Sufyan ath-Thawri
أبو عبد الله سفيان بن سعيد بن مسروق
Third generation, died 159 AH in Kufa. Named in the chains of 1,443 narrations of the library, 167 in Bukhari, 161 in Muslim, 156 in Abu Dawud.
1,443narrations name him
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159 AHhe died, in Kufa
In the books of narrators: Trustworthy and exact, ثقة حافظ ، فقيه عابد ، إمام حجة.
Narrations he is named in
Bukhari167Muslim161Abu Dawud156Tirmidhi253Nasa'i254Ibn Majah199Ahmad95Darimi86Al-Adab Al-Mufrad36Shama'il35Mishkat1
Ash-Shama'il, page 1 of 2
Ash-Shama'il 4“I have never seen anyone endowed with a lock of hair flowing below the ears, wearing a red suit of clothes, more handsome than the Messenger of Allah. He had some hair touching his shoulders. Broad-shouldered, he was neither short nor tall.”Ash-Shama'il 62“I saw the Prophet wearing a red garb, as if I were looking at the sheen of his legs.” Sufyan said: “I think it was a hibara.”Ash-Shama'il 67Sahih“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Wear white, for it is most pure and pleasant, and you must shroud your deceased therein’.”Ash-Shama'il 75Sahih“The sandals of the Messenger of Allah had two thongs with double laces.”Ash-Shama'il 79“I saw the Messenger of Allah performing the ritual prayer in sewn sandals.”Ash-Shama'il 129“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘I do not eat while leaning on a support! I do not eat while leaning on a support’!”Ash-Shama'il 133“The Prophet used to lick his fingers three times.”Ash-Shama'il 135Sahih“The Prophet said: ‘As for me, I do not eat while leaning on a support’!”Ash-Shama'il 148The Messenger of Allah said: ‘What an excellent condiment vinegar is!’Ash-Shama'il 149“We were in the presence of Abu Musa al- Ashari when he was brought some chicken meat. A man among the people thereupon turned away, so he asked him: ‘What is the matter?’ He replied: ‘I saw it eating something putrid, so I swore that I would not eat it.’ He…Ash-Shama'il 152“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Eat oil, and anoint with it, for it is from a blessed tree!’”Ash-Shama'il 174“The Prophet came to us in our house, so we slaughtered a sheep for him, and he said: ‘It is as if they knew that we love meat’!” (This
tradition is part of a longer story).Ash-Shama'il 177Hasan“The Prophet used to come to me and say: ‘Do you have something for lunch?’ I would say: ‘No,’ so he would say: ‘I am fasting.’ When he came to me one day, I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we have been given a gift!’ He said: ‘What is it?’ I said: ‘It is a meal…Ash-Shama'il 186Daif“The Messenger of Allah used to say, when he had finished his meal: ‘Praise be to Allah, who has fed us and quenched our thirst, and has made us Muslims’!”Ash-Shama'il 193:
“The Prophet used to eat watermelon with ripe dates.”Ash-Shama'il 214“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Men’s perfume is perfume whose scent is apparent and whose color is not, and women’s perfume is perfume
whose color is apparent and whose scent is not’.”Ash-Shama'il 236Sahih“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The most truthful saying spoken by a poet is the saying of Labid: Everything but Allah is surely futile,’ and
Umayya ibn Abi’s-Salt almost embraced Islam.”Ash-Shama'il 238A man said to him: “Did you all flee from the Messenger of Allah, O Abu ‘Umara?’ He replied: ‘No, by Allah! The Messenger of Allah did not retreat, but those who were hasty retreated, being assailed by the arrows of the Hawazin. The Messenger of Allah was…Ash-Shama'il 247Sahih“When the Prophet went to his mattress, he would say: ‘O Allah, in Your Name I shall die and live,’ and when he woke up, he would say:
‘Praise be to Allah, who has revived us after He caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection!’”Ash-Shama'il 249“The Messenger of Allah slept until he gasped for breath, and he had gasped for breath while he was sleeping, so Bilal came to him and called him
to the ritual prayer, whereupon he got up and performed the ritual prayer, and he did not perform the minor…Ash-Shama'il 289“I did not see the Prophet fast for two consecutive months, other than Shaban and Ramadan.”Ash-Shama'il 294Aishah said;
“The Prophet used to fast on the Saturday of one month, and on the Sunday and the Monday, as well as on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of another month.”Ash-Shama'il 298“I asked Aishah: ‘Was the Messenger of Allah used to singling out any of the days?’ She said: ‘His work was perpetual. Who of you would be capable of doing what the Messenger of Allah used to be do?’”Ash-Shama'il 311“The Messenger of Allah told me: ‘Recite the Qur’an to me,’ so I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, shall I recite the Qur’an to you when it was to you that it was revealed?’ He said: ‘I like to hear it from someone other than myself,’ so I recited the Sura of the…Ash-Shama'il 313Hasan“The Messenger of Allah took hold of a daughter of his who was dying, then embraced her and she died in his arms. Umm Aiman cried, so he, meaning the Prophet said: ‘Are you weeping in the presence of the Messenger of Allah?’ She replied: ‘Am I not seeing you…Ash-Shama'il 314“The Messenger of Allah kissed Uthman ibn Mazun when he was dead, and he was weeping.” (or: “his eyes were shedding tears”).Ash-Shama'il 322Sahih“The Messenger of Allah performed the Pilgrimage on a shabby camel saddle, on which there was a velvet sheet worth less than four silver coins, so he said: ‘O Allah, make it a Pilgrimage devoid of hypocritical ostentation and no notoriety!’”Ash-Shama'il 326Sahih“The Messenger of Allah came to me riding neither a mule nor a hackney.”Ash-Shama'il 340Sahih‘Never did the Messenger of Allah say ‘No’ to anyone who requested something of him.!’Ash-Shama'il 347“I never looked at the private parts of the Messenger of Allah.” (Or she said: “I never saw the private parts of the Messenger of Allah.”