Sahih al-Bukhari
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Chapter 3 · Knowledgeكِتَابَةِ الْعِلْمِ
Writing down knowledge
مَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ حَدِيثًا عَنْهُ مِنِّي، إِلاَّ مَا كَانَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ وَلاَ أَكْتُبُ.
Show the chain of narration (Arabic)
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي وَهْبُ بْنُ مُنَبِّهٍ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ
Translation
Abu Hurairah reported: There is no one among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ who has more hadiths from him than I, except for what came from Abdullah ibn Amr, for he used to write and I do not write.
Other translations
Deutsch
Abu Huraira berichtete: Unter den Gefährten des Propheten ﷺ gibt es niemanden, der mehr Hadithe von ihm hat als ich, außer dem, was von Abdullah ibn Amr (kommt); denn er pflegte zu schreiben, und ich schreibe nicht.
Türkçe
Ebû Hüreyre (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Nebî'nin ﷺ ashâbı arasında ondan benden daha çok hadis rivayet eden kimse yoktur; ancak Abdullah b. Amr (r.a.) müstesna. Çünkü o yazardı, ben yazmam.
Further routes of narration
تَابَعَهُ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ.
The journey of this hadith
From Medina to Samarqand – over 197 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.
256AH
al-Bukhari · Samarqand
- Companions (Sahaba)
- Successors (Tabiʿun)
- Successors of the Successors
- Later scholars
- Compiler
- Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)
Chain as a list
Main chain
- Abu Hurairahأَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ
d. 59 AH / 681 CE · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- Hamam bin Munabbihأَخِيهِ
d. 132 AH · Follower Tabi' 4th generation
- Wahb bin Munabbih al-Abnaviوَهْبُ بْنُ مُنَبِّهٍ
d. 110 AH / 728 CE · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation
- 'Amr bin Dinarعَمْرٌو
d. 126 AH · Follower Tabi' 4th generation
- Sufyan bin 'Uyaynahسُفْيَانُ
d. 196 AH · Makkah · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 8th generation
- 'Ali bin al-Madiniعَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
d. 234 AH · Basra · 3rd Century AH 10th generation
- al-Bukhariالبخاري
Compiler
Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)
Another narrator transmitted the same text as well and corroborates this part of the chain.
- Abu Hurairahأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
d. 59 AH / 681 CE · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- Hamam bin Munabbihهَمَّامٍ
d. 132 AH · Follower Tabi' 4th generation
- Ma'mar bin Rashidمَعْمَرٌ
d. 154 AH / 770 CE · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation