اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
337
Books
100
Teachers
79
Students
148
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
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 - 337
Distribution By Collection
Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
24 (7%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
21 (6%)Musnad Firdos Bima Masoor Al Khitab
16 (5%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
16 (5%)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
14 (4%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
13 (4%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
13 (4%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
13 (4%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
12 (4%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
8 (2%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
8 (2%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
7 (2%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
6 (2%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
6 (2%)Jama Al Ailm Al Shafi
5 (1%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
5 (1%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
5 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
5 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
5 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
5 (1%)Interpretation from the Sunnahs of Saeed bin Mansour - an investigator - Dr. Saad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Hamid - Dar Al-Sumaie for publication and distribution
4 (1%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
4 (1%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
4 (1%)Musnad Al Shammean
4 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
4 (1%)Kitab Al Ezma
4 (1%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
3 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
3 (1%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
3 (1%)Objective classification of the history of Baghdad, by Al-Hafiz Abi Bakr Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi - T - N Dar Ibn Al-Jawzi - from the publications of the Noor Al-Islam Network
3 (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
3 (1%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
3 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
2 (1%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
2 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
2 (1%)Silsala Daeef
2 (1%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
2 (1%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
2 (1%)Al Bar w Al Salah
2 (1%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
2 (1%)Kitab Al Shriya
2 (1%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
2 (1%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
2 (1%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
2 (1%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
2 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
2 (1%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
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%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
2 (1%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
2 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
2 (1%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Sunan Nasai
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
1 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
1 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
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%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
1 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
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%)Musnad Abi Awana
1 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
1 (0%)Sahih Muslim
1 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
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%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
1 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
1 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (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
1 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
1 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
1 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
1 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
1 (0%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
1 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
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%)Musnad Al Shashi
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