ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
2,852
Books
144
Teachers
201
Students
265
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ،
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 - 2,852
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
396 (14%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
145 (5%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
130 (5%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
130 (5%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
129 (5%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
115 (4%)Tahdhib Aasaar
91 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
82 (3%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
78 (3%)Musnad e Bazzar
71 (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
63 (2%)Sahih Muslim
60 (2%)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
60 (2%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
59 (2%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
56 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
53 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
52 (2%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
47 (2%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau
47 (2%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
46 (2%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
33 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
28 (1%)Sunan Nasai
28 (1%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
28 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
28 (1%)Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
27 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
27 (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
27 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
26 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
25 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
24 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
24 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
23 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
23 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
23 (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
21 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
19 (1%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
19 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
18 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
17 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
17 (1%)Masnad Al Royani
17 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
16 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
14 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
12 (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
12 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
12 (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
12 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
11 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
11 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
10 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
10 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
10 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
10 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
10 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
8 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
8 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
8 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
8 (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
8 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
8 (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
8 (0%)Hadith Siraj
7 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
7 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
7 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
6 (0%)Al Tahoor
6 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
6 (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
6 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
6 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
6 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
6 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
6 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
6 (0%)Shuab ul Iman
5 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
5 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
5 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
5 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
4 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
4 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
4 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
4 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
4 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
4 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
4 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
4 (0%)Musnad Siraj
4 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
3 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
3 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
3 (0%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
3 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
3 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
2 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
2 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
2 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
2 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
2 (0%)Hadith Zohri
2 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
2 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
2 (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
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%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
2 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
1 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
1 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
1 (0%)Hadith Muhammad Bin Bashar Bandar Un Shookha
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%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Qurah Al Aeneen Bar Raffa Yaddain Fi Salah
1 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
1 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
1 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
1 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
1 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (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
1 (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
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
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%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
1 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
1 (0%)Part of reading behind the imam of Al-Bukhari - the text of Professor Fadl Al-Rahman Al-Thawry, reviewed by: Professor Muhammad Atallah Khalif Al-Fawhabani - The Salafi Library
1 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
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