یُوْنُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْاِعْلٰی
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
3,329
Books
104
Teachers
227
Students
295
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·یُوْنُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْاِعْلٰی
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 - 3,329
Distribution By Collection
Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
627 (19%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
573 (17%)Musnad Abi Awana
394 (12%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
154 (5%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
105 (3%)Tahdhib Aasaar
95 (3%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
93 (3%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau
89 (3%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
87 (3%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
86 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
85 (3%)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
73 (2%)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
59 (2%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
58 (2%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
54 (2%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
37 (1%)Sunan Nasai
36 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
36 (1%)Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
35 (1%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
34 (1%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
27 (1%)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
23 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
21 (1%)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
20 (1%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
19 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
19 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
15 (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
14 (0%)Shuab ul Iman
14 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
13 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
13 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
13 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
13 (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
13 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
13 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
12 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
11 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
11 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
11 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
10 (0%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
10 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
10 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
9 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
9 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
8 (0%)Monotheism of Ibn Mandah and Knowledge of the Names and Attributes of God Almighty and His Attributes on Agreement and Uniqueness - Dr. Ali bin Muhammad Nasir al-Faqihi, Associate Professor - Library of Science and Governance, Madinah, Dar al-Uloom and al-Hikum, Syria
8 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
8 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
8 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
7 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
7 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
6 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
6 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
6 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
5 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
5 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
5 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
5 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
4 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
4 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
4 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
4 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
4 (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
4 (0%)Sahih Muslim
4 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
3 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
3 (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
3 (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
3 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
3 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
3 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
3 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
3 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
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%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
2 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
2 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
2 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
1 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
1 (0%)Minutes of alerting and defining what is in the “chosen hadiths” of errors and corrections - T - N
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
1 (0%)Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
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%)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%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
1 (0%)Ammar Bil-Maroof w Nahi Anil-Munkir Al-Khalal
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%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
1 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil Al-Khalal - T. Mashhoor Salman + Hisham Al-Sakka - N. The Islamic Bureau + Dar Ammar Country: Beirut + Amman
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