اَبِیْ اُمَامَۃَ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
4,230
Books
220
Teachers
453
Students
559
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·اَبِیْ اُمَامَۃَ،
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 - 4,230
Distribution By Collection
Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
518 (12%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
499 (12%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
458 (11%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
354 (8%)Musnad Al Shammean
163 (4%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
132 (3%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
132 (3%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
114 (3%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
81 (2%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
76 (2%)Shuab ul Iman
75 (2%)Masnad Al Royani
68 (2%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
60 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
48 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
45 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
42 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
42 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
40 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
39 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
39 (1%)Fawaid Tammam
38 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
37 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
37 (1%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
37 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
27 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
25 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
25 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
24 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
22 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
22 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
21 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
20 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
20 (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
20 (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
19 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
19 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
18 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
17 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
17 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
15 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
14 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
14 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
14 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
13 (0%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
13 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
13 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
12 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
12 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
12 (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
12 (0%)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 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
11 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
10 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
10 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
10 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
9 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
9 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
9 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
9 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
9 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
9 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
9 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
9 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
8 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
8 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
8 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
8 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
8 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
8 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
8 (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
8 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
8 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
8 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
8 (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
7 (0%)Sunan Darmi
7 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
7 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
7 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
7 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
7 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
7 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
7 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
7 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
7 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
6 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
6 (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
6 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
5 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
5 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
5 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
5 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
5 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
5 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
4 (0%)Hadith Zohri
4 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
4 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
4 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
4 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
4 (0%)Musnad Siraj
4 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
4 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
4 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
4 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
4 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
4 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
4 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
4 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
3 (0%)Sunan Nasai
3 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
3 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
3 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
3 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
3 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
3 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
3 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
3 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
3 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
3 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
3 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
3 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
3 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau
3 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
3 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
3 (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
3 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
3 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
3 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
3 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
3 (0%)Al-Mukhtab from Musnad Abd Ibn Hamid - T. Abu Abdullah Ahmad bin Ibrahim bin Abi Al-Ainin - n Dar Ibn Abbas Library - Mansoura, Arab Republic of Egypt
3 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
3 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id, which is famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar al-Kilabadhi - Mishkool - T. Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Ahmad Farid al-Mazeidi - Dar al-Kutub al-‘ilmiyyah - Beirut / Lebanon
3 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
2 (0%)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 (0%)Bulugh Al Maram
2 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
2 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
2 (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
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%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
2 (0%)Musnad Imam al-Shafi’i (Singer’s arrangement) - Arranged by: Sanjar bin Abdullah al-Jawli, Abu Saeed, Alam al-Din (deceased: 745 AH) - by Ghiras Publishing and Distribution Company, Kuwait
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
2 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
2 (0%)Al Qinaat
2 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
2 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
2 (0%)Sahih Muslim
2 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
2 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
2 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
2 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
2 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
2 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
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-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
2 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
2 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
1 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Muwatta Malik, narrated by Abu Musab al-Zuhri
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
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%)The existing part of Al-Tabarani's Sunnah Book - Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Barrak - Dr
1 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
1 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
1 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
1 (0%)Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman
1 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Ahadith Ismaeel Bin Jafar
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
1 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani (Qata Min Masaneed Min Asma Abdullah)
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
1 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami
1 (0%)Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
1 (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
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ghurbah
1 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
1 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Tahoor
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
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%)Al Bar w Al Salah
1 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
1 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
1 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
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%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
1 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf
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%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
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