مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
2,894
Books
196
Teachers
202
Students
419
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ،
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 - 2,894
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
263 (9%)Sunan Abi Dawood
127 (4%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
124 (4%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
122 (4%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
121 (4%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
111 (4%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
109 (4%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
98 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
83 (3%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
75 (3%)Sahih Bukhari
67 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
64 (2%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
63 (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
61 (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
58 (2%)Shuab ul Iman
45 (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
45 (2%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
38 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
38 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
37 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
36 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
36 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
34 (1%)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.
32 (1%)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)
32 (1%)Sunan Darmi
32 (1%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
32 (1%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
31 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
28 (1%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
27 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
24 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
24 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
24 (1%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
22 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
22 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
19 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
19 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
18 (1%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
17 (1%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
17 (1%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
17 (1%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
17 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
17 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
17 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
15 (1%)Kitab Al Zohod
15 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
14 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
14 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
12 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
12 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
11 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
11 (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
11 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
11 (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
11 (0%)Al Tahoor
10 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
10 (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
9 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
8 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
8 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
8 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
8 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
8 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
7 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
7 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
7 (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
7 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
7 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
7 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
6 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
6 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
6 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
6 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
6 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
6 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
6 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
6 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - 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%)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
6 (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
6 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
5 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
5 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
5 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
5 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
5 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
5 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
5 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
4 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
4 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
4 (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
4 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
4 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
4 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
4 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
4 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
4 (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
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-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
3 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Kitab Bar Al Waldain Al Bukhari
3 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
3 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
3 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
3 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
3 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
3 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
3 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
3 (0%)Musnad Abdul Rehman Bin Aouf
3 (0%)Hadith Siraj
3 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
3 (0%)Sunan Nasai
3 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
3 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
3 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
3 (0%)Kitab Al Eman Al Qasim Bin Salam
2 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
2 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
2 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
2 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
2 (0%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
2 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
2 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
2 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
2 (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
2 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
2 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
2 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
2 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
1 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
1 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Barnamig Al-Tajibi
1 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
1 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
1 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani (Qata Min Masaneed Min Asma Abdullah)
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
1 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
1 (0%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
1 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
1 (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
1 (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
1 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (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
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
1 (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
1 (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
1 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
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 Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
1 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
1 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
1 (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
1 (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
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)Sahih Muslim
1 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
1 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
1 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
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%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id, which is famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar al-Kilabadhi - Mishkool - T. Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Ahmad Farid al-Mazeidi - Dar al-Kutub al-‘ilmiyyah - Beirut / Lebanon
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
1 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
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