يزيد بن شريح

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·يزيد بن شريح

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 - 63

Distribution By Collection

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

6 (10%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

5 (8%)

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

4 (6%)

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

3 (5%)

Musnad Al Shammean

3 (5%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

3 (5%)

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

3 (5%)

Kitab Al Fittan

3 (5%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani w Mantaqi Min Al Muajam Al Kabir (Bharf Noon Min Sahaba)

2 (3%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

2 (3%)

Shuab ul Iman

2 (3%)

Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha

2 (3%)

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

2 (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

2 (3%)

Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr

2 (3%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree

1 (2%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (2%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

1 (2%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani

1 (2%)

Kitab Al Ezma

1 (2%)

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

1 (2%)

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

1 (2%)

Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut

1 (2%)

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

1 (2%)

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

1 (2%)

The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut

1 (2%)

Musnad e Bazzar

1 (2%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

1 (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

1 (2%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim

1 (2%)

Kitab Al Zohod

1 (2%)

Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti

1 (2%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

1 (2%)

Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza

1 (2%)

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