أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

170

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ

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 - 170

Distribution By Collection

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

17 (10%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

12 (7%)

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

5 (3%)

Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

5 (3%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

5 (3%)

Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain

4 (2%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

4 (2%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

3 (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

3 (2%)

Musnad Abi Awana

3 (2%)

Sunan Nasai

3 (2%)

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

3 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

3 (2%)

Musnad Abd Bin Hameed

3 (2%)

Sahih Muslim

2 (1%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

2 (1%)

Masnad Humaidi

2 (1%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

2 (1%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

2 (1%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

2 (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

2 (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

2 (1%)

Tahdhib 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%)

Musnad Al Shammean

2 (1%)

Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban

2 (1%)

Musnad Firdos Bima Masoor Al Khitab

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal

2 (1%)

Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo

2 (1%)

Al-Muta' Imam Malik Ibn Anas Narrated by Ibn Al-Qasim

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution

1 (1%)

Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut

1 (1%)

Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo

1 (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

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library

1 (1%)

The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr

1 (1%)

Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

1 (1%)

Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

1 (1%)

Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr

1 (1%)

Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Sahih Bukhari

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

1 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

1 (1%)

Al Adab Al Mufrad

1 (1%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

1 (1%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

1 (1%)

Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor

1 (1%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

1 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

1 (1%)

Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad

1 (1%)

Al Aadab Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Dua

1 (1%)

Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood

1 (1%)

Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya

1 (1%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

1 (1%)

Al Sunnah Al Maroozi

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Fittan

1 (1%)

Fawaid Tammam

1 (1%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

1 (1%)

Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

Musnad Siraj

1 (1%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

1 (1%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

1 (1%)

Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman

1 (1%)

Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin

1 (1%)

Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam

1 (1%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (1%)

Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari

1 (1%)

Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami

1 (1%)

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