عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
253
Books
105
Teachers
55
Students
9
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ،
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 - 253
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
26 (10%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
10 (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
10 (4%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
6 (2%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
6 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
6 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
6 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
6 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
5 (2%)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 (2%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
5 (2%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
5 (2%)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
4 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana
4 (2%)Musnad Imam al-Shafi’i (Singer’s arrangement) - Arranged by: Sanjar bin Abdullah al-Jawli, Abu Saeed, Alam al-Din (deceased: 745 AH) - by Ghiras Publishing and Distribution Company, Kuwait
4 (2%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
4 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
4 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
4 (2%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
4 (2%)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
3 (1%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
3 (1%)Hadith Siraj
3 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
3 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
3 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
3 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
3 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
3 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
3 (1%)Muwatta Malik, narrated by Abu Musab al-Zuhri
2 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
2 (1%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (1%)Sunan Nasai
2 (1%)Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi
2 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
2 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (1%)Sunan al-Darimi (narrated by al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa’i, Abu Dawud, and Abdullah ibn al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal) - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Damascus: Bab al-Barid - 1349 - n.
2 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
2 (1%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
2 (1%)Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami
2 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - 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%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
2 (1%)Musnad Imam Shafi
2 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
2 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
2 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
2 (1%)Sahih Muslim
2 (1%)Sunan Darmi
2 (1%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
2 (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
2 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
2 (1%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
1 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
1 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
1 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
1 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
1 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
1 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
1 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
1 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
1 (0%)Al-Mawta Al-Imam Malik Narrated by Sweid bin Saeed al-Hadthani
1 (0%)Al-Muwata Al-Muhaqiq Dr. Bashar Maruf
1 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
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%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
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-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
1 (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
1 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - Dr. Mustafa Deeb Al-Bagha is Professor of Hadith and its Sciences at the Faculty of Sharia - University of Damascus - Dar Ibn Katheer, Al-Yamamah - Beirut
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (0%)Musnad Al-Imam Al-Darmi - Dr. Marzouq bin Hayas Al Marzouq Al-Zahrani - N (without a publisher) (Printed at the expense of businessman Sheikh Jamaan bin Hassan Al-Zahrani)
1 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
1 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
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