طَاوْسٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
3,585
Books
198
Teachers
754
Students
316
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·طَاوْسٍ
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 - 3,585
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
362 (10%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
161 (4%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
118 (3%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
111 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
110 (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
110 (3%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
103 (3%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
96 (3%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
92 (3%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
91 (3%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
85 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
85 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
80 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
78 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
65 (2%)Sunan Nasai
60 (2%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
53 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
52 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
51 (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
44 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
38 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
38 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
36 (1%)Sahih Muslim
35 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
35 (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
35 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
34 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
34 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
29 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
29 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
29 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
26 (1%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
26 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
25 (1%)Sunan Darmi
25 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
25 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
25 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
23 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
23 (1%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
23 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
23 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
22 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
21 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
21 (1%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
20 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
20 (1%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
20 (1%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
19 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
18 (1%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
18 (1%)Musnad Imam Shafi
17 (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)
16 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
15 (0%)Musnad Imam Al-Shafi’i (Al-Sindi arrangement) (jurisdictional arrangement of the chapters: Muhammad Abed Al-Sindi) - Arranged on the jurisprudential chapters: Muhammad Abid Al-Sindi - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Beirut - Lebanon
15 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
15 (0%)Musnad Imam al-Shafi’i (Singer’s arrangement) - Arranged by: Sanjar bin Abdullah al-Jawli, Abu Saeed, Alam al-Din (deceased: 745 AH) - by Ghiras Publishing and Distribution Company, Kuwait
15 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
14 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
14 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
13 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
13 (0%)Sunan al-Darimi (narrated by al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa’i, Abu Dawud, and Abdullah ibn al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal) - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Damascus: Bab al-Barid - 1349 - n.
13 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
12 (0%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
12 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
12 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
12 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
11 (0%)Hadith Siraj
11 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
11 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
11 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
11 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
10 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
10 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
9 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
9 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
9 (0%)Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
9 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
9 (0%)Interpretation from the Sunnahs of Saeed bin Mansour - an investigator - Dr. Saad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Hamid - Dar Al-Sumaie for publication and distribution
9 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
9 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
8 (0%)Al-Mukhtab from Musnad Abd Ibn Hamid - T. Abu Abdullah Ahmad bin Ibrahim bin Abi Al-Ainin - n Dar Ibn Abbas Library - Mansoura, Arab Republic of Egypt
8 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
8 (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
8 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
8 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
8 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi
8 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
8 (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
8 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
8 (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
8 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
8 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
8 (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
8 (0%)Musnad Siraj
8 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
8 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
7 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
7 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
7 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
7 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
7 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
7 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
6 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
6 (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
6 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
5 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
5 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
5 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
5 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
5 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
5 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
5 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
5 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
5 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
5 (0%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
5 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
4 (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
4 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
4 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
4 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
4 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
4 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
4 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
4 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
4 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
4 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
4 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
4 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
4 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
4 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
4 (0%)Monotheism of Ibn Mandah and Knowledge of the Names and Attributes of God Almighty and His Attributes on Agreement and Uniqueness - Dr. Ali bin Muhammad Nasir al-Faqihi, Associate Professor - Library of Science and Governance, Madinah, Dar al-Uloom and al-Hikum, Syria
4 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
4 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
4 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
4 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
3 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
3 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
3 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
3 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
3 (0%)Hadith Zohri
3 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
3 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
3 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
3 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
3 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Imam Al-Bukhari - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Al-Ma'arif Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh
3 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
3 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
3 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
3 (0%)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
3 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
2 (0%)Juzz Ibn Jurayj
2 (0%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
2 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
2 (0%)Fawaid Abi Muhammad Al Fakhi
2 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
2 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
2 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
2 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
2 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
2 (0%)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 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
2 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
2 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
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%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (0%)The clear book in the Sunnah - T - N
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
1 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
1 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
1 (0%)Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Al-Mawta Al-Imam Malik Narrated by Sweid bin Saeed al-Hadthani
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
1 (0%)Barnamig Al-Tajibi
1 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
1 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
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%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
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