مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
997
Books
74
Teachers
469
Students
196
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ،
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 - 997
Distribution By Collection
Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
272 (27%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
102 (10%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
69 (7%)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
57 (6%)Shuab ul Iman
56 (6%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
52 (5%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
48 (5%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
47 (5%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
30 (3%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
25 (3%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
24 (2%)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
14 (1%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
13 (1%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
13 (1%)Kitab Al Ghurbah
12 (1%)Monotheism of Ibn Mandah and Knowledge of the Names and Attributes of God Almighty and His Attributes on Agreement and Uniqueness - Dr. Ali bin Muhammad Nasir al-Faqihi, Associate Professor - Library of Science and Governance, Madinah, Dar al-Uloom and al-Hikum, Syria
10 (1%)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
10 (1%)Kitab Al Ezma
9 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
8 (1%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
8 (1%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
7 (1%)Etal Al Qaloob
7 (1%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
6 (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
5 (1%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
5 (1%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
4 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
4 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
4 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
4 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
3 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
3 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
3 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
3 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
3 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
3 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
2 (0%)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
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
2 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
2 (0%)Makaram al-Akhlaq by al-Kharati and its Excellencies, and Mahmoud its methods - Dr. Abdullah bin Bajash bin Thabit al-Hamiri - Al-Rushd Library in 2006 AD
2 (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
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
2 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
2 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
2 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
1 (0%)Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil Al-Khalal - T. Mashhoor Salman + Hisham Al-Sakka - N. The Islamic Bureau + Dar Ammar Country: Beirut + Amman
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
1 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
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%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
1 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (0%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
1 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Barnamig Al-Tajibi
1 (0%)Ammar Bil-Maroof w Nahi Anil-Munkir Al-Khalal
1 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
1 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
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%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
1 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
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