عُمَرُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
47
Books
34
Teachers
19
Students
16
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عُمَرُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ،
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 - 47
Distribution By Collection
Al Aahad w Al Masani
6 (13%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
3 (6%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
2 (4%)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
2 (4%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
2 (4%)Tareekh Al-Madina
2 (4%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
2 (4%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
2 (4%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (2%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
1 (2%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
1 (2%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (2%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
1 (2%)Tahdhib Aasaar
1 (2%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
1 (2%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
1 (2%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
1 (2%)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 (2%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
1 (2%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
1 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
1 (2%)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 (2%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
1 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
1 (2%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (2%)Sunan Abi Dawood
1 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
1 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (2%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
1 (2%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
1 (2%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (2%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (2%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
1 (2%)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