Narrators of Hadith al Thaqalayn From Among the Sahabah
More than thirty of the well-known and eminent Companions of the Prophet (S) have narrated Hadith al-Thaqalayn from him. Their names as well as those of some authors, who have narrated their traditions in their books, are given below:
1. Amir al-Mu'minin ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (A) (23BH40H/600661).
1. Ibn Rahwayh Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Hanzali,
2. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ‘Umar al-Shaybani,
3. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Khaliq al-Bazzaz
4. Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari,
5. Abu Bishr Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Dulabi,
6. Abu ‘Abd Allah Husayn ibn Isma’il al-Muhamili,
7. Abu al-Abbas ibn ‘Uqdah al-Kufi,
8. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ‘Umar ibn al-Ji’abi,
9. Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi,
10. Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti,
11. Nur al-Din al-Samhudi,
12. ‘Ali Muttaqi al-Hindi,
13. Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir al-Makki,
14. Mahmud ibn Muhammad al-Shaykhani al-Qadiri,
15. Sulayman ibn Ibrahim al-Qunduzi.
2. Al-Imam al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali (A) (350/624670).
1. Al-Qunduzi.
3. Salman al-Farsi (d. 36/656).
1. Al-Qunduzi.
4. Jundab ibn Junadah, Abu Dharr al-Ghifari. (d. 32/650).
1. Muhammad ibn ‘Isa al-Tirmidhi,
2. Ibn ‘Uqdah,
3. Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Asimi,
4. Ibn Kathir,
5. al-Sakhawi,
6. al-Samhudi,
7. Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir.
5. ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abbas (3 BH68/61987).
1. Sulayman ibn Ibrahim Al-Qunduzi.
6. Sa’d ibn Malik, Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (10 BH74/613693).
1. ‘Abd al-Malik al-Arzami,
2. Sulayman ibn Mihran al-A’mash,
3. Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Madani,
4. ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Mas’udi,
5. Muhammad ibn Talhah al-Yami,
6. ‘Abd Allah ibn Numayr al-Hamadani,
7. ‘Abd al Malik al-’Uqdi,
8. Ibn Sa’d al-Zuhri,
9. Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
10. ‘Abbad ibn Ya’qub al-Rawajini,
11. Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Riyahi,
12. ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
13. Abu Ya’la al-Tamimi,
14. Abu Ja’far al-Tabari,
15. Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi,
16. Ibn ‘Uqdah,
17. Abu al-Qasim al-Tabarani,
18. Abu Tahir al-Dhahabi,
19. Abu Ishaq al-Tha’labi,
20. Abu Nu’aym al-Isfahani,
21. Abu Ghalib Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Nahwi,
22. Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr,
23. Abu Muhammad al-Ghandajani,
24. Abu al-Hasan al-Jullabi,
25. Abu al-Muzaffar al-Sam’ani,
26. Abu al-Barakat al-Anmati,
27. Fakhr al-Din al-Razi,
28. Abu Muhammad ibn al-Akhdar,
29. Abu al-Fath al-Abiwardi,
30. Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Tabari,
31. al-Nizam al-A’raj al-Nishaburi,
32. Ibrahim al-Hamawi,
33. Abu al-Hajjaj al-Mizzi,
34. Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Zarandi,
35. Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi,
36. al-Sayyid ‘Ali al-Hamdani,
37. Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi,
38. Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti,
39. Shihab al-Din al-Qastallani,
40. ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bukhari,
41. ‘Ali al-Qari al-Hindi,
42. Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
43. Mahmud al-Qadiri al-Shaykhani,
44. Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Baqi al-Zarqani,
45. al-Mirza Muhammad al-Badakhshani al-Harithi,
46. Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-San'ani,
47. Sulayman ibn Ibrahim Al-Qunduzi, and others.
7. Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah al'Ansari (16 BH78/607697).
1. Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah al-Absi,
2. Nasr al-Washsha' al-Kufi
3. al-Tirmidhi,
4. Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi,
5. al-Nasa'i,
6. Abu al-Abbas ibn ‘Uqdah,
7. Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Baghdadi,
8. al-Khatib al-Baghdadi,
9. Abu Bakr al-Baghawi,
10. Ibn al-Athir al-Jaza'iri,
11. al-Khatib al-Tabrizi,
12. Abu al-Hajjaj al-Mizzi,
13. al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Tayyibi,
14. Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar al-Khalkhali,
15. Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Zarandi,
16. Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi,
17. Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Hafizi al-Bukhari,
18. Shihab al-Din al-Dawlatabadi,
19. Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi,
20. Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti,
21. Nur al-Din al-Samhudi,
22. ‘Ali al-Qari al-Hindi,
23. Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir,
24. Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji,
25. Husam al-Din al-Saharanpuri,
26. al-Mirza Muhammad al-Badakhshani,
27. Muhammad Mubin al-Lakhnowi,
28. al-Mirzi Hasan ‘Ali Muhaddith al-Lakhnowi,
29. al-Shaykh Sulayman Al-Qunduzi,
30. al-Siddiq Hasan Khan al-Qannawji.
8. Abu al-Haytham Malik ibn al-Tayhan (d. 20/641).
1. Abu al-Abbas ibn ‘Uqdah,
2. Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi,
3. Nur al-Din al-Samhudi,
4. Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir,
5. al-Shaykh Sulayman Al-Qunduzi.
9. Ibrahim Abu Rafi’, one of the Prophet's mawali (d. after 40/ 661).
1. Ibn ‘Uqdah,
2. al-Sakhawi,
3. al-Samhudi,
4. Ibn Ba Kathir,
5. Al-Qunduzi.
10. Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (d. 36/656).
1. Al-Shaykh Sulayman ibn Ibrahim Al-Qunduzi.
11. Hudhayfah ibn Usayd al-Ghifari.
1. Nasr ibn ‘Ali al-Jahdami,
2. Abu ‘Isa al-Tirmidhi,
3. al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi,
4. Abu al-Abbas ibn ‘Uqdah,
5. Abu al-Qasim al-Tabarani,
6. Abu Nu’aym al-Isfahani,
7. Abu al-Qasim ibn ‘Asakir,
8. Abu Musa al-Madini,
9. Abu al-Futuh al-’Ijli,
10. ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Athir,
11. al-Diya' al-Maqdisi,
12. Ibrahim al-Hamawi,
13. Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi,
14. Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Bukhari,
15. Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi,
16. Nur al-Din al-Samhudi,
17. ‘Ata' Allah al-Shirazi,
18. Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
19. al-Shaykhani al-Qadiri,
20. Muhammad Sadr al-Alam.
12. Khuzaymah ibn Thabit Dhu Shahadatayn (d. 37/657).
1. Abu al-Abbas Ibn ‘Uqdah,
2. Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi,
3. Nur al-Din al-Samhudi,
4. Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
5. al-Shaykh Sulayman Al-Qunduzi.
13. Zayd ibn Thabit (11 BH45/611665).
1. Al-Rukayn ibn al-Rabi’ al-Fazari,
2. Muhammad ibn Ishaq,
3. Sharik al-Qadi,
4. Abu Ahmad al-Zubayri,
5. Aswad ibn ‘Amir al-Shami,
6. Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
7. ‘Abd ibn Hamid al-Kashshi,
8. Ahmad ibn ‘Amr al-Shaybani,
9. ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
10. Abu Ja’far al-Tabari,
11. Abu Bakr ibn al-Anbari,
12. Abu al-Qasim al-Tabarani,
13. Abu Mansur al-Azhari,
14. Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Kanji al-Shafi’i,
15. Nur al-Din ‘Ali al-Haythami,
16. Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi,
17. Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti,
18. ‘Ali al-Qari al-Hindi,
19. ‘Abd al-Ra'uf al-Munawi,
20. ‘Ali ibn Ahmad al-Azizi,
21. al-Mirza Muhammad al-Badakhshi,
22. Sulayman ibn Ibrahim Al-Qunduzi,
23. Hasan al-Zaman al-Hindi.
14. Abu Hurayrah, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr (d. 59/679).
1. Abu Bakr al-Bazzaz,
2. Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi,
3. Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti,
4. Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
5. Nur al-Din al-Samhudi,
6. Mahmud ibn Muhammad al-Shaykhani al-Qadiri.
15. ‘Abd Allah ibn Hantab.
