الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

394

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ

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 - 394

Distribution By Collection

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

62 (16%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

26 (7%)

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 (6%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

18 (5%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

15 (4%)

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

15 (4%)

Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut

15 (4%)

Al Tahoor

14 (4%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

12 (3%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

11 (3%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

10 (3%)

Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

10 (3%)

Musnad Abi Awana

7 (2%)

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

6 (2%)

Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo

6 (2%)

Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban

6 (2%)

Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus

6 (2%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

6 (2%)

Sunan Nasai

6 (2%)

Shuab ul Iman

6 (2%)

Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

6 (2%)

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

5 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

4 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

4 (1%)

Musnad Ibn Al Jad

4 (1%)

Kitab Al Ezma

4 (1%)

Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique

4 (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

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

Al Eman Ibn Minda

3 (1%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

3 (1%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

3 (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

3 (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

3 (1%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

3 (1%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

2 (1%)

Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo

2 (1%)

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 (1%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

2 (1%)

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

2 (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

2 (1%)

Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.

2 (1%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Sahih Muslim

2 (1%)

Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

1 (0%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

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%)

Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi

1 (0%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

1 (0%)

Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf

1 (0%)

Al Qaza Wl Qadar

1 (0%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail

1 (0%)

Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis

1 (0%)

Al Tahyuriyat

1 (0%)

Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree

1 (0%)

The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library

1 (0%)

Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari

1 (0%)

Muajam Ibn Askar

1 (0%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo

1 (0%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti

1 (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

1 (0%)

Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad

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%)

Fazail Al Oqat

1 (0%)

Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N

1 (0%)

Sifatul Jannah

1 (0%)

Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut

1 (0%)

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