صَفْوَانُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,011
Books
188
Teachers
191
Students
183
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·صَفْوَانُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ،
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 - 1,011
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
66 (7%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
33 (3%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
28 (3%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
22 (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
22 (2%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
21 (2%)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
21 (2%)Shuab ul Iman
21 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
20 (2%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
19 (2%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
18 (2%)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
18 (2%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
16 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
15 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
15 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
14 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
14 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
13 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
13 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
12 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
12 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
11 (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
11 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
11 (1%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
11 (1%)Musnad Imam al-Shafi’i (Singer’s arrangement) - Arranged by: Sanjar bin Abdullah al-Jawli, Abu Saeed, Alam al-Din (deceased: 745 AH) - by Ghiras Publishing and Distribution Company, Kuwait
10 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
10 (1%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
10 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
9 (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
9 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
9 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
9 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
9 (1%)Sunan Nasai
9 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
9 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
8 (1%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
8 (1%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
7 (1%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
7 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
7 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
7 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
7 (1%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
6 (1%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
6 (1%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
6 (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)
6 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
6 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
6 (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
6 (1%)Sunan Darmi
6 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
6 (1%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
5 (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
5 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
5 (0%)Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami
5 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
5 (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
5 (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
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
5 (0%)Muwatta Malik, narrated by Abu Musab al-Zuhri
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
5 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
5 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
5 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
5 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
5 (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.
5 (0%)Sahih Muslim
5 (0%)Muwatta Imam Malik Narrated by Muhammad bin Al-Hasan al-Shaybani
4 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
4 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
4 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
4 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
4 (0%)Al-Muwata Al-Muhaqiq Dr. Bashar Maruf
4 (0%)Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi
4 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
4 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
4 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
4 (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
4 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
4 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
4 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
4 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
4 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
4 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
4 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
4 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
4 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
3 (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
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
3 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
3 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
3 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
3 (0%)Makaram al-Akhlaq by al-Kharati and its Excellencies, and Mahmoud its methods - Dr. Abdullah bin Bajash bin Thabit al-Hamiri - Al-Rushd Library in 2006 AD
3 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
3 (0%)Hadith Zohri
3 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
3 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
3 (0%)Al-Mawta Al-Imam Malik Narrated by Sweid bin Saeed al-Hadthani
3 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
3 (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%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
2 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
2 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
2 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
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%)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
2 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
2 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
2 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
2 (0%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
2 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
2 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
2 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
2 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
2 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
2 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Ahkam Ibn Wahab
2 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
2 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
2 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
2 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
2 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
2 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
2 (0%)Al-Muta' Imam Malik Ibn Anas Narrated by Ibn Al-Qasim
2 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
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-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - 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%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
2 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
1 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
1 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Huraira
1 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
1 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
1 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
1 (0%)Al Tahoor
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ghurbah
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
1 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
1 (0%)Hadith Siraj
1 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
1 (0%)Ahadith Ismaeel Bin Jafar
1 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
1 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
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%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
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%)Encouragement in the virtues of deeds and the reward for that - T. Muhammad Hassan Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut - Lebanon
1 (0%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
1 (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
1 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
1 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
1 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
1 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)The existing part of Al-Tabarani's Sunnah Book - Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Barrak - Dr
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
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