أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ الضَّرِيرُ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

259

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ الضَّرِيرُ

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 - 259

Distribution By Collection

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

17 (7%)

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

15 (6%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti

15 (6%)

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

14 (5%)

Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha

10 (4%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

8 (3%)

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

8 (3%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

7 (3%)

Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq

7 (3%)

Kitab Al Shriya

7 (3%)

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

7 (3%)

Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia

5 (2%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

5 (2%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

5 (2%)

Fawaid Tammam

4 (2%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

4 (2%)

Shuab ul Iman

4 (2%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

4 (2%)

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 (2%)

Muajam Ibn Askar

4 (2%)

Etal Al Qaloob

4 (2%)

Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood

3 (1%)

Al Bar w Al Salah

3 (1%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Tareekh Al-Madina

3 (1%)

Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi

3 (1%)

Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.

2 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

2 (1%)

Musnad Al Shahab

2 (1%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

2 (1%)

Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli

2 (1%)

Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

2 (1%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

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

2 (1%)

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

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%)

Kitab Al Muajam

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shashi

1 (0%)

Aamali Ibn Samaon

1 (0%)

Musnad Ibn Al Jad

1 (0%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail

1 (0%)

Proof of the Torment of the Grave and the Question of the Two Angels by Al-Bayhaqi - T. Al-Maktab Al-Salafi for Heritage Investigation - N. Islamic Heritage Library - Cairo

1 (0%)

Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree

1 (0%)

Al Royah Dar Al Qutni

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal

1 (0%)

Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

1 (0%)

Al Asma w Al Sifaat

1 (0%)

Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

1 (0%)

Musnad e Bazzar

1 (0%)

Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor

1 (0%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani

1 (0%)

Interpretation from the Sunnahs of Saeed bin Mansour - an investigator - Dr. Saad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Hamid - Dar Al-Sumaie for publication and distribution

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%)

Isbat Azab Al Qabar

1 (0%)

Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble

1 (0%)

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

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

1 (0%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor

1 (0%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani

1 (0%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

1 (0%)

Sunan Nasai

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

1 (0%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

1 (0%)

Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

1 (0%)

Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan

1 (0%)

Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal

1 (0%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

1 (0%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal

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