أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,875
Books
191
Teachers
302
Students
266
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ
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 - 1,875
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
148 (8%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
100 (5%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
91 (5%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
66 (4%)Musnad Al Shashi
57 (3%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
57 (3%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
52 (3%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
51 (3%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
48 (3%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
48 (3%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
41 (2%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
38 (2%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
30 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
30 (2%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
30 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
28 (1%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
27 (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
26 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
26 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
25 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
24 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
21 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
21 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
20 (1%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
19 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
18 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
16 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
16 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
15 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
15 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
15 (1%)Hadith Siraj
14 (1%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
14 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
14 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
13 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
13 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
13 (1%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
13 (1%)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
13 (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
13 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
12 (1%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
12 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
12 (1%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
12 (1%)Sahih Muslim
12 (1%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
12 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
12 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
11 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau
11 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
11 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
10 (1%)Sunan Nasai
10 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
10 (1%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
10 (1%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
10 (1%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
10 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
9 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
9 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
8 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
8 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
8 (0%)Sunan Darmi
7 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
7 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
6 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
6 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
6 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
6 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
6 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
6 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
5 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
5 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
5 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
5 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
5 (0%)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 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
5 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
4 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
4 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
4 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
4 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
4 (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.
4 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
4 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
4 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
4 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
4 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
4 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
4 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
4 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
4 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
4 (0%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
4 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
4 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
3 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
3 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
3 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
3 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
3 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
3 (0%)Hadith Zohri
3 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
3 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
3 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
3 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
3 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
3 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
3 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
3 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
3 (0%)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
2 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
2 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
2 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
2 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
2 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
2 (0%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
2 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
2 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
2 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Weak Resources of the Thirsty to the Additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Dar Al-Sami’i for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2 (0%)Bulugh Al Maram
2 (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
2 (0%)The existing part of Al-Tabarani's Sunnah Book - Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Barrak - Dr
2 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
2 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
2 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
2 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
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%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
2 (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
2 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
2 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
2 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
2 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
2 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
1 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani
1 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
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%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
1 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Ahkam Ibn Wahab
1 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Asim Al-Shawami Al-Athari - Dar Al-Hijaz Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
1 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi
1 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Musnad Firdos Bima Masoor Al Khitab
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (0%)Fawaid Abi Muhammad Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
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%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
1 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
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%)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
1 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)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 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
1 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
1 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani, the thirteenth and fourteenth volumes - a team of researchers under the supervision and care of Dr. Saad bin Abdullah Al-Hamid and Dr. Khaled bin Abdul Rahman Al-Jeraisy - N
1 (0%)Al-Bayhaqi’s Belief and Guidance to the Path of Righteousness on the Madhhab of the Predecessors and the Companions of Hadith - T. Ahmed Essam Al-Kateb - Dar Al-Afaq Al-Jadidah - Beirut
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%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
1 (0%)Al Amali Fi Aasaar Al Sahaba
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
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