أَبِي سُفْيَانَ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
3,050
Books
205
Teachers
339
Students
136
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَبِي سُفْيَانَ
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 - 3,050
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
265 (9%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
202 (7%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
119 (4%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
113 (4%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
105 (3%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
105 (3%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
103 (3%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
97 (3%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
72 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
72 (2%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
67 (2%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
63 (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
47 (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
47 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
44 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
40 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
40 (1%)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
39 (1%)Sahih Muslim
38 (1%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
36 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
35 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
33 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
33 (1%)Hadith Siraj
33 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
31 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
28 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
26 (1%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
25 (1%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
25 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
25 (1%)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
24 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
24 (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
24 (1%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
24 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
24 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
24 (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
23 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
23 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
22 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
22 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
22 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
22 (1%)Musnad Siraj
19 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
19 (1%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
17 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
17 (1%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
17 (1%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
16 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
15 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
14 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
14 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
13 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
13 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
11 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
11 (0%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
11 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
11 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
11 (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
11 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
10 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
10 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
10 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
10 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
10 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
10 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
10 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
9 (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
9 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
9 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
9 (0%)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
9 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
9 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
8 (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)
8 (0%)Sunan Darmi
8 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
8 (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.
8 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
8 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
8 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
8 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
8 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
7 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
7 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
7 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
7 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
6 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
6 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
6 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
6 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
6 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
6 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
6 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
5 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
5 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
5 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
5 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
5 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
4 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
4 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
4 (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
4 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
4 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
4 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
4 (0%)Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf
3 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
3 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
3 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
3 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
3 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
3 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
3 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
3 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
3 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
3 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
3 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
3 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
3 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
3 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
3 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
3 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
3 (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
3 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
3 (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
3 (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
3 (0%)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
3 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
3 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
3 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
3 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
3 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
3 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
2 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
2 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
2 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
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%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
2 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
2 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
2 (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
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
2 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
2 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
2 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
2 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
2 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
2 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
2 (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
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
2 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
2 (0%)Sunan Nasai
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
2 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
2 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
2 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
2 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
1 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
1 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
1 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
1 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
1 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
1 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
1 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
1 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
1 (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
1 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
1 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
1 (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
1 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
1 (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
1 (0%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
1 (0%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
1 (0%)Al-Muta' Imam Malik Ibn Anas Narrated by Ibn Al-Qasim
1 (0%)Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (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
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
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