مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللہِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَکَمِ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,657
Books
89
Teachers
147
Students
151
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللہِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَکَمِ
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 - 1,657
Distribution By Collection
Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
345 (21%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
120 (7%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
88 (5%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
65 (4%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
63 (4%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
62 (4%)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
51 (3%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
49 (3%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
48 (3%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
46 (3%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
38 (2%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
37 (2%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
30 (2%)Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
30 (2%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
29 (2%)Sunan Nasai
28 (2%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
28 (2%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
26 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
25 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
24 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
24 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
24 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
23 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
21 (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
21 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
17 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
16 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
16 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
15 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau
14 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
13 (1%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
12 (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
11 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
11 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
10 (1%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
9 (1%)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
9 (1%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
9 (1%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
9 (1%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
8 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
8 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
8 (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
7 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
6 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
6 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
6 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
4 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
4 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
4 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
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%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
4 (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
4 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
4 (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%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
3 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
3 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
3 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
3 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
2 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
2 (0%)Hadith Zohri
2 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
2 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
2 (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
2 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Ahkam Ibn Wahab
1 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
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%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (0%)One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N
1 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
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