أَبِي عُثْمَانَ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
2,217
Books
192
Teachers
467
Students
173
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَبِي 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 - 2,217
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
166 (7%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
98 (4%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
98 (4%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
80 (4%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
58 (3%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
57 (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
56 (3%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
52 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
51 (2%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
51 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
49 (2%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
48 (2%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
48 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
45 (2%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
44 (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
44 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
44 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
40 (2%)Sahih Bukhari
40 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
35 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
35 (2%)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
34 (2%)Shuab ul Iman
33 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
32 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
31 (1%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
30 (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
25 (1%)Sahih Muslim
25 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
24 (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
24 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
20 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
19 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
18 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
18 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
18 (1%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
15 (1%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
12 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
12 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
11 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
11 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
11 (0%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
10 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
10 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
10 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
10 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
10 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
10 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
10 (0%)Sunan Nasai
9 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
9 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
8 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
8 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
8 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
8 (0%)Sunan Darmi
8 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
8 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
8 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
8 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
8 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
7 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
7 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
7 (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.
7 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
7 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
7 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
7 (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
7 (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)
7 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
7 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
6 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
6 (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
6 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
6 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
6 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
6 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
6 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
6 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
6 (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
5 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
5 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
5 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
5 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
5 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
5 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
5 (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
5 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
5 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
5 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
5 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
5 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
5 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
4 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
4 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
4 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
4 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
4 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
4 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
4 (0%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
3 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
3 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
3 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
3 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
3 (0%)In order to seek the additions of Musnad Al-Harith - T. Mosaad Abdul Hamid Muhammad Al-Saadani - Dar Al-Tala'i for Publishing, Distribution and Export
3 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
3 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
3 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
3 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
3 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
3 (0%)Objective classification of the history of Baghdad, by Al-Hafiz Abi Bakr Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi - T - N Dar Ibn Al-Jawzi - from the publications of the Noor Al-Islam Network
3 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
3 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
3 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
3 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
3 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
3 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
3 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
2 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
2 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Monotheism of Ibn Mandah and Knowledge of the Names and Attributes of God Almighty and His Attributes on Agreement and Uniqueness - Dr. Ali bin Muhammad Nasir al-Faqihi, Associate Professor - Library of Science and Governance, Madinah, Dar al-Uloom and al-Hikum, Syria
2 (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
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
2 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
2 (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
2 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
2 (0%)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
2 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
2 (0%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
2 (0%)Al Amali Fi Aasaar Al Sahaba
2 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
2 (0%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
2 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
2 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
2 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
2 (0%)Hadith Zohri
2 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
2 (0%)Hadith Siraj
2 (0%)Al-Mukhtab from Musnad Abd Ibn Hamid - T. Abu Abdullah Ahmad bin Ibrahim bin Abi Al-Ainin - n Dar Ibn Abbas Library - Mansoura, Arab Republic of Egypt
2 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
2 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
2 (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
2 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
2 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
2 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
2 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
2 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
2 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
2 (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
2 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
2 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
1 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
1 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
1 (0%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
1 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
1 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
1 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
1 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)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 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id, which is famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar al-Kilabadhi - Mishkool - T. Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Ahmad Farid al-Mazeidi - Dar al-Kutub al-‘ilmiyyah - Beirut / Lebanon
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
1 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
1 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Bukhari - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
1 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
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