جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
569
Books
111
Teachers
79
Students
41
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ
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 - 569
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
39 (7%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
28 (5%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
22 (4%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
21 (4%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
21 (4%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
21 (4%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
20 (4%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
18 (3%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
18 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
18 (3%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
18 (3%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
16 (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
15 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
10 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
10 (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
10 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
9 (2%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
9 (2%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
9 (2%)Musnad Al Shashi
9 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
8 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
8 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
7 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
7 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
7 (1%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
7 (1%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
6 (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
6 (1%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
5 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
5 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
5 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
5 (1%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
5 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
4 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
4 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
4 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
4 (1%)Sunan Nasai
4 (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
4 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
4 (1%)Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
4 (1%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
4 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
4 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
3 (1%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
3 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
3 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
3 (1%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
3 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
3 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
3 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
3 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
3 (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
3 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
2 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
2 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
2 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
2 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
2 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
2 (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
2 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
2 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
2 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
2 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
2 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
1 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
1 (0%)Kitab Al Eman Al Qasim Bin Salam
1 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
1 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
1 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
1 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
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%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
1 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (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
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%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
1 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (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
1 (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
1 (0%)Proof of the Torment of the Grave and the Question of the Two Angels by Al-Bayhaqi - T. Al-Maktab Al-Salafi for Heritage Investigation - N. Islamic Heritage Library - Cairo
1 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
1 (0%)One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N
1 (0%)Sahih Muslim
1 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
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