هِشَامِ بْنِ حُجَيْرٍ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

181

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·هِشَامِ بْنِ حُجَيْرٍ

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 - 181

Distribution By Collection

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

9 (5%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

8 (4%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla

8 (4%)

The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo

8 (4%)

Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.

6 (3%)

Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India

5 (3%)

Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor

5 (3%)

Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi

4 (2%)

The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh

4 (2%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

4 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

4 (2%)

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

4 (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

4 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

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

3 (2%)

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

3 (2%)

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

3 (2%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

3 (2%)

Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi

3 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

3 (2%)

Sahih Muslim

3 (2%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

3 (2%)

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

2 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Sunan Darmi

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq

2 (1%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

2 (1%)

Al Asma w Al Sifaat

2 (1%)

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 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Sunan Nasai

2 (1%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

2 (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

2 (1%)

The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut

2 (1%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo

2 (1%)

Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

1 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzamia

1 (1%)

Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah

1 (1%)

Musnad e Bazzar

1 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

1 (1%)

Masnad Humaidi

1 (1%)

Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

1 (1%)

Al Bar w Al Salah

1 (1%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

1 (1%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

1 (1%)

Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih

1 (1%)

Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila

1 (1%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal

1 (1%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

1 (1%)

Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor

1 (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

1 (1%)

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

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%)

Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo

1 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

Sahih Bukhari

1 (1%)

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)

1 (1%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo

1 (1%)

Musnad Ishaq bin Rahawayh - Musnad Ibn Abbas - T. Muhammed Mukhtar Dirar Al-Mufti - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi

1 (1%)

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

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