النَّبِيِّ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
55
Books
33
Teachers
34
Students
17
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·النَّبِيِّ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ
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 - 55
Distribution By Collection
Masnad Humaidi
8 (15%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
4 (7%)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
3 (5%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
3 (5%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
2 (4%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
2 (4%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
2 (4%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (4%)Musnad Imam Shafi
2 (4%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
2 (4%)Sunan Abi Dawood
2 (4%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
2 (4%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
1 (2%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
1 (2%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
1 (2%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
1 (2%)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
1 (2%)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 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
1 (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
1 (2%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
1 (2%)Al Bar w Al Salah
1 (2%)Jami at Tirmidhi
1 (2%)Sunan Darmi
1 (2%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
1 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (2%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
1 (2%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
1 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana
1 (2%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
1 (2%)Sahih Muslim
1 (2%)Kitab Al Fittan
1 (2%)Tahdhib Aasaar
1 (2%)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