عُثْمَانَ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,594
Books
190
Teachers
381
Students
411
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عُثْمَانَ،
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 - 1,594
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
91 (6%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
88 (6%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
52 (3%)Musnad e Bazzar
50 (3%)Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi
49 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
48 (3%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
38 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
38 (2%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
37 (2%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
34 (2%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
33 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
29 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
27 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
24 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
23 (1%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
23 (1%)Sahih Muslim
23 (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
22 (1%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
21 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
21 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
19 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
19 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
19 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
18 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
18 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
18 (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
18 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
17 (1%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
17 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
16 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
16 (1%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
16 (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
16 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
16 (1%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
15 (1%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
14 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
14 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
14 (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
13 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
13 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
13 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
13 (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
13 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
13 (1%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
12 (1%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
12 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
11 (1%)Sunan Nasai
10 (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
10 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
10 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
10 (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
9 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
9 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
8 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
8 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
8 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
7 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
7 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
7 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
6 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
6 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
6 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
6 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
6 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
5 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
5 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
5 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
5 (0%)Sunan Darmi
5 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
5 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
4 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
4 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
4 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
4 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
4 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
4 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
4 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
4 (0%)Al Tahoor
4 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
4 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
4 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
4 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
4 (0%)Musnad Imam Al-Shafi’i (Al-Sindi arrangement) (jurisdictional arrangement of the chapters: Muhammad Abed Al-Sindi) - Arranged on the jurisprudential chapters: Muhammad Abid Al-Sindi - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Beirut - Lebanon
4 (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
4 (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
4 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
4 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
4 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
4 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
3 (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
3 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
3 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
3 (0%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
3 (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.
3 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
3 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
3 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
3 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
3 (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
3 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
3 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
3 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
3 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
3 (0%)Hadith Siraj
3 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
3 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
2 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
2 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
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%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
2 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
2 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
2 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
2 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
2 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
2 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
2 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
2 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
2 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
2 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Imam Al-Bukhari - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Al-Ma'arif Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
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%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
2 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
2 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
1 (0%)Fawaid Abi Muhammad Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
1 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
1 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
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 Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
1 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
1 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
1 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
1 (0%)Al Ali Al Mansoor Fi Al Hadith Mashoor
1 (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%)Bulugh Al Maram
1 (0%)Musnad Imam al-Shafi’i (Singer’s arrangement) - Arranged by: Sanjar bin Abdullah al-Jawli, Abu Saeed, Alam al-Din (deceased: 745 AH) - by Ghiras Publishing and Distribution Company, Kuwait
1 (0%)Al Amali Fi Aasaar Al Sahaba
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
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%)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-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - 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%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
1 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
1 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)Minutes of alerting and defining what is in the “chosen hadiths” of errors and corrections - T - N
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi with footnotes (corresponding version) - T. Muhammad bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Turki, in cooperation with the Research Center in Dar Hajar - Dar Hajar for Printing and Publishing - Cairo
1 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
1 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
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