الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِیْعِ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
414
Books
99
Teachers
92
Students
100
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِیْعِ
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 - 414
Distribution By Collection
Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
41 (10%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
41 (10%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
34 (8%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
15 (4%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
12 (3%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
11 (3%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
10 (2%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
9 (2%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
9 (2%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
8 (2%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
7 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
7 (2%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
7 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (1%)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)
6 (1%)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
6 (1%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
6 (1%)Sunan Darmi
6 (1%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
6 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
6 (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.
6 (1%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
6 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
5 (1%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
5 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
5 (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
5 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
4 (1%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
3 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
3 (1%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
3 (1%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
3 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
3 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
3 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
3 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
3 (1%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
3 (1%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
3 (1%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
3 (1%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
3 (1%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
3 (1%)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
3 (1%)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
3 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
3 (1%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
2 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
2 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
2 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
2 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
2 (0%)Hadith Siraj
2 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
2 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
2 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
2 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
2 (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
2 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (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
2 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
2 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
1 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
1 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
1 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
1 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
1 (0%)Musnad Ibraheem Bin Adam Al Zahid
1 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Qurah Al Aeneen Bar Raffa Yaddain Fi Salah
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
1 (0%)Sunan Nasai
1 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
1 (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
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
1 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
1 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
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 Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Part of reading behind the imam of Al-Bukhari - the text of Professor Fadl Al-Rahman Al-Thawry, reviewed by: Professor Muhammad Atallah Khalif Al-Fawhabani - The Salafi Library
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
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