مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,238
Books
185
Teachers
320
Students
198
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ،
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 - 1,238
Distribution By Collection
Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
114 (9%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
80 (6%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
63 (5%)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
45 (4%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
33 (3%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
31 (3%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
29 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
25 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
22 (2%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
22 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
20 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
20 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
20 (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
19 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
19 (2%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
18 (1%)Sunan Nasai
18 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
17 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
17 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
16 (1%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
16 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
15 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
15 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
15 (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
15 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
14 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
14 (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
13 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
10 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
9 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
9 (1%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
9 (1%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
9 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
8 (1%)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
7 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
7 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
7 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
7 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
7 (1%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
7 (1%)Musnad Al Shahab
7 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
7 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
7 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
7 (1%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
7 (1%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
6 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
6 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
6 (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
6 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
6 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
6 (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
6 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
6 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
5 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
5 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
5 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir 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%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
5 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
5 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
4 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
4 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
4 (0%)Sahih Muslim
4 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
4 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
4 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
4 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
4 (0%)Hadith Siraj
4 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
4 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
3 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
3 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
3 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
3 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
3 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
3 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
3 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
3 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
3 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
3 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
3 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
3 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
3 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
3 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
3 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
3 (0%)The Book of the Sunnah Abi Asim (And with him Shades of Paradise in Takhreej Al-Sunnah by: Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani) - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - The Islamic Office
3 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
3 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
3 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
3 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
3 (0%)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
3 (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
3 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
2 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
2 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
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%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
2 (0%)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)
2 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
2 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
2 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
2 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
2 (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
2 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
2 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
2 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
2 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
2 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
2 (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
2 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
2 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
2 (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
2 (0%)Sunan Darmi
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
2 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Ahkam Ibn Wahab
1 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
1 (0%)Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami
1 (0%)Al-Muwata Al-Muhaqiq Dr. Bashar Maruf
1 (0%)Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
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%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
1 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
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%)Kitab Al Zohod
1 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
1 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
1 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
1 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
1 (0%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
1 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
1 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
1 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
1 (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
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
1 (0%)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.
1 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, 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%)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%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
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