Ebû Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe

Ebû Bekir · Generation 10

Abdullah b. Muhammed b. Ebû Şeybe (İbrâhîm) b. Osman b. Hâstî

Died235 AH
KunyaEbû Bekir
Nisbael-Vâsıtî aslen, el-Kûfî, el-Absî, el-Hâfız
Generation (tabaqa)Generation 10
Jarh wa-ta'dilzayıf

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Hadiths in whose chain he appears

A'isha reported that a person sought permission from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) to see him. He said:Grant him permission. (and also added: ) He is a bad son of his tribe or he is a bad person of his tribe. When he came in he used kind words for him. 'A'isha reported that she said: Allah's Messenger, you said about him what you had to say and then you treated him with kindness. He said: A'isha, verily in the eye of Allah, worst amongst the person in rank on the Day of Resurrection is one whom the people abandon or desert out of the fear of indecency
Imran b. Husain reported:We were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in some of his journeys and there was a woman from the Ansar riding a she-camel that it shied and she invoked curse upon that. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) heard it and said: Unload that and set it free for it is accursed. 'Imran said: I still perceive that (dromedary) walking amongst people and none taking any notice of that
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Aslam with the same chain of transmitters
Chain of narrators (path 1): Muslim ← Ebû Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe and Ebû ← Ma'tmar bin Sulaiman-al-Taufayl ← Ma'mar bin Rashid ← Zayd bin Aslam
Chain of narrators (path 2): Muslim ← Ishaq bin Ibrahim Shykh ← 'Abdur-Razzaq ← Ma'mar bin Rashid ← Zayd bin Aslam
Umm Darda' reported on the authority of Abu Darda' as saying:I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The invoker of curse would neither be witness nor intercessor on the Day of Resurrection
This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters and the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Isa (the words are):" He had a private meeting with them and hurled malediction upon them and cursed them and sent them out
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of A'mash and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Isa the words are:Make it a source of reward, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira (the words are):" Make it a source of mercy
Chain of narrators (path 2): Muslim ← Ishaq bin Ibrahim Shykh ← 'Isa bin Yonus bin Abi Ishaq ← Sulaiman al-A'mash
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Telling of truth is a virtue and virtue leads to Paradise and the servant who endeavours to tell the truth is recorded as truthful, and lie is obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell-Fire, and the servant who endeavours to tell a lie is recorded as a liar. Ibn Abu Shaiba reported this from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ)
This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When Allah fashioned Adam in Paradise, He left him as He liked him to leave. Then Iblis roamed round him to see what actually that was and when he found him hollow from within, he recognised that he had been created with a disposition that he would not have control over himself
Urwa reported on the authority of his father that Hisham b. Hakim b. Hizam happened to pass by some people in Syria who had been made to stand in the sun and olive-oil was being poured upon their heads. He said:What is this? It was said: They are being punished for (not paying) the Kharaj (the government revenue). Thereupon he said: Allah would punish those who torment people in this world (without any genuine reason)
Amr heard Jabir as saying:A person happened to come to the mosque with an arrow; thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him: Take hold of its pointed head
Abu Huraira reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) through another chain of transmitters
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that he saw a person enjoying himself in Paradise because of the tree that he cut from the path which was a source of inconvenience to the people
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded me thus:Whenever you prepare a broth, add water to it, and have in your mind the members of the household of your neighbours and then give them out of this with courtesy
Abu Musa reported that when any needy (person) came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) with a need he commanded him to his Companions, saying:Make a recommendation for him, and you would get the reward. Allah, however, gives the verdict through the tongue of His Apostle what He likes most
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:The similitude of good company and that of bad company is that of the owner of musk and of the one (iron-smith) blowing bellows, and the owner of musk would either offer you free of charge or you would buy it from him or you would. smell its pleasant odour, and so far as one who blows the. bellows is concerned, he would either burn your clothes or you shall have to smell its repugnant smell
This hadith has been reported by Zuhri on the authority of Malik, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Sufyan (the words are):" He would enter into Fire, except for the fulfilment of the oath
