عمار بن زريق

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

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Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عمار بن زريق

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 - 90

Distribution By Collection

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

7 (8%)

Shuab ul Iman

6 (7%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

5 (6%)

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

5 (6%)

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 (6%)

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

4 (4%)

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

2 (2%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

2 (2%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim

2 (2%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

2 (2%)

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

2 (2%)

Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman

2 (2%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

2 (2%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

2 (2%)

Al Qaza Wl Qadar

2 (2%)

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

2 (2%)

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

2 (2%)

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

2 (2%)

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

2 (2%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

2 (2%)

Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam

1 (1%)

Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut

1 (1%)

Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

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

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

1 (1%)

Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo

1 (1%)

One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N

1 (1%)

Musnad Siraj

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

1 (1%)

Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah

1 (1%)

Musnad Al Shammean

1 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

1 (1%)

Etal Al Qaloob

1 (1%)

Al Marseel Abu Dawood

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

1 (1%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

1 (1%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

1 (1%)

Fawaid Tammam

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Muajam

1 (1%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

1 (1%)

Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail

1 (1%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

1 (1%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

1 (1%)

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

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