ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
9,091
Books
191
Teachers
881
Students
523
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ
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 - 9,091
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
827 (9%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
816 (9%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
689 (8%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
687 (8%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
685 (8%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
658 (7%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
594 (7%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
577 (6%)Kitab Al Fittan
245 (3%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
242 (3%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
233 (3%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
152 (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
118 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
105 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
101 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
101 (1%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
90 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
82 (1%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
61 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
59 (1%)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
58 (1%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
56 (1%)Masnad Al Royani
51 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
50 (1%)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
49 (1%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
49 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
48 (1%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
47 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
46 (1%)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
46 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
46 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
44 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
42 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
36 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
35 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
34 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
33 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
31 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
31 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
30 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
29 (0%)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
29 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
29 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
24 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
24 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
24 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Ahkam Ibn Wahab
22 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
22 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
20 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
20 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
20 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
19 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
19 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
19 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
18 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
17 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
17 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
17 (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
17 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
17 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
17 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
16 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
16 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
15 (0%)Al Tahoor
15 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
15 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
14 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
14 (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
13 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
13 (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
13 (0%)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
12 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
12 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
12 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
12 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
12 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
12 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
12 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
11 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
11 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
11 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
11 (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
11 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
11 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
10 (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
10 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
9 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
9 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani (Qata Min Masaneed Min Asma Abdullah)
8 (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
8 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
8 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
8 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
8 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
7 (0%)Hadith Zohri
7 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
7 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
7 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
6 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
6 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
6 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
6 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
6 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
5 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
5 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
5 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
5 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
5 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
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%)Al Tahyuriyat
5 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
5 (0%)Sunan Darmi
5 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
5 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
5 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
5 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
5 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
5 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
5 (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)
5 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
5 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
4 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
4 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
4 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
4 (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
4 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
4 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
4 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
4 (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
4 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
4 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
4 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
3 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
3 (0%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
3 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
3 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
3 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
3 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
3 (0%)Proof of the Torment of the Grave and the Question of the Two Angels by Al-Bayhaqi - T. Al-Maktab Al-Salafi for Heritage Investigation - N. Islamic Heritage Library - Cairo
3 (0%)Kitab Al Ghurbah
3 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
2 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
2 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
2 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
2 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
2 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
2 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
2 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
2 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
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 Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
2 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
2 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
2 (0%)The clear book in the Sunnah - T - N
2 (0%)Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh
2 (0%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
1 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
1 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
1 (0%)Al Qinaat
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%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
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%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
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%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
1 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
1 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
1 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
1 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
1 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
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