عَبَّادٌ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
584
Books
108
Teachers
141
Students
103
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عَبَّادٌ
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 - 584
Distribution By Collection
Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
73 (13%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
73 (13%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
63 (11%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
19 (3%)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
15 (3%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
15 (3%)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
14 (2%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
12 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
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 Baihaqee
9 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
8 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
8 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
8 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
7 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
7 (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
7 (1%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
7 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
7 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
7 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
6 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
6 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
5 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
5 (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
5 (1%)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
5 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
5 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
5 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
4 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
4 (1%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
4 (1%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
4 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
4 (1%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
4 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
4 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
4 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
4 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
3 (1%)Sunan Nasai
3 (1%)Sunan Darmi
3 (1%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
3 (1%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
3 (1%)Musnad Al Shahab
3 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
3 (1%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
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%)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
3 (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
3 (1%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
3 (1%)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)
3 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
3 (1%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
3 (1%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
2 (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.
2 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
2 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
2 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
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%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
2 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
2 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
2 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
2 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
2 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
2 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
2 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
1 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
1 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
1 (0%)Al Tahoor
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
1 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
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%)Etal Al Qaloob
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
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Shi'a (Ja'fari)
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