يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْقَطَّانُ،

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

246

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْقَطَّانُ،

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 - 246

Distribution By Collection

Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi

35 (14%)

Kitab Al Shriya

21 (9%)

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

17 (7%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

15 (6%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

12 (5%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

10 (4%)

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

7 (3%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

7 (3%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

6 (2%)

Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis

5 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi

4 (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

4 (2%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

4 (2%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

4 (2%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut

4 (2%)

Al Royah Dar Al Qutni

3 (1%)

Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib

3 (1%)

Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye

3 (1%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

3 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau

3 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli

3 (1%)

Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba

3 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzamia

3 (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%)

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%)

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%)

Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban

2 (1%)

Muajam Ibn Askar

2 (1%)

Al Fard Dar Al Qutni

2 (1%)

Tazeem Qadar Al Salah

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

2 (1%)

Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi

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%)

Musnad e Bazzar

1 (0%)

Isbat Azab Al Qabar

1 (0%)

Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik

1 (0%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani

1 (0%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree

1 (0%)

Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood

1 (0%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

1 (0%)

Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)

1 (0%)

Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq

1 (0%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

1 (0%)

Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar

1 (0%)

Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool

1 (0%)

Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi

1 (0%)

Hadith Siraj

1 (0%)

Hadith Zohri

1 (0%)

Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila

1 (0%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

1 (0%)

Tareekh Al-Madina

1 (0%)

Al Tahyuriyat

1 (0%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

1 (0%)

Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha

1 (0%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani (Qata Min Masaneed Min Asma Abdullah)

1 (0%)

Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur

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%)

The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani, the thirteenth and fourteenth volumes - a team of researchers under the supervision and care of Dr. Saad bin Abdullah Al-Hamid and Dr. Khaled bin Abdul Rahman Al-Jeraisy - N

1 (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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (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

1 (0%)

Proof of the Torment of the Grave and the Question of the Two Angels by Al-Bayhaqi - T. Al-Maktab Al-Salafi for Heritage Investigation - N. Islamic Heritage Library - Cairo

1 (0%)

Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut

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