مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
466
Books
66
Teachers
127
Students
73
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ
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 - 466
Distribution By Collection
Al Aahad w Al Masani
56 (12%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
33 (7%)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
33 (7%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
33 (7%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
29 (6%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
26 (6%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
25 (5%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
23 (5%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
19 (4%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
19 (4%)Musnad Abi Awana
14 (3%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
11 (2%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
10 (2%)Sunan Abi Dawood
10 (2%)Fawaid Tammam
10 (2%)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
8 (2%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
8 (2%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
7 (2%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
7 (2%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
6 (1%)Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman
5 (1%)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 (1%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
4 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
4 (1%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
4 (1%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
4 (1%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
3 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
3 (1%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
2 (0%)Shuab ul Iman
2 (0%)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
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (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 Shriya
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
2 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
2 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
1 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
1 (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
1 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
1 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
1 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
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%)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