عَلِيِّ بْنِ الأَقْمَرِ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
555
Books
127
Teachers
102
Students
62
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عَلِيِّ بْنِ الأَقْمَرِ
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 - 555
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
36 (6%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
25 (5%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
25 (5%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
24 (4%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
23 (4%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
20 (4%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
20 (4%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
17 (3%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
12 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
12 (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
11 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
11 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
11 (2%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
10 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
10 (2%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
9 (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
8 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
8 (1%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
8 (1%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
8 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
7 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
7 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
7 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
7 (1%)Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf
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%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
6 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
5 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
5 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
5 (1%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
5 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
4 (1%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
4 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
4 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
4 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
4 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
4 (1%)Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani
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%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
4 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
4 (1%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
4 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
4 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
4 (1%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
3 (1%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
3 (1%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
3 (1%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
3 (1%)Musnad Al Shashi
3 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
3 (1%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
3 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
3 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
3 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
3 (1%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
3 (1%)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
2 (0%)Sahih Muslim
2 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
2 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
2 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
2 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
2 (0%)Hadith Zohri
2 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
2 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
2 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
2 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
2 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
2 (0%)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
2 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
2 (0%)The Book of Archeology by Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - T. Khaled Al-Awwad - Dar Al-Nawader
2 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
2 (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%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
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%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
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%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Hadith Siraj
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
1 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
1 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
1 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
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%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
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 Darmi
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Sunan Nasai
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (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
1 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
1 (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
1 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)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)
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
1 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
1 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
1 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
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%)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