عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِبْلٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
102
Books
43
Teachers
11
Students
17
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِبْلٍ
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 - 102
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
11 (11%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
6 (6%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
6 (6%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
5 (5%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
4 (4%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
4 (4%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
4 (4%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
4 (4%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
4 (4%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
4 (4%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
4 (4%)Shuab ul Iman
3 (3%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
2 (2%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
2 (2%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
2 (2%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (2%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
2 (2%)Tahdhib Aasaar
2 (2%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
2 (2%)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 (2%)Sunan Abi Dawood
2 (2%)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 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
2 (2%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (2%)Sunan Ibn Majah
1 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
1 (1%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
1 (1%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (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
1 (1%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
1 (1%)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 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
1 (1%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
1 (1%)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 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
1 (1%)Musnad Al Shammean
1 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
1 (1%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (1%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
1 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
1 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
1 (1%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (1%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
1 (1%)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