1. Abu al-Qasim al-Tabarani,
2. ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Athir,
3. Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti.
16. Jubayr ibn Mut’im (d. 59/679).
1. Abu Nu’aym al-Isfahani,
2. al-Sayyid ‘Ali al-Hamadani,
3. al-Shaykh Sulayman Al-Qunduzi.
17. AlBara' ibn ‘Azib (d. 71/690).
1. Abu Nu’aym al-Isfahani.
18. Anas ibn Malik (10 BH93/612712).
1. Abu Nu’aym al-Isfahani.
19. Talhah ibn ‘Ubayd Allah al-Taymi (28 BH36/596656).
1. Al-Shaykh Sulayman Al-Qunduzi.
20. ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf (44 BH32/580652).
1. Al-Qunduzi.
21. Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas (d. 23BH55/600675).
1. Al-Qunduzi.
22. ‘Amr ibn al-As (50 BH43/574664).
1. Al-Muwaffaq ibn Ahmad al-Khwarazmi.
23. Sahl ibn Sa’d al-Ansari (d. 91/710).
1. Ibn ‘Uqdah al-Kufi,
2. Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi,
3. Nur al-Din al-Samhudi,
4. Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
5. Sulayman Al-Qunduzi.
24. ‘Adi ibn Hatim (d. 68/687).
1. Ibn ‘Uqdah,
2. al-Sakhawi,
3. al-Samhudi,
4. Ibn Ba Kathir,
5. Al-Qunduzi.
25. ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir (d. 58/678).
1. Ibn ‘Uqdah,
2. al-Sakhawi,
3. al-Samhudi,
4. Ibn Ba Kathir,
5. Al-Qunduzi.
26. Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Khalid ibn Zayd (d. 52/672).
27. Abu Shurayh al-Khuza’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 al-Thaqalayn has been narrated from all the above five (26 30) by:
1. Ibn ‘Uqdah,
2. al-Sakhawi,
3. Samhudi,
4. Ibn Ba Kathir,
5. Al-Qunduzi.
31. ‘Amir ibn Layla ibn Damrah.
1. Ibn ‘Uqdah,
2. Abu Musa al-Madini,
3. Abu al-Futuh al-’Ijli,
4. ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Athir,
5. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani,
6. Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi,
7. Nur al-Din al-Samhudi,
8. Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir,
9. Al-Qunduzi.
32. Zayd ibn Arqam (d.68/687).
1. Al-Nasa'i,
2. al-Hakim,
3. al-Tabarani,
4. ‘Ali al-Muttaqi al-Hindi
5. Muhammad Sadr al-Alam,
6. Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-San’ani
7. al-Shaykhani al-Qadiri,
8. Al-Hafiz al-Zarandi,
9. al-Samhudi,
10. Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir, and many others.
33. ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar (10 BH73/613692)
34. Fatimah al-Zahra' (A) (18 BH11/604632)
1. Al-Shaykh Sulayman Al-Qunduzi.
35. Umm Salamah, Hind bint Suhayl (28 BH62/596681)
1. Ibn ‘Uqdah,
2. Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn ‘Umar al-Darqutni,
3. al-Sakhawi,
4. al-Samhudi,
5. Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir,
6. al-Shaykhani al-Qadiri,
7. al-Razzaz, as in Wasilat al-ma'al.
36. Umm Hani, Fakhtah bint Abi Talib (d.40/661)
1. Ibn ‘Uqdah,
2. al-Sakhawi,
3. al-Samhudi,
4. Ibn Ba Kathir.
