Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi az-Zinad
أبو محمد عبد الرحمن بن أبي الزناد
Third generation, died 174 AH. Named in the chains of 66 narrations of the library, 17 in Abu Dawud, 11 in Tirmidhi, 11 in Ibn Majah.
66narrations name him
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174 AHhe died
In the books of narrators: Truthful, صدوق ، تغير حفظه لما قدم بغداد ، وكان فقيها.
Narrations he is named in
Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 161HasanThe Messenger of Allah wiped over the socks. Another version adds: “On the back (upper part) of the socks.”Sunan Abi Dawud 744HasanWhen the Messenger of Allah stood for offering the obligatory prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and he did like that when he finished recitation (of the Qur’an) and was about to bow; and he did…Sunan Abi Dawud 761HasanAli ibn Ali Talib said: When the Messenger of Allah stood up for (offering) obligatory prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands opposite to his shoulders, and he did so when he finished the recitation (of the Qur’an) and when…Sunan Abi Dawud 915HasanThe above-mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Aishah through a different chain of transmitters. This version adds: He (the prophet) took a kind of sheet of cloth known as kurdi which belongs to Abu Jahm. The people told him; Messenger of Allah, the…Sunan Abi Dawud 1327HasanThe Prophet’s recitation was loud enough for one who was in the inner chamber to hear it when he was in the house.Sunan Abi Dawud 2135HasanAishah said: O my nephew, the Messenger of Allah did not prefer one of us to the other in respect of his division of the time of his staying with us. It was very rare that he did not visit us any day (i.e. he visited all of us every day). He would come near…Sunan Abi Dawud 2292HasanAishah severely objected to the tradition of Fatimah daughter of Qays. She said: Fatimah lived in a desolate house and she feared for her loneliness there. Hence the Messenger of Allah accorded permission to her (to leave the place).Sunan Abi Dawud 2395DaifThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Aishah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: A huge basket containing twenty sa’s (of dates) was brought.Sunan Abi Dawud 2507HasanZayd ibn Thabit said “I was beside the Messenger of Allah when the divinely-inspired calmness overtook him and the thigh of the Messenger of Allah fell on my thigh. I did not find any weightier than the thigh of the Messenger of Allah. He then regained his…Sunan Abi Dawud 2757SahihThe Messenger of Allah said: “A Muslim ruler is shield by which a battle is fought.”Sunan Abi Dawud 3576Hasan“If any do fail to judge (by the light of) what Allah has revealed, they are (no better than) unbelievers” up to “wrongdoers.” These three verses were revealed about the Jews, particularly about Quraizah and al-Nadir.Sunan Abi Dawud 3645HasanThe Messenger of Allah ordered me (to learn the writing of the Jews), so I learnt for him the writing of the Jews. He said: I swear by Allah, I do not trust Jews in respect of writing for me. So I learnt it, and only a fortnight passed before I mastered it. I…Sunan Abi Dawud 3975HasanThe Prophet used to read: “Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt (ghayru ulid-darari) but the narrator Said did not say the words ‘used to read.’”Sunan Abi Dawud 4133SahihWe were with the Prophet on a journey. He said: Make a general practice of wearing sandals, for a man keeps riding as long as he wears sandals.Sunan Abi Dawud 4163HasanThe Prophet said: He who has hair should honour it.Sunan Abi Dawud 4187HasanUmmul Muminin: The hair of the Messenger of Allah were above wafrah and below jummah.Sunan Abi Dawud 5015HasanUmmul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah used to setup a pulpit in the mosque for Hassan who would stand on it and satirise those who spoke against the Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah would say: The spirit of holiness (i.e. Gabriel) is with Hassan so…