مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

169

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ

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 - 169

Distribution By Collection

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

9 (5%)

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

8 (5%)

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

7 (4%)

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

6 (4%)

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

6 (4%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

6 (4%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

6 (4%)

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

6 (4%)

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

5 (3%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

5 (3%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

5 (3%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

4 (2%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

4 (2%)

Sahih Bukhari

4 (2%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

3 (2%)

Shuab ul Iman

3 (2%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

3 (2%)

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

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%)

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

3 (2%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal

3 (2%)

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 (2%)

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

2 (1%)

Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi

2 (1%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

2 (1%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

2 (1%)

Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)

2 (1%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

2 (1%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

2 (1%)

Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

2 (1%)

Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr

2 (1%)

The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage

2 (1%)

Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti

1 (1%)

Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble

1 (1%)

Musnad e Bazzar

1 (1%)

Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim

1 (1%)

Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam

1 (1%)

Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia

1 (1%)

Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam

1 (1%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

1 (1%)

Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo

1 (1%)

Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia

1 (1%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut

1 (1%)

Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

Musnad Ibn Al Jad

1 (1%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

1 (1%)

Al Adab Al Mufrad

1 (1%)

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

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%)

Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt

1 (1%)

Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf

1 (1%)

Sunan Darmi

1 (1%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

1 (1%)

Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan

1 (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

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Shriya

1 (1%)

Al Tahoor

1 (1%)

Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

1 (1%)

Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris

1 (1%)

Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi

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