Hadisin ba da labari ya zo ƙarshe bayan an tattara hadisai a cikin littattafai. Bayan zamanin rubuta hadisai, zamanin Bukhari, Muslim da marubutan Sunan, babu sake ba da labarin hadisai, domin ba da labari [riwaya] yana nuna isar da ilmi [naql], kuma wannan isarwa ta ƙare. Masu isar da hadisai su ne Sahabbai, Tabi'en da sauransu. Malaman hadisi suna cewa duk wanda ya ga Annabi ﷺ ya kuma yi imani da shi, to shi sahabi ne. Sai dai gaskiya ita ce, sahabi shi ne wanda ya gane ainihin ma'anar zumunci [suhbah]. A wata riwaya daga Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab,

The narration of hadīth came to an end after the compilation of ahadīth in the books. After the age of the recording of ahadīth, the age of Bukhari, Muslim and the compilers of the Sunan there is no narration of ahadīth because narration [riwaya] is indicative of transmission [naql] and this transmission came to an end. The transmitters of ahadīth are the Sahabah, the Tabi’een and others. The 'ulamā of hadīth say that whoever saw the Prophet  and believed in him is a sahābi. However, the truth is that the sahābi is whoever has actually realised the meaning of companionship [suhbah]. In a narration from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab,