عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,159
Books
170
Teachers
282
Students
138
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ،
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 - 1,159
Distribution By Collection
Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
74 (6%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
74 (6%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
69 (6%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
46 (4%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
29 (3%)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
27 (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
25 (2%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
25 (2%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
25 (2%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
24 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
21 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
19 (2%)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%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
15 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
15 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
15 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
15 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
15 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
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
14 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
13 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
13 (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
13 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
12 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
11 (1%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
11 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
11 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
11 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
11 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
10 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
10 (1%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
10 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
10 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
10 (1%)Sunan Nasai
10 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
9 (1%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
9 (1%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
9 (1%)Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
9 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
9 (1%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
9 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
9 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
8 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
8 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
8 (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
8 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
7 (1%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
7 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau
7 (1%)Sahih Muslim
7 (1%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
7 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
7 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
7 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
7 (1%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
6 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
6 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
6 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
6 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
5 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
5 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
5 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - Dr. Mustafa Deeb Al-Bagha is Professor of Hadith and its Sciences at the Faculty of Sharia - University of Damascus - Dar Ibn Katheer, Al-Yamamah - Beirut
5 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
5 (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
5 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
4 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
4 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
4 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
4 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
4 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
4 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
4 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
3 (0%)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
3 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
3 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
3 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
3 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
3 (0%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
3 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
3 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
3 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
3 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
3 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
3 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
3 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
2 (0%)Sunan Darmi
2 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
2 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi
2 (0%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
2 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
2 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
2 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Al-Shafi’i (Al-Sindi arrangement) (jurisdictional arrangement of the chapters: Muhammad Abed Al-Sindi) - Arranged on the jurisprudential chapters: Muhammad Abid Al-Sindi - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Beirut - Lebanon
2 (0%)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
2 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
2 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
2 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
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 Zohod
2 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
2 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
2 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
2 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
2 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
2 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
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%)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%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
2 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
2 (0%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
2 (0%)Hadith Siraj
2 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
1 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
1 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
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%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
1 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
1 (0%)Musnad Ishaq bin Rahawayh - Musnad Ibn Abbas - T. Muhammed Mukhtar Dirar Al-Mufti - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (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
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
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%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
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%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
1 (0%)Al Ali Al Mansoor Fi Al Hadith Mashoor
1 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
1 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
1 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
1 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
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%)Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (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
1 (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
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
1 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
1 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
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