عَمَّارُ بْنُ رُزَيْقٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
578
Books
108
Teachers
55
Students
43
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عَمَّارُ بْنُ رُزَيْقٍ
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 - 578
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
44 (8%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
23 (4%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
22 (4%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
20 (3%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
19 (3%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
18 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
17 (3%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
17 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
16 (3%)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
16 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
14 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
14 (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
13 (2%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
13 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
13 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
13 (2%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
12 (2%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
11 (2%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
10 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
10 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana
9 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
9 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
9 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
9 (2%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
9 (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
7 (1%)Sunan Nasai
7 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
7 (1%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
6 (1%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
6 (1%)Sahih Muslim
5 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
5 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
5 (1%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
5 (1%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
5 (1%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
5 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
5 (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
5 (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
5 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
5 (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
4 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
4 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
3 (1%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
3 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
3 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
3 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
3 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
3 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
3 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
3 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
3 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
3 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
3 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
3 (1%)Kitab Al Shriya
2 (0%)Musnad Siraj
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
2 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
2 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
2 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
2 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
2 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Hadith Siraj
2 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
2 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
2 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
2 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
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 Darmi
1 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
1 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
1 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
1 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
1 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
1 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
1 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
1 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
1 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
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%)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%)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
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%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
1 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah 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