الْمُقْرِئُ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
659
Books
100
Teachers
88
Students
167
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·الْمُقْرِئُ
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 - 659
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
52 (8%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
39 (6%)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
38 (6%)Fawaid Abi Muhammad Al Fakhi
34 (5%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
32 (5%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
28 (4%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
24 (4%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
22 (3%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
18 (3%)Musnad Abi Awana
17 (3%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
17 (3%)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
16 (2%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
16 (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
15 (2%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
15 (2%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
15 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
15 (2%)Shuab ul Iman
15 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
15 (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
15 (2%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
11 (2%)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
11 (2%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
7 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
7 (1%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
6 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
6 (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
6 (1%)Sahih Muslim
6 (1%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
5 (1%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
5 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
4 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
4 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
4 (1%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
4 (1%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
4 (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
4 (1%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
4 (1%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
4 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
4 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
4 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
3 (0%)The clear book in the Sunnah - T - N
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
3 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
3 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
3 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
2 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
2 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
2 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
2 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
2 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
2 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
2 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
2 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
2 (0%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
2 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
2 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
2 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
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-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
1 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
1 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
1 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
1 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
1 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
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%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
1 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
1 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
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 Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
1 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
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%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
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%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd 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