أَبَا عُثْمَانَ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

180

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَبَا عُثْمَانَ

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 - 180

Distribution By Collection

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

17 (9%)

Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo

11 (6%)

Shuab ul Iman

10 (6%)

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

10 (6%)

Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.

9 (5%)

Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation

8 (4%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

8 (4%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr

8 (4%)

The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation

7 (4%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

5 (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

4 (2%)

Sahih Bukhari

4 (2%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo

3 (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

3 (2%)

Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal

3 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

3 (2%)

Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

3 (2%)

Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

3 (2%)

Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi

3 (2%)

Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh

2 (1%)

Sunan Nasai

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

2 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

2 (1%)

Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi with footnotes (corresponding version) - T. Muhammad bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Turki, in cooperation with the Research Center in Dar Hajar - Dar Hajar for Printing and Publishing - Cairo

2 (1%)

The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr

2 (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

2 (1%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo

2 (1%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo

2 (1%)

Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo

2 (1%)

Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut

2 (1%)

Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library

1 (1%)

Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut

1 (1%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla

1 (1%)

Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library

1 (1%)

The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh

1 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

1 (1%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

1 (1%)

Musnad e Bazzar

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

1 (1%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

1 (1%)

Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble

1 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

1 (1%)

Al Marseel Abu Dawood

1 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana

1 (1%)

Musnad Ibn Al Jad

1 (1%)

Qurah Al Aeneen Bar Raffa Yaddain Fi Salah

1 (1%)

Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari

1 (1%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

1 (1%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

1 (1%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal

1 (1%)

Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi

1 (1%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (1%)

Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban

1 (1%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

1 (1%)

Abbreviated Sahih Al-Imam Al-Bukhari - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Al-Ma'arif Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi

1 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut

1 (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

1 (1%)

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 (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

1 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

1 (1%)

Classical Scholar Assessments

The cards below present assessments from the major classical critics. Together they form the standard reference for evaluating Abu Hurayrah's status in the science of Rijal (narrator criticism).

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