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Qays bin Hafs

قيس بن حفص

  • † 227 AH
  • Basra
  • 3rd Century AH 10th generation

Lifetime

050100150200250Prophet ﷺal-Bukhari
† 227 AH
d.
227 AH
Places
al-Basra
Names
قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ

Teachers and students

Hadiths in this chain

  • بَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي، مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي خَرِبِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَهُوَ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى عَسِيبٍ مَعَهُ، فَمَرَّ بِنَفَرٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ سَلُوهُ عَنِ الرُّوحِ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ تَسْأَلُوهُ لاَ يَجِيءُ فِيهِ بِشَىْءٍ تَكْرَهُونَهُ. فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُ. فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ، مَا الرُّوحُ فَسَكَتَ. فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ. فَقُمْتُ، فَلَمَّا انْجَلَى عَنْهُ، قَالَ {وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتُيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً}. قَالَ الأَعْمَشُ هَكَذَا فِي قِرَاءَتِنَا.

    Ibn Mas'ud reported: While I was walking with the Prophet ﷺ among the ruins of Medina, and he was leaning on a palm-stalk staff he had with him, he passed by a group of Jews. Some of them said to others: “Ask him about the spirit.” Others …

Source of the biographical data: Hadith Narrators Dataset (fahd09, from muslimscholars.info) (CC0)