Waki' bin al-Jarrah

Ebû Süfyân · Senior rank of generation 9

Vekî' b. el-Cerrâh…

Born129 AH
Died196 AH
KunyaEbû Süfyân
Nisbaer-Ruvâsî, en-Nîsâbûrî, el-Kûfî, el-Hâfız, el-A'ver, el-Kaysî
Places livedIrak, Kûfe
Generation (tabaqa)Senior rank of generation 9
Jarh wa-ta'dilsika hâfız

Family

Father
al-Jarrah bin Malih bin 'Ady
Children
Sufyan bin Wky' bin al-Jrah, Mlyh bin Wky' bin al-Jrah, 'Ubaid bin Wky' bin al-Jrah

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Hadiths in whose chain he appears

A hadith like this has been narrated by 'Asim with the same chain of transmitters
Simak narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Samura that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed the dawn prayer, he sat at the place of worship till the sun had risen enough
Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) combined the noon prayer with the afternoon prayer and the sunset prayer with the 'Isha' prayer in Medina without being in a state of danger or rainfall. And in the hadith transmitted by Waki' (the words are):" I said to Ibn 'Abbas: What prompted him to do that? He said: So that his (Prophet's) Ummah should not be put to (unnecessary) hardship." And in the hadith transmitted by Mu'awiya (the words are):" It was said to Ibn 'Abbas: What did he intend thereby? He said he wanted that his Ummah should not be put to unnecessary hardship
Abdullah b. Shaqiq al-'Uqaili reported:A person said to Ibn 'Abbas (as he delayed the prayer): Prayer. He kept silence. He again said: Prayer. He again kept silence, and he again cried: Prayer. He again kept silence and said: May you be deprived of your mother, do you teach us about prayer? We used to combine two prayers during the life of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
Abdullah reported:None of you should give a share to Satan out of your self. He should not deem that it is necessary for him to turn but to the right only (after prayer). I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turning to the left
Anas reported:The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to turn to the right (at the end of the prayer)
This hadith has been reported by Mis'ar with the same chain of transmitters, but he made no mention of:" His face would turn towards us
This hadith has been narrated by the same chain of transmitters and in the hadith narrated by Usama the words are:" When it was dawn
Chain of narrators (path 1): Muslim ← 'Ali bin Hujr bin Iyas bin Maqatil ← 'Ali bin Ms'hr ← Hisham bin 'Urwa
Chain of narrators (path 2): Muslim ← Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala' ← Hammad bin Usamah ← Hisham bin 'Urwa
Chain of narrators (path 4): Muslim ← 'Amr bin Muhammad bin Bukayr ← Waki' bin al-Jarrah ← Hisham bin 'Urwa
A'isha reported:I did not see the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting (the Qur'an) in the night prayer in a sitting position, till he grew old and then he recited (it) in a sitting position, but when thirty or forty verses were left out of the Surah, he would then stand up, recite them and then bowed
This hadith has been narrated by Hisham with the same chain of transmitters
Masruq reported on the authority of 'A'isha that she said that the Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe the Witr prayer every night, maybe in the early part of night, at midnight and in the latter part, finishing his Witr at dawn
Mu'awiya b. Qurra reported 'Abdullah b. Mughaffal al-Muzani as saying:The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) recited on his ride Surat al Fath during a journey in the year of the Conquest (of Mecca), and he repeated (the words) in his recitation. Mu'awiya said: If I were not afraid that the people would crowd around me, I would have given a demonstration of (the Prophet's) recitation before you
This hadith has been reported with the same chain of transmitters by Qatada except with this change:" He who finds it hard (to recite the Qur'an) will have a double reward
Chain of narrators (path 1): Muslim ← Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zaman ← İbn Ebû Adî ← Sa'id bin Abi 'Aruba ← Katâde b. Diâme
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Would any one of you like, when he returns to his family, to find there three large, fat, pregnant she-camels? We said: Yes. Upon this he said: Three verses that one of you recites in his prayer are better for him than three large, fat, pregnant she-camels
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters directly from the Companions of Muhammad (ﷺ)
Chain of narrators (path 1): Muslim ← Ebû Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe ← Waki' bin al-Jarrah
Chain of narrators (path 2): Muslim ← Muhammad bin Rafa'i ← Hammad bin Usamah
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There should be no envy but only in case of two persons: one having been endowed with wealth and power to spend it in the cause of Truth, and (the other) who has been endowed with wisdom and he decides cases with the help of it and teaches it (to others)
Abu Wa'il reported that a person named Nabik b. Sinan came to Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) and said:Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, how do you recite this word (alif) or (ya)? Would you read It as: min ma'in ghaira asin or au min ma'in ghaira ghaira yasin. (al-Qur'an, xlvii. 15)? 'Abdullah said: You (seem to) have memorised the whole of the Qur'an except this. He (again) said: I recite all the mufassal surahs in one rak'ah. Upon this 'Abdullah said: (You must have been reciting It) hastily like the recitation of poetry. Verily. there are people who recite the Qur'an, but it does not go down beyond their collar bones. It is (a fact with the Qur'an) that it is beneficial only when it settles in the heart and is rooted deeply in it. The best of (the acts) in prayer are bowing and prostration. I am quite aware of the occasions when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) combined together two surahs in every rak'ah. 'Abdullah then stood up and went out with 'Alqama following in his footstep. He said Ibn Numair had told him that the narration was like that:" A person belonging to Banu Bajila came to 'Abdullah," and he did not mention (the name of) Nahik b. Sinan
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Do not intend to observe prayer at the time of the rising of the sun nor at its setting, for it rises between the horns of Satan
Chain of narrators (path 1): Muslim ← Ebû Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe ← Waki' bin al-Jarrah ← Hisham bin 'Urwa ← 'Urwa ibn al-Zubayr ← ibn Umar
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When the rim of the sun starts appearing defer prayer till it completely appears, and when the rim of the sun disappears defer prayer till it completely disappears
Chain of narrators (path 1): Muslim ← Ebû Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe ← Waki' bin al-Jarrah ← Hisham bin 'Urwa ← 'Urwa ibn al-Zubayr ← ibn Umar
Abdullah b. Mughaffal reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) u saying:There Is between the two calls (Adhan and Iqama) a prayer. And he mentioned it three times, and at the third time he said: This applies to those who wish to do it
Iyas b. Salama b. al-Akwa' reported on the authority of his father:We used to observe the Friday prayer with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when the sun passed the meridian. and we then returned and tried to find out afternoon shadow (of the walls for protecting themselves from the heat of the sun)
Jabir reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), while delivering the sermon' to the people, praised Allah, and lauded Him for what He deserves, and would then say:He whom Allah guides aright, there is none to mislead him, and he who is led astray, there is none to guide him (aright), and the best of the talk is embodied in the Book of Allah. And the rest of the hadith is the same
Chain of narrators: Muslim ← Ebû Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe ← Waki' bin al-Jarrah ← Süfyân ← Ca'fer ← babası ← Jabir bin 'Abdullah
Adi b. Hatim reported:that a person recited a sermon before the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) thus: He who obeys Allah and His Apostle, he in fact follows the right path, and he who disobeys both of them, he goes astray. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: What a bad speaker you are; say: He who disobeys Allah and His Apostle. Ibn Numair added: He in fact went astray
A hadith like this has been narrated by Sufyan with the same chain of transmitters
Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in the dawn prayer on Friday" Alif-Lam-Mim, Tanzil" and" Surely there came
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When any one amongst you observes prayer after Jumu'a, he should observe four rak'ahs. (In the hadith transmitted by Jarir the word minkum is not recorded)
Chain of narrators (path 1): Muslim ← Zuhayr bin Harb ← Cerîr ← Suhayl bin Abi Salah ← babası ← Abu Hurairah
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Isma'il with the same chain of transmitters and in the hadith narrated by Sufyan and Waki' (the words are):" The sun eclipsed on the day when Ibrahim died, and the people said: It has eclipsed on the death of Ibrahim
Chain of narrators (path 1): Muslim ← Ebû Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe ← Waki' bin al-Jarrah and Hammad bin Usamah and 'Abdullah bin Numayr
Chain of narrators (path 2): Muslim ← Ishaq bin Ibrahim Shykh ← Cerîr b. Abdülhamîd and Waki' bin al-Jarrah
Chain of narrators (path 3): Muslim ← Muhammad bin Yahya bin Abi 'Umar ← Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah
This hadith has been narrated by Ibn 'Urwa with the same chain of transmitters. The hadith narrated by Abu Usama is more complete
Chain of narrators: Muslim ← Ebû Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe ← Waki' bin al-Jarrah ← Hisham bin 'Urwa
Ali b. Rabi'a reported that the first one who was lamented upon in Kufa was Qaraza b. Ka'b. Mughira b. Shu'ba said:I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: He who is lamented upon would be punished because of the lamentation for him on the Day of judgment
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters, but in the hadith narrated by him there is no mention of the story of 'Abdullah b. Abu Bakr
Chain of narrators (path 2): Muslim ← Yahyâ b. Yahyâ ← 'Abdul 'Aziz bin Muhammad al-Daruradi