بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,814
Books
168
Teachers
427
Students
406
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ
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 - 1,814
Distribution By Collection
The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
144 (8%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
132 (7%)Musnad Al Shammean
128 (7%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
67 (4%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
52 (3%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
48 (3%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
36 (2%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
32 (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
31 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
30 (2%)Shuab ul Iman
30 (2%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
30 (2%)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
30 (2%)Kitab Al Fittan
30 (2%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
28 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
24 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
24 (1%)Kitab Al Shriya
23 (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
23 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
22 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
20 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
20 (1%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
20 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
20 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
18 (1%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
18 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
17 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
17 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
16 (1%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
16 (1%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
15 (1%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
15 (1%)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
15 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
15 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
15 (1%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
15 (1%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
14 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
14 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
14 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
14 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
14 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
14 (1%)Musnad Al Shahab
13 (1%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
13 (1%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
13 (1%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
12 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
11 (1%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
11 (1%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
11 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
10 (1%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
10 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
10 (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
10 (1%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
10 (1%)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
10 (1%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
10 (1%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
9 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
9 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
9 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
9 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
8 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
8 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
8 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
7 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
7 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
7 (0%)Sunan Nasai
6 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
6 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
6 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
6 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
6 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
6 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
6 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
6 (0%)Al-Mukhtab from Musnad Abd Ibn Hamid - T. Abu Abdullah Ahmad bin Ibrahim bin Abi Al-Ainin - n Dar Ibn Abbas Library - Mansoura, Arab Republic of Egypt
5 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
5 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
5 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
5 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
5 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
4 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
4 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
4 (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
4 (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
4 (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
4 (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
4 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
4 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
4 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
4 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
4 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
4 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
4 (0%)Musnad Ibraheem Bin Adam Al Zahid
4 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
3 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
3 (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
3 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
3 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
3 (0%)Musnad Siraj
3 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
3 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
3 (0%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
3 (0%)Hadith Siraj
3 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
3 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
3 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
3 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
2 (0%)Hadith Zohri
2 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
2 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
2 (0%)Tareekh Daryah
2 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
2 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
2 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
2 (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
2 (0%)Al-Bayhaqi’s Belief and Guidance to the Path of Righteousness on the Madhhab of the Predecessors and the Companions of Hadith - T. Ahmed Essam Al-Kateb - Dar Al-Afaq Al-Jadidah - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
2 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
2 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
2 (0%)Sunan Darmi
2 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
2 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
2 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
2 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
2 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
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%)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)
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
2 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (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
1 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Musnad Ishaq bin Rahawayh - Musnad Ibn Abbas - T. Muhammed Mukhtar Dirar Al-Mufti - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi
1 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
1 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
1 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
1 (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.
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman
1 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
1 (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
1 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
1 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
1 (0%)Al Ali Al Mansoor Fi Al Hadith Mashoor
1 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al Qinaat
1 (0%)Al Tahoor
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
1 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
1 (0%)The clear book in the Sunnah - T - N
1 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
1 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
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