إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
797
Books
122
Teachers
145
Students
64
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ
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 - 797
Distribution By Collection
The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
59 (7%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
59 (7%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
57 (7%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
44 (6%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
38 (5%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
36 (5%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
31 (4%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
26 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
23 (3%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
23 (3%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
23 (3%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
12 (2%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
12 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
12 (2%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
12 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
12 (2%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
11 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
10 (1%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
9 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
8 (1%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
8 (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
8 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
7 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
7 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
7 (1%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
7 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
7 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
7 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
6 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
6 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
6 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
6 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
6 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
6 (1%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
6 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
5 (1%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
5 (1%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
5 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
5 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
5 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
5 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
4 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
4 (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)
4 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
4 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
4 (1%)Sunan Darmi
4 (1%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
3 (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
3 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
3 (0%)Sunan Nasai
3 (0%)The Great Dictionary of al-Tabarani, a piece from the twenty-first volume (includes part of the Musnad al-Nu`man ibn Bashir) - compiled by a team of researchers under the supervision and care of: Dr. Saad bin Abdullah al-Hamid and Dr. Khalid bin Abdul Rahman Al Jeraisy - N
3 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
3 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
3 (0%)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 (0%)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
3 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
3 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
3 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
3 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
3 (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.
3 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
3 (0%)Shuab ul Iman
3 (0%)Interpretation from the Sunnahs of Saeed bin Mansour - an investigator - Dr. Saad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Hamid - Dar Al-Sumaie for publication and distribution
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
2 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Hadith Siraj
2 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
2 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
2 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
2 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
2 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
2 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (0%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
2 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
2 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
1 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
1 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
1 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
1 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
1 (0%)Sahih Muslim
1 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
1 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
1 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
1 (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
1 (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
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
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%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
1 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
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%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
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