عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
4,270
Books
135
Teachers
421
Students
291
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ،
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 - 4,270
Distribution By Collection
Musnad e Bazzar
528 (12%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
501 (12%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
499 (12%)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
371 (9%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
367 (9%)Sunan Nasai
267 (6%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
264 (6%)Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
260 (6%)Masnad Al Royani
121 (3%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
98 (2%)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
51 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
50 (1%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
48 (1%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
48 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
48 (1%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
36 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
33 (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
33 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
32 (1%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
30 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
29 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
24 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
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
22 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
16 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
15 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
14 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
14 (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
14 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
13 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
13 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
13 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
13 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
12 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
12 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
12 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
12 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
12 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
12 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
12 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
10 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
9 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
9 (0%)Hadith Zohri
8 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
8 (0%)Sahih Muslim
7 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
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%)Shuab ul Iman
6 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
6 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
5 (0%)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 (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
5 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
5 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
5 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
5 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
5 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
4 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
4 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
4 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
4 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
4 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
4 (0%)Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh
4 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
4 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
4 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
4 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
4 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
3 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
3 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
3 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
3 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
3 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
3 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
3 (0%)Hadith Siraj
3 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
3 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
3 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
3 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
3 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
3 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
3 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
3 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
3 (0%)One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N
3 (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%)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
2 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (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
2 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
2 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
2 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
2 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
2 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
2 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
2 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
2 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
2 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
2 (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
2 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
1 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Huraira
1 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
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 Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
1 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
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%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
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%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
1 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
1 (0%)Objective classification of the history of Baghdad, by Al-Hafiz Abi Bakr Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi - T - N Dar Ibn Al-Jawzi - from the publications of the Noor Al-Islam Network
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%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
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