الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
907
Books
162
Teachers
155
Students
192
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ،
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 - 907
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
52 (6%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
39 (4%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
38 (4%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
38 (4%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
34 (4%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
34 (4%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
27 (3%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
27 (3%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
26 (3%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
23 (3%)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
22 (2%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
20 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
18 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
17 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
17 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
16 (2%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
16 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
14 (2%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
13 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
12 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
12 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
12 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
10 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
10 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
9 (1%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
9 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
9 (1%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
8 (1%)Musnad Al Shashi
8 (1%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
8 (1%)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
7 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
7 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
6 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
6 (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
6 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
6 (1%)Sunan Nasai
6 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
5 (1%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
5 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
5 (1%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
5 (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
5 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
5 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
5 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
5 (1%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
5 (1%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
5 (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
4 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
4 (0%)Hadith Siraj
4 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
4 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
4 (0%)Sahih Muslim
4 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
4 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
4 (0%)Sunan Darmi
4 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
4 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
4 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
4 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
3 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
3 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
3 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
3 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
3 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
3 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
3 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
3 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
3 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
3 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
3 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
3 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
3 (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)
3 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Musnad Siraj
2 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
2 (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
2 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
2 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
2 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
2 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
2 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
2 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
2 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
2 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
2 (0%)Shuab ul Iman
2 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
2 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
2 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
2 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
2 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
2 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
2 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
2 (0%)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
1 (0%)Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
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%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
1 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
1 (0%)The Book of Archeology by Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - T. Khaled Al-Awwad - Dar Al-Nawader
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (0%)Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
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%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (0%)One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N
1 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
1 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
1 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
1 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
1 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
1 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
1 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
1 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
1 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
1 (0%)Al Ali Al Mansoor Fi Al Hadith Mashoor
1 (0%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
1 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
1 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
1 (0%)Al Amali Fi Aasaar Al Sahaba
1 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
1 (0%)Qurah Al Aeneen Bar Raffa Yaddain Fi Salah
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%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
1 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
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