صَفْوَانَ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
224
Books
88
Teachers
69
Students
26
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·صَفْوَانَ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ
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 - 224
Distribution By Collection
Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
12 (5%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
11 (5%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
8 (4%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
7 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
7 (3%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
7 (3%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
7 (3%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
7 (3%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (3%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
6 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
5 (2%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
5 (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
5 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
5 (2%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
5 (2%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
5 (2%)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
4 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
4 (2%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
4 (2%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
4 (2%)Kitab Al Shriya
3 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
3 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
3 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
3 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
3 (1%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
3 (1%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
3 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
3 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
3 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
3 (1%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
2 (1%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
2 (1%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
2 (1%)Kitab Al Ezma
2 (1%)Sahih Muslim
2 (1%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (1%)Masnad Al Royani
2 (1%)Hadith Siraj
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%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
2 (1%)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 (1%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
2 (1%)Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh
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%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
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%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
1 (0%)Sunan Nasai
1 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
1 (0%)Shuab ul Iman
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
1 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
1 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
1 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
1 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
1 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
1 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Hadith Zohri
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
1 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
1 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
1 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
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%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
1 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
1 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (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
1 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
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