مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

570

Books

Teachers

177

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ

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 - 570

Distribution By Collection

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

199 (35%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

34 (6%)

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

30 (5%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

25 (4%)

Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan

20 (4%)

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

20 (4%)

Sunan Darmi

20 (4%)

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)

20 (4%)

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

20 (4%)

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.

20 (4%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

16 (3%)

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

16 (3%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

15 (3%)

Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem

12 (2%)

Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia

11 (2%)

Fawaid Tammam

10 (2%)

Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi

9 (2%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

8 (1%)

Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi

6 (1%)

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

5 (1%)

Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila

5 (1%)

Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib

5 (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

5 (1%)

Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat

4 (1%)

Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi

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

3 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

3 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

2 (0%)

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

2 (0%)

Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal

2 (0%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

2 (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

1 (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

1 (0%)

Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

1 (0%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai

1 (0%)

Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik

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%)

Hadith Zohri

1 (0%)

Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shahab

1 (0%)

Sifatul Jannah

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Ezma

1 (0%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

1 (0%)

Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro

1 (0%)

Al Eman Ibn Minda

1 (0%)

Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba

1 (0%)

Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari

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