The Most Renowned Hadith Narrations of the Nakha‘ Tribe and Their Contributions to Hadith

This research seeks to elucidate the hadith legacy of the Yemeni Nakhaʿ tribe by examining the biographies of its distinguished figures who excelled in safeguarding, transmitting, and disseminating the Prophetic Sunnah, from the advent of Islam until their eventual settlement in Kufa. The tribe played a formative role in shaping a scholarly tradition of hadith and jurisprudence that exerted a profound influence on the intellectual history of the Muslim community.Methodologically, the study employs an inductive approach to collect relevant textual evidence and primary sources concerning Nakhaʿ narrators; an analytical approach to evaluate their biographies alongside the judgments of hadith critics; a comparative approach to address divergences in their authentication; and a partial statistical approach to quantify their narrations within the major hadith corpora, with particular emphasis on the Six Canonical Books.The introductory section provides an overview of the tribe’s lineage, conversion to Islam, and recognized merits, with special reference to its pivotal role in the dissemination of hadith and jurisprudence in Kufa. The first chapter examines the most reliable transmitters of Nakhaʿ—such as ʿAlqamah ibn Qays, al-Aswad ibn Yazid, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazid, and Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī—through a critical study of their narrations in the Six Books and the scholarly assessments of their reliability. The second chapter addresses the weaker transmitters from the tribe, including Abū Dāwūd al-Nakhaʿī, Abū Mālik al-Nakhaʿī, and Ḥajjāj ibn Arṭāh, analyzing the scholars’ criticisms and clarifying the impact of their deficiencies.The conclusion presents the study’s major findings, most notably: the central role of the Nakhaʿ tribe in preserving and transmitting the hadiths of the Companion ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him); their pioneering contribution to the establishment of scholarly circles in Kufa; and the incorporation of their narrations into the Six Canonical Books. The research further demonstrates that weak transmitters among them were few and did not undermine the overall positive image of their hadith contributions. Their scholarly efforts substantially contributed to safeguarding the intellectual identity of the Muslim ummah. The study recommends further dedicated research to collect and publish their narrations in independent works, and to underscore their position within the Kufan school, given its significance in both historical and hadith studies