اَبِیْ ذَرٍّ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
3,569
Books
215
Teachers
458
Students
515
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·اَبِیْ ذَرٍّ
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 - 3,569
Distribution By Collection
Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
246 (7%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
214 (6%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
185 (5%)Musnad e Bazzar
137 (4%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
114 (3%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
112 (3%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
79 (2%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
68 (2%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
67 (2%)Shuab ul Iman
66 (2%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
66 (2%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
65 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
63 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
58 (2%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
53 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
52 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
49 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
49 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
43 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
42 (1%)Sahih Muslim
41 (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
40 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
38 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
37 (1%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
34 (1%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
34 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
32 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
31 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
30 (1%)Sunan Nasai
30 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
29 (1%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
27 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
27 (1%)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
27 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
27 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
27 (1%)Musnad Siraj
25 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
25 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
24 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
22 (1%)Hadith Siraj
22 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
22 (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
21 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
21 (1%)Sunan Darmi
21 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
21 (1%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
20 (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
20 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
20 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau
20 (1%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
20 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
19 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
19 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
19 (1%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
18 (1%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
18 (1%)Musnad Al Shammean
18 (1%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
18 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
17 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
17 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
17 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
17 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
16 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
16 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
16 (0%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
15 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
15 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
13 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
13 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
12 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
12 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
12 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
12 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
12 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
12 (0%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
11 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
11 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
11 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
10 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
10 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
10 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
10 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
10 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
10 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
9 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
9 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
9 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
8 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
8 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
8 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
8 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
8 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
8 (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
7 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
7 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
7 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
7 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
7 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
7 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
7 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
7 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
6 (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
6 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
6 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
6 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
6 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
6 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
6 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
6 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
5 (0%)Bulugh Al Maram
5 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
5 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
5 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
5 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
5 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
5 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
5 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
5 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
5 (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
5 (0%)Weak Resources of the Thirsty to the Additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Dar Al-Sami’i for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
5 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
5 (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
5 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
4 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
4 (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)
4 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
4 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
4 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
4 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
4 (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.
4 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
4 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
4 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
4 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
4 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
3 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
3 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
3 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
3 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
3 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
3 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
3 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
3 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
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%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi with footnotes (corresponding version) - T. Muhammad bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Turki, in cooperation with the Research Center in Dar Hajar - Dar Hajar for Printing and Publishing - Cairo
3 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
3 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
3 (0%)Hadith Zohri
3 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
3 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
3 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi
2 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
2 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
2 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
2 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
2 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
2 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
2 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
2 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
2 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Bukhari - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
2 (0%)Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani
2 (0%)Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf
2 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
2 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
2 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
2 (0%)Al Amali Fi Aasaar Al Sahaba
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
1 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
1 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
1 (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%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
1 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Imam Al-Bukhari - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Al-Ma'arif Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh
1 (0%)Fawaid Abi Muhammad Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
1 (0%)Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman
1 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
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%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
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%)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%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
1 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
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%)Al-Bayhaqi’s Belief and Guidance to the Path of Righteousness on the Madhhab of the Predecessors and the Companions of Hadith - T. Ahmed Essam Al-Kateb - Dar Al-Afaq Al-Jadidah - Beirut
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
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 Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
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