أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
8,830
Books
210
Teachers
1083
Students
835
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ،
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 - 8,830
Distribution By Collection
The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
615 (7%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
548 (6%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
393 (4%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
348 (4%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
277 (3%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
240 (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
208 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
194 (2%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
185 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
177 (2%)Sahih Bukhari
176 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
175 (2%)Sunan Darmi
171 (2%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
170 (2%)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
169 (2%)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)
169 (2%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
168 (2%)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.
167 (2%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
146 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
145 (2%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
142 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
124 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
117 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
117 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
117 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
116 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
106 (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
100 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
95 (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
90 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
87 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
83 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
83 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
82 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
82 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
82 (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
81 (1%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
80 (1%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
80 (1%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
74 (1%)Kitab Al Dua
74 (1%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
59 (1%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
57 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
57 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
52 (1%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
51 (1%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
51 (1%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
51 (1%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
50 (1%)Sunan Nasai
38 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
37 (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
36 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
36 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
35 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
35 (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
34 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
34 (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
27 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
27 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
27 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
27 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
26 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
26 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
26 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
26 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
25 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
24 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
24 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
23 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
23 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
22 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
20 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
20 (0%)Musnad Siraj
20 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
17 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
16 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
16 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
16 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
16 (0%)Hadith Siraj
16 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
15 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
15 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
15 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
14 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
13 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
13 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
13 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
13 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
13 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
12 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
12 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
12 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
12 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
11 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
11 (0%)In order to seek the additions of Musnad Al-Harith - T. Mosaad Abdul Hamid Muhammad Al-Saadani - Dar Al-Tala'i for Publishing, Distribution and Export
11 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
11 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
11 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
11 (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
11 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
11 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
11 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
11 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
11 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
11 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
10 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
10 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
10 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
9 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
9 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
9 (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
9 (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
9 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
9 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
9 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
9 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
9 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
9 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
8 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
8 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
8 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
8 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
8 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
8 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
8 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
8 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
7 (0%)Part of reading behind the imam of Al-Bukhari - the text of Professor Fadl Al-Rahman Al-Thawry, reviewed by: Professor Muhammad Atallah Khalif Al-Fawhabani - The Salafi Library
7 (0%)The Great Dictionary of al-Tabarani, a piece from the twenty-first volume (includes part of the Musnad al-Nu`man ibn Bashir) - compiled by a team of researchers under the supervision and care of: Dr. Saad bin Abdullah al-Hamid and Dr. Khalid bin Abdul Rahman Al Jeraisy - N
7 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
7 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
6 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
6 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
6 (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
6 (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
6 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
6 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
6 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
5 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
5 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
5 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
5 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
5 (0%)Sahih Muslim
5 (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
5 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
5 (0%)Kitab Bar Al Waldain Al Bukhari
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%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
5 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
5 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
5 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
5 (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
5 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
4 (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
4 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
4 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
4 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
4 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
4 (0%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
3 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
3 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
3 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
3 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
3 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
3 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
3 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
3 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
3 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
2 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
2 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
2 (0%)Qurah Al Aeneen Bar Raffa Yaddain Fi Salah
2 (0%)The existing part of Al-Tabarani's Sunnah Book - Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Barrak - Dr
2 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
2 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
2 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
2 (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
2 (0%)Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali
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 Shammean
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
2 (0%)Musnad Abdul Rehman Bin Aouf
2 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
2 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
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%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
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%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (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
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani (Qata Min Masaneed Min Asma Abdullah)
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Al Amali Fi Aasaar Al Sahaba
1 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
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