زَکَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
877
Books
148
Teachers
110
Students
125
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·زَکَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ
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 - 877
Distribution By Collection
The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
48 (5%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
44 (5%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
40 (5%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
28 (3%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
28 (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
27 (3%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
27 (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
27 (3%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
24 (3%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
24 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
20 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
20 (2%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
17 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
15 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana
13 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
13 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
12 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
11 (1%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
11 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
10 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
10 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
10 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
10 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
9 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
9 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
8 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
8 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
8 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
8 (1%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
8 (1%)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 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
8 (1%)Kitab Al Shriya
8 (1%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
8 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
8 (1%)Masnad Humaidi
7 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
7 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
6 (1%)Kitab Al Dua
6 (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
6 (1%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
6 (1%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
6 (1%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
6 (1%)Sunan Nasai
5 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
5 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
5 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
5 (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
5 (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
5 (1%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
5 (1%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
5 (1%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
4 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
4 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
4 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
4 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
4 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
4 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
4 (0%)Hadith Siraj
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
4 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
4 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
4 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
4 (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
4 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
4 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
4 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
3 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
3 (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
3 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
3 (0%)The Great Dictionary of al-Tabarani, a piece from the twenty-first volume (includes part of the Musnad al-Nu`man ibn Bashir) - compiled by a team of researchers under the supervision and care of: Dr. Saad bin Abdullah al-Hamid and Dr. Khalid bin Abdul Rahman Al Jeraisy - N
3 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
3 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
2 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
2 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
2 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
2 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
2 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
2 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
2 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
2 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
2 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
2 (0%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
2 (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
2 (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
2 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
2 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
2 (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
2 (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
2 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
2 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
2 (0%)Makaram al-Akhlaq by al-Kharati and its Excellencies, and Mahmoud its methods - Dr. Abdullah bin Bajash bin Thabit al-Hamiri - Al-Rushd Library in 2006 AD
2 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
2 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
2 (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
2 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (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
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
2 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
2 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
1 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
1 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Hadith Zohri
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
1 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
1 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
1 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
1 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
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%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (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
1 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
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