النَّاسُ:

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

168

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·النَّاسُ:

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 - 168

Distribution By Collection

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

7 (4%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla

5 (3%)

The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh

5 (3%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

5 (3%)

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

4 (2%)

Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo

4 (2%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr

4 (2%)

The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation

4 (2%)

Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.

4 (2%)

Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation

4 (2%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

4 (2%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

3 (2%)

The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -

3 (2%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

3 (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

3 (2%)

The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr

3 (2%)

Al Royah Dar Al Qutni

3 (2%)

Kitab Al Shriya

3 (2%)

Al Eman Ibn Minda

3 (2%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo

3 (2%)

Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain

3 (2%)

Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh

3 (2%)

Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

3 (2%)

Silsala Daeef

2 (1%)

Tareekh Al-Madina

2 (1%)

Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq

2 (1%)

Al Bar w Al Salah

2 (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

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

2 (1%)

Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee

2 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

2 (1%)

Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut

2 (1%)

Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti

2 (1%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

2 (1%)

Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

2 (1%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N

2 (1%)

Al-Muwata Al-Muhaqiq Dr. Bashar Maruf

1 (1%)

Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi

1 (1%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani

1 (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

1 (1%)

Interpretation from the Sunnahs of Saeed bin Mansour - an investigator - Dr. Saad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Hamid - Dar Al-Sumaie for publication and distribution

1 (1%)

Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut

1 (1%)

The Book of the Sunnah Abi Asim (And with him Shades of Paradise in Takhreej Al-Sunnah by: Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani) - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - The Islamic Office

1 (1%)

Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut

1 (1%)

The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut

1 (1%)

Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut

1 (1%)

Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

1 (1%)

Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.

1 (1%)

Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi with footnotes (corresponding version) - T. Muhammad bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Turki, in cooperation with the Research Center in Dar Hajar - Dar Hajar for Printing and Publishing - Cairo

1 (1%)

The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo

1 (1%)

Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.

1 (1%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

1 (1%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

1 (1%)

Muwatta Malik, narrated by Abu Musab al-Zuhri

1 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

1 (1%)

Musnad Imam Shafi

1 (1%)

Musnad e Bazzar

1 (1%)

Shuab ul Iman

1 (1%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

1 (1%)

Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah

1 (1%)

Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi

1 (1%)

Musnad Al Shahab

1 (1%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

1 (1%)

Masnad Humaidi

1 (1%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

1 (1%)

Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad

1 (1%)

Muajam Ibn Askar

1 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana

1 (1%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal

1 (1%)

Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi

1 (1%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

1 (1%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

1 (1%)

Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi

1 (1%)

Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis

1 (1%)

Tazeem Qadar Al Salah

1 (1%)

Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia

1 (1%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (1%)

Musnad Firdos Bima Masoor Al Khitab

1 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

1 (1%)

Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool

1 (1%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

1 (1%)

Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari

1 (1%)

Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor

1 (1%)

Muwatta Imam Malik Narrated by Muhammad bin Al-Hasan al-Shaybani

1 (1%)

Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami

1 (1%)

Al-Mawta Al-Imam Malik Narrated by Sweid bin Saeed al-Hadthani

1 (1%)

Classical Scholar Assessments

The cards below present assessments from the major classical critics. Together they form the standard reference for evaluating Abu Hurayrah's status in the science of Rijal (narrator criticism).

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