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· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

379

Books

119

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·صُھَیْبٍ

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 - 379

Distribution By Collection

Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti

36 (9%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

20 (5%)

Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo

18 (5%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

16 (4%)

The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage

15 (4%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

15 (4%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

11 (3%)

Musnad e Bazzar

10 (3%)

Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah

9 (2%)

Musnad Al Shashi

9 (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

8 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

7 (2%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

7 (2%)

Shuab ul Iman

7 (2%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

6 (2%)

Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut

6 (2%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

5 (1%)

Al Eman Ibn Minda

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%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

5 (1%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

5 (1%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

5 (1%)

Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis

3 (1%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N

3 (1%)

Kitab Al Shriya

3 (1%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla

3 (1%)

Sahih Muslim

3 (1%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

3 (1%)

Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah

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%)

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

3 (1%)

Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq

3 (1%)

Al Royah Dar Al Qutni

3 (1%)

Sunan Darmi

3 (1%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr

2 (1%)

Sunan Nasai

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

2 (1%)

Masnad Al Royani

2 (1%)

Kitab Al Dua

2 (1%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

2 (1%)

Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal

2 (1%)

Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)

2 (1%)

Kitab Al Muajam

2 (1%)

Musnad Siraj

2 (1%)

Hadith Siraj

2 (1%)

Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia

2 (1%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

2 (1%)

Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari

2 (1%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo

2 (1%)

The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation

2 (1%)

Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation

2 (1%)

Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

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%)

The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh

2 (1%)

Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut

2 (1%)

Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

2 (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

2 (1%)

Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.

2 (1%)

Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi

1 (0%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai

1 (0%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

1 (0%)

Al Adab Al Mufrad

1 (0%)

Hadith Zohri

1 (0%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

1 (0%)

Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan

1 (0%)

Tazeem Qadar Al Salah

1 (0%)

Muajam Ibn Askar

1 (0%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti

1 (0%)

Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza

1 (0%)

Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam

1 (0%)

Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb

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%)

Al Tahyuriyat

1 (0%)

Al Aadab Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi

1 (0%)

The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut

1 (0%)

Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah

1 (0%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

1 (0%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

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%)

Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari

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%)

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

1 (0%)

Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia

1 (0%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzamia

1 (0%)

Al Asma w Al Sifaat

1 (0%)

Al Qaza Wl Qadar

1 (0%)

Bulugh Al Maram

1 (0%)

Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut

1 (0%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

1 (0%)

The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library

1 (0%)

Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N

1 (0%)

Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

1 (0%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

1 (0%)

Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

1 (0%)

Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb

1 (0%)

Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood

1 (0%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim

1 (0%)

Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shahab

1 (0%)

Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia

1 (0%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

1 (0%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Ezma

1 (0%)

Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library

1 (0%)

Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi

1 (0%)

Musnad Abi Awana

1 (0%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

1 (0%)

Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi

1 (0%)

Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi

1 (0%)

Aamali Ibn Samaon

1 (0%)

Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari

1 (0%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail

1 (0%)

Classical Scholar Assessments

The cards below present assessments from the major classical critics. Together they form the standard reference for evaluating Abu Hurayrah's status in the science of Rijal (narrator criticism).

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