إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَدْهَمَ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

266

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَدْهَمَ

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 - 266

Distribution By Collection

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

110 (41%)

The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -

45 (17%)

Musnad Ibraheem Bin Adam Al Zahid

27 (10%)

Shuab ul Iman

18 (7%)

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

11 (4%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

8 (3%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

4 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

2 (1%)

Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila

2 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

2 (1%)

Kitab Al Zohod

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%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

2 (1%)

Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool

2 (1%)

Al Tahyuriyat

2 (1%)

Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti

2 (1%)

Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shahab

1 (0%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

1 (0%)

Muajam Ibn Askar

1 (0%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

1 (0%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Ezma

1 (0%)

Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Shriya

1 (0%)

Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi

1 (0%)

Ammar Bil-Maroof w Nahi Anil-Munkir Al-Khalal

1 (0%)

Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib

1 (0%)

Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool

1 (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

1 (0%)

Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil Al-Khalal - T. Mashhoor Salman + Hisham Al-Sakka - N. The Islamic Bureau + Dar Ammar Country: Beirut + Amman

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Objective classification of the history of Baghdad, by Al-Hafiz Abi Bakr Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi - T - N Dar Ibn Al-Jawzi - from the publications of the Noor Al-Islam Network

1 (0%)

Sunan Darmi

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