الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,693
Books
148
Teachers
327
Students
248
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ
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 - 1,693
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
121 (7%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
112 (7%)Sunan Abi Dawood
110 (6%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
107 (6%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
107 (6%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
106 (6%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
105 (6%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
68 (4%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
54 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
51 (3%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
47 (3%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
47 (3%)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
46 (3%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
41 (2%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
39 (2%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
33 (2%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
31 (2%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
30 (2%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
16 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
14 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
14 (1%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
12 (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
12 (1%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
11 (1%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
11 (1%)Kitab Al Dua
11 (1%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
11 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
10 (1%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
9 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
9 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
9 (1%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
8 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
7 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
7 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
7 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
6 (0%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
6 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
6 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
6 (0%)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
6 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
5 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
5 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
5 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
5 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
5 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
4 (0%)Sunan Darmi
4 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
4 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
4 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
4 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
4 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
4 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
4 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
4 (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
4 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
4 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
4 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
4 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
4 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
3 (0%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
3 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
3 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
3 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
3 (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
3 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
3 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
3 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
3 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
3 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
3 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
3 (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
3 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
3 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
2 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
2 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
2 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
2 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
2 (0%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
2 (0%)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
2 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
2 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
2 (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.
2 (0%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
2 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
2 (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)
2 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
2 (0%)Bulugh Al Maram
1 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
1 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
1 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
1 (0%)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 (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
1 (0%)Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil Al-Khalal - T. Mashhoor Salman + Hisham Al-Sakka - N. The Islamic Bureau + Dar Ammar Country: Beirut + Amman
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
1 (0%)Hadith Siraj
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Sunan Nasai
1 (0%)Objective classification of the history of Baghdad, by Al-Hafiz Abi Bakr Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi - T - N Dar Ibn Al-Jawzi - from the publications of the Noor Al-Islam Network
1 (0%)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 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
1 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
1 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
1 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
1 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
1 (0%)Ammar Bil-Maroof w Nahi Anil-Munkir Al-Khalal
1 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
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