مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
247
Books
87
Teachers
80
Students
67
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ
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 - 247
Distribution By Collection
Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
13 (5%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
13 (5%)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
12 (5%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
12 (5%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
11 (4%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
11 (4%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
8 (3%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
6 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
6 (2%)Sunan Abi Dawood
5 (2%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
5 (2%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
4 (2%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
4 (2%)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 (2%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
4 (2%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
4 (2%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
4 (2%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
4 (2%)Sunan Nasai
4 (2%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
4 (2%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
4 (2%)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
4 (2%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
4 (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
4 (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 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
3 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
3 (1%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
3 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
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 Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
3 (1%)Tareekh Al-Madina
3 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
3 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
2 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
2 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
2 (1%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
2 (1%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (1%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
2 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
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%)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%)One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
1 (0%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
1 (0%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
1 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
1 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
1 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
1 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
1 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
1 (0%)Al Ali Al Mansoor Fi Al Hadith Mashoor
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
1 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
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%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)The Collector of the Statement of Knowledge and His Excellence Al-Qurtubi - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Fawaz Ahmad Zumrli - Al-Rayyan Foundation - Dar Ibn Hazm
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
1 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
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