Wathla bin al-'Asqa'

Ebû, Ebû Ubeyd · Well-known Companion

Vâsile b. el-Eska' b. Ka'b b. Âmir b. Leys b. Bekir b. Abd Menât

4hadiths in the chain2as the source of the sayingall narrators
BornHijaz
Died83 AH · Şam
KunyaEbû, Ebû Ubeyd
Nisbael-Leysî
Places livedŞam, Basra, Dımaşk, Beytülmakdis, Beyt
Generation (tabaqa)Well-known Companion
Jarh wa-ta'dilsahâbî

Family

Children
Fusayla bint Wa'ila

Narrator names are parsed automatically from the isnad; identity and biographical details are matched from rijal sources (Itqan narrator profiles, muslimscholars.info).

Hadiths in whose chain he appears

All4al-Bukhari1Muslim3
Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 3509
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61. Virtues and Merits of the Prophet (pbuh) and his Companions
Source of the saying
Narrated Wathila bin Al-Asqa: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Verily, one of the worst lies is to claim falsely to be the son of someone other than one's real father, or to claim to have had a dream one has not had, or to attribute to me what I have not said."
Chain of narrators: al-Bukhari ← 'Ali bin 'Ayyash ← Harîz b. Osman ← 'Abdul Wahid bin 'Abdullah bin Ka'b ← Wathla bin al-'Asqa'
Sahih Muslim Hadith 2250
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12. The Book of Prayer - Funerals
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Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Do not sit on the graves and do not pray facing towards them
Chain of narrators: Muslim ← 'Ali bin Hujr bin Iyas bin Maqatil ← el-Velîd b. Müslim ← 'Abdur Rahman bin Yazid bin Jabir ← Bsr bin 'Ubaidullah ← Wathla bin al-'Asqa' ← Kennâz b. el-Husayn
Sahih Muslim Hadith 2251
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12. The Book of Prayer - Funerals
Link 2 from the end of the chain
Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Do not pray facing towards the graves, and do not sit on them
Chain of narrators: Muslim ← al-Hasan bin al-Rabi' al-Bajli ← 'Abdullah bin Mubarak ← 'Abdur Rahman bin Yazid bin Jabir ← Bsr bin 'Ubaidullah ← Ebû İdrîs el-Havlânî ← Wathla bin al-'Asqa' ← Kennâz b. el-Husayn
Sahih Muslim Hadith 5938
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44. The Book of Virtues
Source of the saying
Wathila b. al-Asqa' reported:I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Verily Allah granted eminence to Kinana from amongst the descendants of Isma'il, and he granted eminence to the Quraish amongst Kinana, and he granted eminence to Banu Hashim amonsgst the Quraish, and he granted me eminence from the tribe of Banu Hashim
Chain of narrators: Muslim ← Muhammad bin Mhran and Muhammed b. Abdurrahman b. Hakîm ← el-Velîd b. Müslim ← 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Amr ← Şeddâd Ebû Ammâr ← Wathla bin al-'Asqa'