Shubah ibn al-Hajjaj
أبو بسطام شعبة بن الحجاج بن الورد
Third generation, died 160 AH in Basra. Named in the chains of 2,908 narrations of the library, 750 in Bukhari, 483 in Muslim, 262 in Abu Dawud.
2,908narrations name him
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160 AHhe died, in Basra
In the books of narrators: Trustworthy and exact, ثقة حافظ ، متقن.
Narrations he is named in
Bukhari750Muslim483Abu Dawud262Tirmidhi214Nasa'i541Ibn Majah172Ahmad134Darimi251Al-Adab Al-Mufrad73Shama'il28
Ash-Shama'il
Ash-Shama'il 3“I heard Al-Bara ibn Azib say:
‘The Messenger of Allah was neither curly nor lank-haired, of medium height, broad-shouldered, with luxuriant hair reaching the lobes of his ears, wearing a red suit of clothes. I have never seen anything more beautiful than…Ash-Shama'il 8“I heard Jabir ibn Samurah say:
‘The Messenger of Allah was dali al-fam, ashkal al-‘ain, manhus al-‘aqib.’
Shuba said: ‘I asked Simak: ‘What is dali al-fam?’ He replied: ‘ endowed with a lean heel.’’’’”Ash-Shama'il 25Sahih“The Messenger of Allah was of medium height, broad-shouldered, and the hair of his head touched the lobes of his ears.”Ash-Shama'il 38“When he oiled his head, no grayness was visible, and when he did not apply oil, some was visible.”Ash-Shama'il 83“The Messenger of Allah would love to start whatever he could on the right side, in his combing, his footwear and his purification.”Ash-Shama'il 116Sahih“I heard my maternal aunt relate, on the authority of her paternal uncle; ‘While I was walking in Medina, someone behind me said: ‘Raise your loincloth, for that is more pious and conducive to longer wear.’ Lo and behold, he was the Messenger of Allah’, so I…Ash-Shama'il 135Sahih“The Prophet said: ‘As for me, I do not eat while leaning on a support’!”Ash-Shama'il 138Sahih“The family of Muhammad did not satisfy their appetite with barley-bread for before even two consecutive days until the Messenger of Allah was taken from this world.”Ash-Shama'il 144“The Messenger of Allah did not eat his fill of barley-bread for two days in a row until he died.”Ash-Shama'il 155“The Prophet used to admire the gourd, so when he was brought a meal or invited to one, I would seek it out and set it in front of him, because I knew that he liked it.”Ash-Shama'il 169“The superiority of Aishah over all other women is like the superiority of tharid over all other food.”Ash-Shama'il 230“The Messenger of Allah would associate so closely with us that he said to a young brother of mine: ‘O Abu Umair, what has the little red- beaked sparrow done?’”Ash-Shama'il 237“A stone hit the finger of the Messenger of Allah, causing it to bleed, so he said:
‘Are you nothing but a finger that has bled without having suffered in Allah’s cause?’”Ash-Shama'il 255“I asked ‘Asha about the nighttime ritual prayer of the Messenger of Allah, so she said: ‘He used to sleep at the beginning of the night. Then he would get up, and when it was the time before daybreak, he performed a witr. Then he came to his
mattress, and if…Ash-Shama'il 257“The Prophet used to perform thirteen cycles of ritual prayer during the night.”Ash-Shama'il 265Sahih“When he entered into the ritual prayer, he said: ‘Allah is Supremely Great.’
According to Abu Isa: ‘Shuba is the one who entertained doubts about al-Maida and al- Anam.’”Ash-Shama'il 267Sahih“I performed the ritual prayer one night with the Messenger of Allah (All^ bless him and give him peace), and he remained standing until I almost did something bad.” He was asked: “What did you almost do?” He replied: “I nearly sat down and left the Prophet…Ash-Shama'il 276“We asked Ali about the ritual prayer of the Messenger of Allah in the daytime, and he said:
‘You would be incapable of that,’ so we said: Anyone of us who is capable of that will perform it!” He therefore said: ‘When the sun was from over here, at the time…Ash-Shama'il 277“I asked Aishah: ‘Did the Prophet perform the mid-morning ritual prayer?’ She said: ‘Yes, four cycles, and he used to add whatever Allah wished (Almighty and Glorious is He).’”Ash-Shama'il 279“I have never heard anyone mention seeing the Prophet performing the mid¬morning ritual prayer except Umm Hani. ‘She related that the Messenger of Allah entered her house on the Day of the Conquest of Mecca, whereupon he performed the major ritual ablution…Ash-Shama'il 288“The Prophet used to fast until we would say: ‘He does not intend to break fast,’ and he used to break fast until we would say: ‘He does not intend to fast during it.’ He did not fast for a whole month after arriving in Medina, with the exception of Ramadan.”Ash-Shama'il 296“I said to ‘Asha: ‘Was the Messenger of Allah used to fasting three days out of every month?’ She said; ‘Yes!’ I said: ‘Which days did he fast?’ She said: ‘He was not concerned about which days he fasted.’’”Ash-Shama'il 307“I saw the Prophet on his she-camel on the Day of Victory, and he was reciting: ‘We have surely given you a clear victory, so that Allah may forgive you your former and your latter sins.’ (Al-Fath 48:1-2) He recited in a quivering voice.”Ash-Shama'il 335Sahih“The Messenger of Allah was neither obscene, nor profligate, nor boisterous in the markets, and he would not repay a misdeed with a misdeed, but would pardon and forgive.”Ash-Shama'il 346“He was more bashful than the virgin in her boudoir, and when he disapproved of something, we knew it from the expression on his face.”Ash-Shama'il 366“The Prophet died when he was sixty-three years of age, as did Abu Bakr and Umar, and I am now sixty-three years of age.”Ash-Shama'il 387that al-Abbas and Ali came to Umar quarreling, each of them saying to his companion: “You are such-and-such, you are such-and-such!” Umar therefore said to Talha, Az-Zubayr, Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf and Sad: “I adjure you by Allah, have you heard the Messenger…Ash-Shama'il 393“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘If someone sees me in his sleep, he has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot appear in disguise as me’(or: ‘cannot imitate me’).”