أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
567
Books
113
Teachers
80
Students
63
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ
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 - 567
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
41 (7%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
37 (7%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
37 (7%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
26 (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
20 (4%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
18 (3%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
17 (3%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
15 (3%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
15 (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
15 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
14 (2%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
12 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
11 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
11 (2%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
11 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
10 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
10 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
9 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
9 (2%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
8 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
8 (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
7 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
7 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
7 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
7 (1%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
7 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
6 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
6 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
6 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
6 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
6 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
6 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
6 (1%)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 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
5 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
5 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
5 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
4 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
4 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
3 (1%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
3 (1%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
3 (1%)Hadith Siraj
3 (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
3 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
3 (1%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
3 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
3 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
3 (1%)Sunan Darmi
2 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
2 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
2 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
2 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
2 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
2 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (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
2 (0%)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
2 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (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
1 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
1 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (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
1 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
1 (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
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 Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Hadith Zohri
1 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
1 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
1 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
1 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
1 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
1 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
1 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
1 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
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 Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
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%)Masnad Al Royani
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%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
1 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (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)
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
1 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
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