عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
4,621
Books
148
Teachers
570
Students
398
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ
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 - 4,621
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
522 (11%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
443 (10%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
421 (9%)Sunan Abi Dawood
243 (5%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
237 (5%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
234 (5%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
135 (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
135 (3%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
122 (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
110 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
108 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
93 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
87 (2%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
63 (1%)Sahih Muslim
55 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
54 (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
53 (1%)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
52 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
52 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
51 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
45 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
45 (1%)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
45 (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
42 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
40 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
40 (1%)Kitab Al Shriya
39 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
37 (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
37 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
37 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
36 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
35 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
34 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
34 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
30 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
27 (1%)Kitab Al Dua
25 (1%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
25 (1%)Kitab Al Zohod
25 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
23 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
23 (0%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
21 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
19 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
18 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
17 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
17 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
17 (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
17 (0%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
17 (0%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
16 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
16 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
16 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
15 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
15 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
14 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
13 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
13 (0%)Hadith Zohri
13 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
13 (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
11 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
11 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
11 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
10 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
10 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
9 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
9 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
9 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
9 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
9 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
8 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
8 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
7 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
7 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
7 (0%)Hadith Siraj
7 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
6 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
6 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
6 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
5 (0%)Musnad Siraj
5 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
5 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
5 (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
5 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
5 (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
5 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
5 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
5 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
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 Shahab
4 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
4 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
4 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
4 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
4 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani (Qata Min Masaneed Min Asma Abdullah)
3 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
3 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
3 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
3 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
3 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
3 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
3 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
3 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
3 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
3 (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%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
2 (0%)Al Tahoor
2 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
2 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
2 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
2 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
2 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
2 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
2 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)The existing part of Al-Tabarani's Sunnah Book - Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Barrak - Dr
2 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
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%)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
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
2 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
2 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
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%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani w Mantaqi Min Al Muajam Al Kabir (Bharf Noon Min Sahaba)
1 (0%)Musnad Abdul Rehman Bin Aouf
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
1 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
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)
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