خَالِدُ بْنُ نِزَارٍ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

165

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·خَالِدُ بْنُ نِزَارٍ

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 - 165

Distribution By Collection

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

33 (20%)

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

11 (7%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

8 (5%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

8 (5%)

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

7 (4%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

6 (4%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

6 (4%)

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

4 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

4 (2%)

Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

4 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

Kitab Al Dua

4 (2%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

4 (2%)

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

3 (2%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

3 (2%)

Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila

3 (2%)

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

2 (1%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai

2 (1%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

2 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana

2 (1%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail

2 (1%)

Al Tahyuriyat

2 (1%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

2 (1%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

2 (1%)

Sunan Nasai

2 (1%)

Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo

2 (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

2 (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

2 (1%)

Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi

1 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut

1 (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

1 (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

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi

1 (1%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani

1 (1%)

Al Asma w Al Sifaat

1 (1%)

Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam

1 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

1 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

1 (1%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (1%)

Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi

1 (1%)

The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N

1 (1%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

1 (1%)

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