamimi.
In Imam Ahmad's Fada'il `Ali, from him,
from `Atiyyah, from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. Tawthiq by
Ibn Mu`in and Sufyan. Among the rijal of alTirmidhi, Ibn
Majah, and alNasa'i. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat.
[52]
84. Salih ibn Abi al'Aswad
alLaythi.
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alkabir,
ii, No. 2679) from al'A`mash from `Atiyyah from Abu
Sa`id alKhudri.
85. Abu alJarud Ziyad ibn
alMundhir al`Abdi.
In alSamhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn)
and alSakhawi (al'Istijlab) from him, from
Abu Tufayl.
86. Hatim ibn Isma`il alMadani
(d. 186/802).
In al`Uqayli (Kitab aldu`afa'),
from Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali (A). Tawthiq by Ibn
Sa`d, Ibn Hibban and al`Ijli. [53]
87. Kathir ibn Isma`il alNawa'
alKufi.
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alsaghir,
i, 131) from him, from `Atiyyah. Among the rijal of alTirmidhi.
Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [54]
88. Abu alHasan `Ali ibn
Musahhar alQarashi (d. 189/805).
In alTabarani (al-Mu`jam al-kabir,
ii, No. 2678), from Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah alHadrami,
from Manjab ibn alHarith from him, from `Abd alMalik
ibn Abi Sulayman, from `Atiyyah from Abu Sa`id alKhudri.
Tawthiq by Ibn Mu`in, al`Ijli, Abu Zur`ah, alNasa'i,
[55] Ibn Sa`d [56]
and Ahmad ibn Hanbal. [57]
89. `AIi ibn Thabit alJazari.
In alBazzaz (Musnad, see 136),
from him, from Sufyan ibn Sulayman, from Abu Ishaq, from alHarith,
from `Ali (A). Tawthiq by Ibn Mu`in, Ibn Hanbal, Muhammad
ibn `Abd Allah ibn Numayr, Ibn Sa`d, Ibn `Ammar, Abu Dawud, [58]
Abu Zur'ah, al`Ijli and others. [59]
90. `Abd Allah ibn Sinan alZuhri.
In Ibn `Uqdah (alMuwalat) Abu
Musa alMadini (Kitab alSahabah), Abu alFutuh
al`Ijli (Kitab almu`jiz fi fada'il alKhulafa'),
alSamhudi (op. cit.), and alSakhawi (op.
cit.), from him, from Abu alTufayl.
91. Harun ibn Sa`d al`Ijli.
In al`Uqayli (Kitab aldu`afa',
xii, MS. F.288) from Muhammad ibn Abi Hafs al`Attar,
from him, from `Abd alRahman ibn Abi Sa`id alKhudri.
Among the rijal of Muslim. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat.
[60] Tasdiq by alDhahabi.
[61]
92. Yunus ibn Arqam.
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alsaghir,
i, 135) and alKhatib (Talkhis almutashabih fi alrasm,
MS. F.29), from `Abd alHamid alSabih, from him, from
Harun ibn Sa`d, from `Atiyyah. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat.
[62]
93. `Uthman ibn Abi Zur`ah alMughirah
alThaqafi alKufi.
In alTahawi (Mushkil al'athar,
iv, 368) and Ahmad (alMusnad, iv, 37), from Isra'il
ibn Yunus alSabi`i, from him, from `Ali ibn Rabi`ah. Among
the rijal of alBukhari. Tawthiq by Ibn Hajar, Abu
Hatim, alNasa'i, `Abd alGhani ibn Sa`id, al`Ijli
and Ibn Numayr. [63]
94. Zayd ibn alHasan alQarashi
al'Anmati, Abu alHusayn alKufi.
In alNasawi (alMusnad alkabir),
Abu Nu`aym al'Isfahani (Hilyat al'awliya'),
alSamhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn), alTabarani,
(alMu`jam alkabir), alHaythami (Majma`
alzawa'id), alKhatib alBaghdadi (Ta'rikh
Baghdad), Ibn `Asakir (Ta'rikh Dimashq), Ibn Kathir
(alBidayah wa alnihayah) and others, from him,
from Ja`far ibn Muhammad (A) from Jabir; and from him, from Ma`ruf
ibn Kharrabudh, from Abu alTufayl, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd.
Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat and alTirmidhi
narrates a tradition from him about hajj. [64]