الْهَيْثَمُ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
383
Books
73
Teachers
150
Students
52
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·الْهَيْثَمُ،
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 - 383
Distribution By Collection
Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf
53 (14%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
51 (13%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
41 (11%)Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani
23 (6%)The Book of Archeology by Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - T. Khaled Al-Awwad - Dar Al-Nawader
21 (5%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
21 (5%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
20 (5%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
14 (4%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
12 (3%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
12 (3%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
8 (2%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
6 (2%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
4 (1%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
4 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
4 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
4 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
4 (1%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
4 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
4 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
4 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
3 (1%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
3 (1%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
3 (1%)Al Tahyuriyat
2 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
2 (1%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
2 (1%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
2 (1%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
2 (1%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
2 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
2 (1%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
2 (1%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
2 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)The Collector of the Explanation of Knowledge and His Excellence Al-Qurtubi - T. Mosaad Abdel Hamid Muhammad Al-Saadani - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
1 (0%)Musnad Al-Imam Al-Darmi - Dr. Marzouq bin Hayas Al Marzouq Al-Zahrani - N (without a publisher) (Printed at the expense of businessman Sheikh Jamaan bin Hassan Al-Zahrani)
1 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (0%)Sunan Darmi
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
1 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
1 (0%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
1 (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
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
1 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
1 (0%)The Collector of the Statement of Knowledge and His Excellence Al-Qurtubi - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Fawaz Ahmad Zumrli - Al-Rayyan Foundation - Dar Ibn Hazm
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
1 (0%)Sunan al-Darimi (narrated by al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa’i, Abu Dawud, and Abdullah ibn al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal) - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Damascus: Bab al-Barid - 1349 - n.
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