Chain of narrators (path 2): Muslim ← 'Abd bin Hameed bin Nasr and Muhammad bin Rafa'i ← 'Abdur-Razzaq ← Ma'mar bin Rashid ← al-Zuhri
Abu Huraira reported that a woman came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) with her child and said:Allah's Apostle, invoke Allah's blessing upon him for I have already buried three. He said: You have buried three! She said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You have, indeed, safeguarded yourself against the torment of Hell with a strong safeguard. 'Umar has made a mention of his father, whereas others have not made a mention of his father
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Anas reported that a person said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ):When would be the Last Hour? He (the Holy Prophet) said: What preparation have you made for that? And he gave no details, but said: I love Allah and His Messenger. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You would be along with one whom you love. Anas b. Malik reported through another chain of transmitters that a desert Arab came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon, him), the rest of the hadith is the same but with this variation that he said: I have not made much preparations which merit appreciation for myself
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Anas reported that a person said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ):When would be the Last Hour? He (the Holy Prophet) said: What preparation have you made for that? And he gave no details, but said: I love Allah and His Messenger. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You would be along with one whom you love. Anas b. Malik reported through another chain of transmitters that a desert Arab came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon, him), the rest of the hadith is the same but with this variation that he said: I have not made much preparations which merit appreciation for myself
Abu Musa, reported that a person came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ; the rest of the hadith is the same
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters also and the one transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba (the words are):" People love him." In the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Abd-us-Samad (the words are):" People praise him as stated by Hammad
Chain of narrators (path 4): Muslim ← İshâk ← en-Nadr b. Şümeyl ← Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj ← Abu 'Imran al-Jauni
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Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who is the most truthful (of the human beings) and his being truthful (is a fact) said:Verily your creation is on this wise. The constituents of one of you are collected for forty days in his mother's womb in the form of blood, after which it becomes a clot of blood in another period of forty days. Then it becomes a lump of flesh and forty days later Allah sends His angel to it with instructions concerning four things, so the angel writes down his livelihood, his death, his deeds, his fortune and misfortune. By Him, besides Whom there is no god, that one amongst you acts like the people deserving Paradise until between him and Paradise there remains but the distance of a cubit, when suddenly the writing of destiny overcomes him and he begins to act like the denizens of Hell and thus enters Hell, and another one acts in the way of the denizens of Hell, until there remains between him and Hell a distance of a cubit that the writing of destiny overcomes him and then he begins to act like the people of Paradise and enters Paradise
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mansur with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording
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Ali reported that one day Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting with a wood in his hand and he was scratching the ground. He raised his head and said:There is not one amongst you who has not been allotted his seat in Paradise or Hell. They said: Allah's Messenger. then, why should we perform good deeds, why not depend upon our destiny? Thereupon he said. No, do perform good deeds, for everyone is facilitated in that for which he has been created; then he recited this verse:" Then, who gives to the needy and guards against evil and accepts the excellent (the truth of Islam and the path of righteousness it prescribes), We shall make easy for him the easy end..." (xcii)
Chain of narrators (path 2): Muslim ← İbn Nümeyr ← babam ← Sulaiman al-A'mash ← Sa'd bin 'Ubaida al-Salmi ← 'Abdullah bin Habib ← Ali b. Ebû Tâlib
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This hadith has been narrated through other chains of transmiters with slight variations of wording
Chain of narrators (path 2): Muslim ← Ebû Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe and Zuhayr bin Harb and Ishaq bin Ibrahim Shykh and İbn Nümeyr ← İbn Uleyye ← Yezîd
Chain of narrators (path 3): Muslim ← Yahyâ b. Yahyâ ← Ja'far bin Sulaiman al-Daba'i ← Yezîd
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Abu Huraira reported that the polytheists of the Quraish came to have an argument with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in regard to Destiny and then this verse was revealed:" On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces, taste the touch of Fire. Surely, We have created everything according to a measure" (liv)