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
11collections
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
Musnad Ahmad, page 2 of 4
Musnad Ahmad 614I asked Ali (رضي الله عنه) about the nafl prayers of the Prophet during the day. He said: You are not able for that. We said: Tell us and we will do as much of it as we can, He said: When the Messenger of Allah prayed Fajr, he would wait until the sun would…Musnad Ahmad 616Witr is not an essential like regular prayer, but it is a Sunnah that was established by the Messenger of Allah.Musnad Ahmad 658I was told by someone who heard Ali say: War is deceit, on the lips of your Prophet.Musnad Ahmad 660‘Whoever tells a lie about seeing me in his dream will be ordered on the Day of resurrection to tie a grain of barley.’ Abu Ahmad said: I think it is from the Prophet.Musnad Ahmad 693The Messenger of Allah commanded us to check the eyes and ears.Musnad Ahmad 695A man asked “Ali (رضي الله عنه) about (sacrificing) a cow. He said: (it may be sacrificed) on behalf of seven people. He said: (What about a cow with) a broken horn? He said. It doesn’t matter. He said: (What if it is) lame? He said: If it can reach the place…Musnad Ahmad 697“When her bleeding ends, carry out the hadd punishment on her. Carry out the Hadd punishments on those whom your right hands possess (i.e., slave women).”Musnad Ahmad 699The Messenger of Allah forbade us to mate a donkey with are mare.Musnad Ahmad 700The Messenger of Allah said: “If I were to appoint anyone to a position of authority without consulting (the believers), I would have appointed Ibn Umm Abd (Abdullah ibn Masood).”.Musnad Ahmad 702Ali (رضي الله عنه) said to me: I shall send you on the same mission as the Messenger of Allah sent me: do not leave any image without erasing it or any built-up grave without levelling it.Musnad Ahmad 704Three people came to the Prophet and one of them said: O Messenger of Allah, I had one hundred dinars and i gave ten of them in charity. The next one said: O Messenger of Allah, I had ten dinars and I gave one of them in charity. The next one said: I had one…Musnad Ahmad 721Witr is not a must like regular prayer, but it is a Sunnah that was established by the Messenger of Allah.Musnad Ahmad 728“This is the place of sacrifice, and all of Mina is a place of sacrifice.”Musnad Ahmad 802The Messenger of Allah cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who pays it, the two who witness it, the one who writes it down, the woman who does tattoos and the woman who gets tattoos done for adornment, the one who withholds zakah, the one who marries a…Musnad Ahmad 803I used to come to the Messenger of Allah every morning. If he cleared his throat, I would enter, and if he remained silent, I would not enter. He came out to me (on one occasion) and said: “Something happened last night. I heard some movement in the house…Musnad Ahmad 876The Messenger of Allah did not promise us anything on which we might base a claim of succession, rather it is something that we thought of ourselves, then Abu Bakr was appointed as his successor; may the mercy of Allah be upon Abu Bakr, for he did well and…Musnad Ahmad 882Witr is not a must like the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah.Musnad Ahmad 883The Prophet () did wudoo washing each part three times.Musnad Ahmad 888Shall I not tell you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet? Abu Bakr, then ʻUmarMusnad Ahmad 900The Prophet did wudoo washing each part three time.Musnad Ahmad 922Where are those who say that they dislike drinking whilst standing? He took it and drank whilst standing then he did a light wudoo and wiped over his shoes, then he said: This is the wudoo of the Messenger of Allah for one who is pure and has not broken his…Musnad Ahmad 942We thought that it was Fajr, but the Messenger of Allah said: ‘It is Asr prayer’ – meaning the middle prayer.Musnad Ahmad 956The Messenger of Allah said: “The key to prayer is purification; entering it is takbeer and exiting it is tasleem.”Musnad Ahmad 962The Messenger of Allah used to pray two rakahs following every prescribed prayer except Fajr and Asr. Abdur-Rahman said: after every prayer.Musnad Ahmad 967I never heard the Messenger of Allah say ‘May my father and mother be sacrificed for you.’ to anyone except Sad ibn Malik, I heard him say to him on the day of Uhud. “Shoot, Sad, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you!”.Musnad Ahmad 970I heard Ali (رضي الله عنه) say: The Messenger of Allah came first, followed by Abu Bakr, and the third one was Umar (رضي الله عنهما). Then turmoil (fitnah) struck us, and that is what Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, willed. Abu Abdur-Rahman said; My…Musnad Ahmad 971. He said: The Messenger of Allah commanded us to check the eyes and ears.
It was narrated that Salamah ibn Kuhail said: l heard Hujayyah ibn Adiyy say: I heard Ali ibn Abi Talib (رضي الله عنه) when a man asked him. and he narrated the same hadeeth.Musnad Ahmad 973If I carried out the hadd punishment on a man and he died, I would not feel upset, except in the case of khamr; if (such a man) died, I would pay the diyah (to his family) because the Messenger of Allah did not prescribe it (did not specify a particular…Musnad Ahmad 988Shall I not tell you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet? Abu Bakr, then ʻUmar (رضي الله عنهما).Musnad Ahmad 1005The Prophet used to wake his family up during the last ten (nights of Ramadan).