عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

304

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ

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 - 304

Distribution By Collection

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

26 (9%)

Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.

25 (8%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

19 (6%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

15 (5%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla

15 (5%)

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

14 (5%)

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

14 (5%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

12 (4%)

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

7 (2%)

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

7 (2%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

7 (2%)

Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem

5 (2%)

Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro

5 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

4 (1%)

Sunan Darmi

4 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

4 (1%)

Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

4 (1%)

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)

4 (1%)

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 (1%)

Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi

4 (1%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

4 (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

4 (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

4 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

The Book of Archeology by Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - T. Khaled Al-Awwad - Dar Al-Nawader

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

3 (1%)

Shuab ul Iman

3 (1%)

Musnad Abd Bin Hameed

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

2 (1%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

2 (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%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

2 (1%)

Musnad e Bazzar

2 (1%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

2 (1%)

Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya

2 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut

2 (1%)

Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi

2 (1%)

Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf

2 (1%)

Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution

2 (1%)

Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N

1 (0%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

1 (0%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

1 (0%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

1 (0%)

Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah

1 (0%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

1 (0%)

Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi

1 (0%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

1 (0%)

Al Asma w Al Sifaat

1 (0%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Dua

1 (0%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

1 (0%)

Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood

1 (0%)

Al Amwal Abu Ubaida

1 (0%)

Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf

1 (0%)

Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq

1 (0%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Muajam

1 (0%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

1 (0%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

1 (0%)

Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi

1 (0%)

Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila

1 (0%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

1 (0%)

Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi

1 (0%)

Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

1 (0%)

The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut

1 (0%)

Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

1 (0%)

Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - 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%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo

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