Qutaybah ibn Said
أبو رجاء قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل
Fourth generation, died 240 AH in Balkh. Named in the chains of 2,318 narrations of the library, 323 in Bukhari, 519 in Muslim, 184 in Abu Dawud.
2,318narrations name him
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240 AHhe died, in Balkh
In the books of narrators: Trustworthy and exact, ثقة ثبت.
Narrations he is named in
Ash-Shama'il, page 2 of 2
Ash-Shama'il 252“The Messenger of Allah performed the ritual prayer until his feet became swollen, so he was asked: ‘Must you burden yourself with this, when
Allah has already forgiven you your former and your latter sins?’ He replied: ‘Shall I not be a thankful servant?’”Ash-Shama'il 256“I reclined across the cushion and the Messenger of Allah reclined lengthwise, whereupon the Messenger of Allah slept until the middle of the night, or a little while before or after it. The Messenger of Allah then woke up, wiped the sleep off his face, and…Ash-Shama'il 258“If the Prophet did not perform the ritual prayer during the night, because sleep had prevented him, or his eyes had been too weary, during the daytime, he would perform twelve cycles of ritual prayer during the daytime.”Ash-Shama'il 260“Determined to contemplate the ritual prayer of the Prophet intently, for I laid my head on his doorstep or his hair tent. The Messenger of Allah then performed two brisk cycles of ritual prayer. After this he performed two long, long, long cycles. Then he…Ash-Shama'il 263Two other chains have narrations similar to the previous one.Ash-Shama'il 274Sahih“I recall eight cycles performed by the Messenger of Allah: two cycles before the noon prayer and two cycles after it, two cycles after the sunset prayer, and two cycles after the evening prayer.”
Ibn Umar said: “Hafsah also told me about the two cycles of…Ash-Shama'il 286“I asked Aishah about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah. She said: ‘He used to fast until we would say: ‘He has fasted,’ and he used to break fast until we would say: ‘He has broken fast.’’ She also said: ‘The Messenger of Allah did not fast for a whole…Ash-Shama'il 302Yala ibn Mamlak asked Umm Salamah about the Quranic recitation of the Messenger of Allah, whereupon she described a Quranic recitation that was explained letter by letter.Ash-Shama'il 305“I asked ‘Aishah about the Quranic recitation of the Prophet: ‘Was he used to whispering the recitation, or pronouncing it audibly?’ She said: ‘He used
to do both. He would sometimes whisper and sometimes speak audibly.’ I therefore said: ‘Praise be to Allah…Ash-Shama'il 308“Allah has not sent a Prophet unless he was endowed with a handsome face and a beautiful voice, and your Prophet was endowed with a handsome face and a beautiful voice, and he did not chant in a quavering tone.”Ash-Shama'il 312Sahih“The sun was eclipsed one day in the era of the Messenger of Allah, so the Messenger of Allah stood performing the ritual prayer, until he could hardly bow down, then he bowed down and could hardly raise his head, then he raised his head and could hardly…Ash-Shama'il 333Sahih“I served the Messenger of Allah for ten years, and he never said ‘Uff!’ to me. He never asked me about something I had done, saying: ‘Why did you do it?’ nor about something I had left undone, saying: ‘Why did you leave it undone?’ the Messenger of Allah was…Ash-Shama'il 334According to the Messenger of Allah, there was a man in his presence with a trace of saffron upon him. The Messenger of Allah could hardly face someone with something on him that he found disgusting, so when he left, he said to the people: ‘If only you would…Ash-Shama'il 342Sahih“The Prophet never stored anything up for the morrow.”Ash-Shama'il 356Sahih“Do you not have what you want in the way of food and drink? I have seen your Prophet, and the poor-quality dates that he finds are what fills his stomach.”Ash-Shama'il 371“The last occasion when I caught sight of the Messenger of Allah was the unveiling of the curtain on a Monday. I looked at his face as if it were a parchment of the Qur’an, as the people were performing the ritual prayer behind Abu Bakr. The people were about…Ash-Shama'il 373“I saw the Messenger of Allah when he was at the point of death, and beside him there was a vessel containing water. He would dip his hand into the vessel, then wipe his face with the water, saying: ‘O Allah, help me against the atrocities of death (or: the…Ash-Shama'il 381“The Messenger of Allah died on Monday and he was buried on Tuesday.”Ash-Shama'il 394“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘If someone sees me in his sleep, he has indeed seen me!’”Ash-Shama'il 396“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘If someone sees me in his sleep, he has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot imitate me!’ The father then related this to Ibn Abbas, saying that he had seen the Prophet. He also mentioned Al-Hasan ibn Ali, noting that he resembled…