Hadith narrated by Zayd ibn ThābitPage 3

زيد بن ثابت

Zayd ibn Thābit narrated 238 hadith found on the site; 139 are translated into English. The most reliable come first.

Died: d. 45 AH
Also written: Zayd ibn Thâbit, Zayd ibn Thabit, Zeyd b. Sâbit

Biographical notice (in Arabic)

أبو هريرة الدوسي : مات حبر الأمة

مسروق بن الأجدع الكوفي : عده في الستة الذين هم أصحاب الفتوى من الصحابة

عبد الله بن عباس : دفن اليوم علم كثير وكان يأخذ بركابه ويقول هكذا أمرنا أن نفعل بعلمائنا وكبرائنا

أبو حاتم بن حبان البستي : ذكره في الصحابة

أبو الفرج ابن الجوزي : ذكره في كشف النقاب وقال له صحبة غلبته عيناه يوم الخندق وهو أول مشاهده فنام فأخذ عمارة بن حزام سلاحه وهو لا يشعر فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يا أبا رقاد نمت حتى ذهب سلاحك

الذهبي : كاتب الوحي لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وشهد بيعة الرضوان أحد من جمع القرآن على عهد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

ابن حجر العسقلاتي : صحابي مشهور

Good (hasan) Sunan an-Nasa'i 3722

It was narrated from Zaid bin Thabit that the Prophet ruled that 'Umra (a gift given for life) belongs to the heir.

بِالْعُمْرَى لِلْوَارِثِ ‏.‏

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit

Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2461

“May Allah (SWT) forgive Rafi' bin Khadij. By Allah (SWT)! I have more knowledge of Ahadith than he does. Two men who had quarreled came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: 'If this is your situation, do not lease farms,' and what Rafi' bin khadij heard was 'Do not lease farms.' ”

"‏ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا شَأْنَكُمْ فَلاَ تُكْرُوا الْمَزَارِعَ ‏"

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit + 3 other versions

Differing grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 4007

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell" that he said: "This Verse was revealed eight months after the Verse that is in Tabark Al-Furqan: "And those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Allah, or kill such person as Allah has forbidden, except by right."

نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ بَعْدَ الَّتِي فِي ‏‏{‏ تَبَارَكَ ‏}‏ الْفُرْقَانِ بِثَمَانِيَةِ أَشْهُرٍ ‏‏{‏ وَالَّذِينَ لاَ يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلاَ يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلاَّ…

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit + 2 other versions

Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4555

Abu Dawud and others have said: When a she-camel enters fourth year, the female is called hiqqah, and the male is called hiqq, for it deserves that it should be loaded and ridden. When a camel enters its fifth year, the male is called Jadha' and the female is called Jadha'ah. When it enters its…

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، فِي الدِّيَةِ الْمُغَلَّظَةِ فَذَكَرَ…

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit + 1 other version

Differing grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 3707

"Muhammad -he is, Ibn Yusuf- narrated to us, he said: 'Sufyan narrated to us from Ibn Abi Najih, from Tawus, from a man, from Zaid bin Thabit that the Prophet ruled that the Ruqba belongs to the one to whom it is given.'"

الرُّقْبَى لِلَّذِي أُرْقِبَهَا ‏.‏

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit + 1 other version

Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 3975

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to read: "Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt (ghayru ulid-darari) but the narrator Sa'id did not say the words "used to read"

يَقْرَأُ ‏‏{‏ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ ‏}‏ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ سَعِيدٌ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ ‏.‏

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit

Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 230

The Messenger of Allah said: "May Allah cause his face to shine, the man who hears what I say and conveys it (to others). There are those who have knowledge but no understanding, and there may be those who convey knowledge to those who have more understanding of it than they do.' " (One of the…

"‏ نَضَّرَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مَقَالَتِي فَبَلَّغَهَا فَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ غَيْرِ فَقِيهٍ وَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ ‏"

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit

Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2823

“I saw a man asking my father about a man who goes out to fight and buys and sells and trades during his campaign. My father said to him: ‘We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in Tabuk, and we bought and sold, and he saw us and did not forbid us (to do that).’”

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِتَبُوكَ نَشْتَرِي وَنَبِيعُ وَهُوَ يَرَانَا وَلاَ يَنْهَانَا ‏.‏

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2714

"I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while there was a scribe in front of him, and I heard him saying: 'Put the pen on your ear, for that is more conducive to the scribe remembering.'"

"‏ ضَعِ الْقَلَمَ عَلَى أُذُنِكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَذْكَرُ لِلْمُمْلِي ‏"

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit

Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 1405

Zaid was imam (in a prayer) and he did not make prostration.

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَخْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ قُسَيْطٍ، عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَعْنَاهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو…

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit

Differing grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 3706

"My father narrated to us: Ubaidullah -he is, Ibn 'Amr- narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Tawus, from Zaid bin Thabit, that the Prophet said: 'Ar-Ruqba is permissible.'"

"‏ الرُّقْبَى جَائِزَةٌ ‏"

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit

Differing grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 3718

"'Umra (a gift given for life) belongs to the heir."

"‏ الْعُمْرَى لِلْوَارِثِ ‏"

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit

Differing grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 3720

"'Umra (a gift given for life) belongs to the heir."

"‏ الْعُمْرَى هِيَ لِلْوَارِثِ ‏"

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit

Differing grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 4006

"This Verse - 'And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell' - was revealed six months after the Verse which was revealed in Surat Al-Furqan."

نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ ‏‏{‏ وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا ‏}‏ الآيَةُ كُلُّهَا بَعْدَ الآيَةِ الَّتِي نَزَلَتْ فِي الْفُرْقَانِ بِسِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ ‏

Narrated by Zayd ibn Thābit

Differing grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 4407