خُصَيْفٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,270
Books
134
Teachers
225
Students
132
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·خُصَيْفٍ
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 - 1,270
Distribution By Collection
Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
73 (6%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
67 (5%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
65 (5%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
58 (5%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
55 (4%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
44 (3%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
42 (3%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
41 (3%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
40 (3%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
33 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
33 (3%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
32 (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
26 (2%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
26 (2%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
25 (2%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
25 (2%)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
24 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
24 (2%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
24 (2%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
24 (2%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
23 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
20 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
19 (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
18 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
17 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
16 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
15 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
11 (1%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
11 (1%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
10 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
10 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
9 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
9 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
8 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
8 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
8 (1%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
7 (1%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
7 (1%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
7 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
7 (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
7 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
6 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
6 (0%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
6 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
6 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
6 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
6 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
6 (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)
6 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
6 (0%)Sunan Darmi
6 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
6 (0%)Sunan Nasai
5 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
5 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
5 (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
5 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
5 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
5 (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
5 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
5 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi
4 (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.
4 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
4 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
4 (0%)Shuab ul Iman
4 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
4 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
3 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
3 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
3 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
3 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
3 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
3 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
3 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
3 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
3 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
3 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
3 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
3 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
3 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
3 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
3 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
2 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
2 (0%)Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali
2 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
2 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
2 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
2 (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
2 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
2 (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
2 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
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%)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
2 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
2 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
1 (0%)Hadith Zohri
1 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
1 (0%)Al Amali Fi Aasaar Al Sahaba
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
1 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
1 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (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
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah 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%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (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
1 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
1 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
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