The chain is ordered from the source of the saying to the compiler: 1 = the speaker/first transmitter, the following links those who passed it on in turn, and at the bottom al-Bukhari who compiled the work. Click a narrator to list every hadith in which he appears; the number in parentheses is how many hadiths in this collection the narrator appears in.
- 1ابي هريره Abu Hurairah (968 hadiths) Source of the saying عن an
- 2ابو سلمه بن عبد الرحمن Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman (182 hadiths) اخبرني ahberanî
- 3ابن شهاب al-Zuhri (1041 hadiths) عن an
- 4عقيل 'Aqil bin Khalid bin 'Aqil (113 hadiths) عن an
- 5الليث Leys b. Sa'd (283 hadiths) حدثنا haddesenâ
- 6يحيي بن بكير Yahyâ b. Bükeyr (119 hadiths) حدثنا haddesenâ
- 7Compiler Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari
Chain length: 6 narrators. Narrator names are parsed automatically from the isnad; identity matching and biographies (death year, jarh wa ta'dil) are being added progressively.