مُّعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلِ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
2,254
Books
205
Teachers
302
Students
355
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُّعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلِ
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 - 2,254
Distribution By Collection
Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
233 (10%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
193 (9%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
125 (6%)Musnad Al Shammean
94 (4%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
69 (3%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
61 (3%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
58 (3%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
57 (3%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
45 (2%)Shuab ul Iman
44 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
41 (2%)Musnad Al Shashi
37 (2%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
37 (2%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
35 (2%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
31 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
28 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
28 (1%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
27 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
25 (1%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
25 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
25 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
24 (1%)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
22 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
22 (1%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
21 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
20 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
20 (1%)Kitab Al Dua
19 (1%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
19 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
18 (1%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
16 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
16 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
16 (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
16 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
15 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
15 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
14 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
14 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
13 (1%)Musnad Al Shahab
13 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
13 (1%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
13 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
13 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
12 (1%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
12 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
12 (1%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
11 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
11 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
11 (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
9 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
9 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
9 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
9 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
9 (0%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
9 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
9 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
8 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
8 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
8 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
7 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
7 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
7 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
7 (0%)Sunan Nasai
7 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
7 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
7 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
7 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
7 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
6 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
6 (0%)Sunan Darmi
6 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
6 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
6 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
6 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
6 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
6 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
6 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
6 (0%)Bulugh Al Maram
6 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
5 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
5 (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
5 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
5 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
5 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
5 (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
5 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
5 (0%)Sahih Muslim
5 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
4 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
4 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
4 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
4 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
4 (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
4 (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
4 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
4 (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
4 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
4 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
4 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
4 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
4 (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
4 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
4 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
4 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
4 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
3 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
3 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
3 (0%)Musnad Firdos Bima Masoor Al Khitab
3 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
3 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
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%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
3 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
3 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
3 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
3 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
3 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
3 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
3 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
3 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
3 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
3 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
3 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
3 (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
3 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
2 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
2 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
2 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
2 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
2 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
2 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
2 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
2 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
2 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
2 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
2 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Imam Al-Bukhari - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Al-Ma'arif Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh
2 (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
2 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
2 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
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
2 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
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%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Bukhari - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
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%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
1 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
1 (0%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)The existing part of Al-Tabarani's Sunnah Book - Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Barrak - Dr
1 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
1 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
1 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
1 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)Hadith Siraj
1 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ghurbah
1 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
1 (0%)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 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
1 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
1 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
1 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
1 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
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%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
1 (0%)Silsala Daeef
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
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%)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%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
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%)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
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%)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