زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
3,408
Books
187
Teachers
526
Students
370
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ
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 - 3,408
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
242 (7%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
232 (7%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
230 (7%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
221 (6%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
177 (5%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
140 (4%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
110 (3%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
108 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
107 (3%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
101 (3%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
81 (2%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
74 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
59 (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
59 (2%)Shuab ul Iman
55 (2%)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
54 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
53 (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
53 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
40 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
40 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
39 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
38 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
38 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
38 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
37 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
37 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
37 (1%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
29 (1%)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
27 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
27 (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
24 (1%)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
22 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
22 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
22 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
20 (1%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
19 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
17 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
17 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
17 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
15 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
14 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
14 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
14 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
13 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
12 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
12 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
12 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
12 (0%)Sunan Nasai
11 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
11 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
11 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
11 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
11 (0%)The Book of the Sunnah Abi Asim (And with him Shades of Paradise in Takhreej Al-Sunnah by: Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani) - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - The Islamic Office
11 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
11 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
11 (0%)Sahih Muslim
10 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
10 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
10 (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
10 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
9 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
9 (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
9 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
9 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
9 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
9 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
9 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
8 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
8 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
7 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
7 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
7 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
7 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
7 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
7 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
6 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
6 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
6 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
6 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
6 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
6 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
5 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
5 (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
5 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
5 (0%)Al-Mukhtab from Musnad Abd Ibn Hamid - T. Abu Abdullah Ahmad bin Ibrahim bin Abi Al-Ainin - n Dar Ibn Abbas Library - Mansoura, Arab Republic of Egypt
5 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
5 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
5 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
5 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
5 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
5 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
5 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
4 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
4 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
4 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
4 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
4 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
4 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
4 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
4 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
4 (0%)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
4 (0%)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
4 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
3 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
3 (0%)Al Tahoor
3 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
3 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
3 (0%)Hadith Siraj
3 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
3 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
3 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
3 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
3 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
3 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
3 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Asim Al-Shawami Al-Athari - Dar Al-Hijaz Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3 (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
3 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
2 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
2 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
2 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
2 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
2 (0%)The Great Dictionary of al-Tabarani, a piece from the twenty-first volume (includes part of the Musnad al-Nu`man ibn Bashir) - compiled by a team of researchers under the supervision and care of: Dr. Saad bin Abdullah al-Hamid and Dr. Khalid bin Abdul Rahman Al Jeraisy - N
2 (0%)Encouragement in the virtues of deeds and the reward for that - T. Muhammad Hassan Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut - Lebanon
2 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
2 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
2 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
2 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
2 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
2 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
2 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
2 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Hadith Zohri
2 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
2 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
2 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
2 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
2 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
2 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
2 (0%)Sunan Darmi
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
2 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
2 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
2 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
1 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
1 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
1 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani w Mantaqi Min Al Muajam Al Kabir (Bharf Noon Min Sahaba)
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%)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.
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Huraira
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
1 (0%)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
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%)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%)Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Tareekh Daryah
1 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
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%)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
