أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
718
Books
141
Teachers
102
Students
227
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ،
Known As (يُعرف بـ) ·
Kunya (الكنية) ·
Nasab (النسب)
Status / Rank (الرتبة) Sahabi (Companion) · Thiqah Thabt
Born ~ BH (~602 CE) ·
Embraced Islam 7 AH (after the Battle of Khaybar)
Died AH (679 CE) ·
Companion of the Prophet ﷺ —
Biography
"O Allah, fill him with knowledge."
The Prophet ﷺ supplicated for Abu Hurayrah after he complained of forgetting hadith. From that day, Abu Hurayrah said: "I never forgot a hadith after that."
— Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim (multiple chains)This well-attested narration is cited by classical scholars as the divinely-given basis for Abu Hurayrah's extraordinary memory.
Reliability Assessment
صحابي جليل
Distinguished Companion of the Prophet ﷺ — unconditionally trustworthy
Abu Hurayrah is one of the seven most prolific narrators of Hadith. Because of the sheer volume of his narrations — exceeding five thousand — his case received particular attention from classical Hadith critics. The early scholars established his reliability through multiple lines of evidence: his close companionship of the Prophet ﷺ for three years of devoted study, the consistent agreement of his narrations with those of other Sahaba, the prayers of the Prophet ﷺ for his memory (preserved in authentic chains), and the testimony of his contemporaries.
All Hadiths Narrated - 718
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
123 (17%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
41 (6%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
28 (4%)Al-Musnad Al-Sahih Muslim, summarized by the transfer of justice from justice to the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, Sahih Muslim - A group of investigators - Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
16 (2%)Sahih Bukhari
16 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - Dr. Mustafa Deeb Al-Bagha is Professor of Hadith and its Sciences at the Faculty of Sharia - University of Damascus - Dar Ibn Katheer, Al-Yamamah - Beirut
15 (2%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
14 (2%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
14 (2%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
13 (2%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
12 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
12 (2%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
11 (2%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
11 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
11 (2%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
10 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
9 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
9 (1%)Sunan Nasai
9 (1%)Masnad Humaidi
8 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
8 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
8 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
8 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
7 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
7 (1%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
7 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
7 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
7 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
6 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
6 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
6 (1%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
6 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
6 (1%)People of Faith - T. Mukhtar Ahmed Al-Nadawi, owner of the Salafi House in Bombay - India - n Al-Rushd Library for Publishing and Distribution in Riyadh in cooperation with the Salafi House in Bombay, India
6 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
6 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
6 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
5 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
5 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
5 (1%)Musnad Al Shammean
5 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
5 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
5 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
5 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
5 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
5 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
5 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
4 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
4 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
4 (1%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
4 (1%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
4 (1%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
4 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
4 (1%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
4 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
4 (1%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
4 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
4 (1%)Musnad Imam al-Shafi’i (Singer’s arrangement) - Arranged by: Sanjar bin Abdullah al-Jawli, Abu Saeed, Alam al-Din (deceased: 745 AH) - by Ghiras Publishing and Distribution Company, Kuwait
4 (1%)Sahih Mawared al-Thirsin to Zawa'id Ibn Hibban - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - Dar al-Sami'i for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
4 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
4 (1%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
4 (1%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
3 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
3 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
3 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
3 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
3 (0%)Sahih Muslim
3 (0%)Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
3 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
3 (0%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
3 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
2 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
2 (0%)Muwatta Malik, narrated by Abu Musab al-Zuhri
2 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
2 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
2 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
2 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
2 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
2 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Al-Shafi’i (Al-Sindi arrangement) (jurisdictional arrangement of the chapters: Muhammad Abed Al-Sindi) - Arranged on the jurisprudential chapters: Muhammad Abid Al-Sindi - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Beirut - Lebanon
2 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
2 (0%)In order to search for excesses Musnad al-Harith - d d. Hussein Ahmed Saleh Al-Bakri - N Center for the Service of the Sunnah and the Prophet's Biography - Medina
2 (0%)Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami
2 (0%)Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi
2 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
2 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Encouragement in the virtues of deeds and the reward for that - T. Muhammad Hassan Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut - Lebanon
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Sunan Al-Daraqutni - Checked it out, corrected its text, and commented on it: Shuaib Al-Arnaout, Hassan Abdel-Moneim Shalabi, Abdel-Latif Harzallah, Ahmed Barhoum - from the Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut - Lebanon
1 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra for al-Nisa'i - d. Abd al-Ghaffar Suleiman al-Bandari, Syed Kasravi Hassan - Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah - Beirut
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
1 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
1 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Bukhari - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
1 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
1 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Hadith Siraj
1 (0%)Hadith Zohri
1 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Ahadith Ismaeel Bin Jafar
1 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
1 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
1 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
1 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Imam Al-Bukhari - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Al-Ma'arif Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh
1 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id, which is famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar al-Kilabadhi - Mishkool - T. Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Ahmad Farid al-Mazeidi - Dar al-Kutub al-‘ilmiyyah - Beirut / Lebanon
1 (0%)Sunan Darmi
1 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
1 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
1 (0%)Classical Scholar Assessments
Engaging with Skepticism مناقشة الشبهات
A small number of voices — both early and modern — have raised questions about the volume of Abu Hurayrah's narrations. Classical and modern scholars have addressed these systematically. We summarise the key responses here.
Position of the Major Legal Schools
Sunni (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali)
Shi'a (Ja'fari)
Ibadi