ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,702
Books
182
Teachers
230
Students
195
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ،
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 - 1,702
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
146 (9%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
72 (4%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
52 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
51 (3%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
47 (3%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
45 (3%)Masnad Al Royani
44 (3%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
43 (3%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
41 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
36 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
36 (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
35 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
34 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
31 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
29 (2%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
25 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
25 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
23 (1%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
22 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
20 (1%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
20 (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
20 (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
19 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
19 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
18 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
18 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
18 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
17 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
17 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
16 (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
16 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
15 (1%)Sahih Muslim
15 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
15 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
15 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
15 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
14 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
14 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
14 (1%)Sunan Nasai
14 (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
13 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
13 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
13 (1%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
12 (1%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
11 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
10 (1%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
10 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
10 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
9 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
8 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
8 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
8 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
8 (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
7 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
7 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
7 (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
7 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
7 (0%)Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf
6 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
6 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
6 (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
6 (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
6 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
6 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
6 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
6 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
6 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
6 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
6 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
6 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
5 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
5 (0%)Sunan Darmi
5 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
5 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
5 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
5 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
5 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
5 (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
5 (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
5 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
5 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
5 (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)
5 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
4 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
4 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
4 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
4 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
4 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
4 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
4 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
3 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
3 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
3 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
3 (0%)The Book of Archeology by Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - T. Khaled Al-Awwad - Dar Al-Nawader
3 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
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%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
3 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
3 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
3 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
3 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
3 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
3 (0%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
3 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
3 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
3 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
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%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
3 (0%)Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani
3 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
3 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
3 (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
3 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
3 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
2 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
2 (0%)Musnad Siraj
2 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
2 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
2 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
2 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
2 (0%)Hadith Siraj
2 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
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%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
2 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
2 (0%)Hadith Zohri
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
2 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
2 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
2 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
2 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
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%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
2 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
2 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
2 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
1 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
1 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
1 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
1 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
1 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
1 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Bulugh Al Maram
1 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
1 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
1 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
1 (0%)The existing part of Al-Tabarani's Sunnah Book - Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Barrak - Dr
1 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
1 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
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