الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

260

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ

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 - 260

Distribution By Collection

Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti

22 (8%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

15 (6%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

15 (6%)

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

11 (4%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

11 (4%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N

8 (3%)

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

8 (3%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

7 (3%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

7 (3%)

Kitab Al Shriya

6 (2%)

Musnad e Bazzar

6 (2%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

5 (2%)

Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb

5 (2%)

Al Eman Ibn Minda

5 (2%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

5 (2%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

4 (2%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

4 (2%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

4 (2%)

Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library

4 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

4 (2%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

3 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana

3 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

3 (1%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

3 (1%)

Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble

3 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

3 (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

2 (1%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

2 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

2 (1%)

Musnad Siraj

2 (1%)

Masnad Al Royani

2 (1%)

Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi with footnotes (corresponding version) - T. Muhammad bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Turki, in cooperation with the Research Center in Dar Hajar - Dar Hajar for Printing and Publishing - Cairo

2 (1%)

The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut

2 (1%)

Al Asma w Al Sifaat

2 (1%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo

2 (1%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

2 (1%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

2 (1%)

Kitab Al Ezma

2 (1%)

Shuab ul Iman

2 (1%)

Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi

2 (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

1 (0%)

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

1 (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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (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

1 (0%)

Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut

1 (0%)

Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo

1 (0%)

Sahih Bukhari

1 (0%)

The existing part of Al-Tabarani's Sunnah Book - Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Barrak - Dr

1 (0%)

Sahih Muslim

1 (0%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

1 (0%)

Sunan Darmi

1 (0%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

1 (0%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzamia

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shammean

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shahab

1 (0%)

Muajam Ibn Askar

1 (0%)

Musnad Ibn Al Jad

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal

1 (0%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

1 (0%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

1 (0%)

Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi

1 (0%)

Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq

1 (0%)

Fawaid Tammam

1 (0%)

Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris

1 (0%)

Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool

1 (0%)

Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi

1 (0%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

1 (0%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

1 (0%)

Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila

1 (0%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

1 (0%)

Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi

1 (0%)

Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi

1 (0%)

Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam

1 (0%)

Tareekh Al-Madina

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (0%)

Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari

1 (0%)

Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia

1 (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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (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

1 (0%)

Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut

1 (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

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