إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ سَبَلَانَ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ سَبَلَانَ

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 - 78

Distribution By Collection

The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage

8 (10%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

7 (9%)

Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

4 (5%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

4 (5%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

4 (5%)

Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain

4 (5%)

Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

3 (4%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

2 (3%)

Kitab Al Dua

2 (3%)

Shuab ul Iman

2 (3%)

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 (3%)

Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo

2 (3%)

Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

2 (3%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

2 (3%)

Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi

1 (1%)

Al Royah Dar Al Qutni

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal

1 (1%)

Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro

1 (1%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

1 (1%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

1 (1%)

The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation

1 (1%)

Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation

1 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut

1 (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

1 (1%)

Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad

1 (1%)

The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr

1 (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

1 (1%)

Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut

1 (1%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr

1 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

1 (1%)

Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.

1 (1%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

1 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani

1 (1%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

1 (1%)

Musnad Al Shahab

1 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

1 (1%)

Isbat Azab Al Qabar

1 (1%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

1 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana

1 (1%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal

1 (1%)

Hadith Siraj

1 (1%)

Classical Scholar Assessments

The cards below present assessments from the major classical critics. Together they form the standard reference for evaluating Abu Hurayrah's status in the science of Rijal (narrator criticism).

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