Anas ibn Mālik
أنس بن مالك
Abū Ḥamzah
- Dates
- 612–712 CE / 10 BH–93 AH
- Relation to the Prophet ﷺ
- Personal servant of the Prophet ﷺ from age 10; given to the Prophet ﷺ by his mother Umm Sulaym
- Hadith narrated
- 2,286
Narrated 2,286 hadith — third among the companions. Outlived almost all his peers, transmitting the Prophet's ﷺ life into the next century.
Life
Anas was given to the Prophet ﷺ as a personal servant by his mother Umm Sulaym when Anas was ten years old. He served him for the rest of the Prophet's ﷺ life — ten years — and later said: "He never once said to me, for anything I did: why did you do that? Nor for anything I didn't do: why didn't you do that?"
Anas's proximity gave him access to the Prophet's ﷺ private life in a way few others had. He narrated 2,286 hadith. He lived to be over a hundred — the last surviving senior companion in Basra — and was a direct source for the next generation of scholars including al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.
Passages that mention Anas
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"Anas with a good chain. In the story of the killed Qurra, Anas recounted, I saw the messenger of Allah,"
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"Anas narrated that the Muslims were never more rejoiced than on the day they heard this, as their greatest desire was the love of God and His Messenger."
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"reported by al-Tabarani and al-Awsat from the narration of Anas. It mentions, I have been preferred over people by four characteristics,"
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"The hadith narrated by Anas about Abu Umair and the little bird is agreed upon and was previously mentioned in the ethics of prophethood"
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"Anas continued, saying, We love the Messenger of God, Abu Bakr and Umar, but we do not act as they did, and we hope to be with them."
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"In the Sahihain, Anas narrates that Abu Talha sent a four-quarter of a rabbit or its leg to the Prophet, which he accepted."
Also from this generation
- Abū Hurayrah
أبو هريرة
Narrated 5,374 hadith — more than any other companion. A walking archive of the Prophet's ﷺ final years.
- ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās
عبد الله بن عباس
The Prophet ﷺ made duʿāʾ for him: "O Allah, give him understanding of the religion and teach him interpretation." The duʿāʾ was answered.
- ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar
عبد الله بن عمر
The companion who most strictly imitated the Prophet's ﷺ smallest actions — down to where he stepped.