عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
639
Books
112
Teachers
95
Students
134
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ،
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 - 639
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
62 (10%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
35 (5%)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
32 (5%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
28 (4%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
27 (4%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
26 (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
18 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
16 (3%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
14 (2%)Sahih Bukhari
13 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
13 (2%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
13 (2%)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
13 (2%)Kitab Al Shriya
13 (2%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
12 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
12 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
12 (2%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
10 (2%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
9 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
9 (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
9 (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
9 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
8 (1%)Sahih Muslim
8 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
8 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
8 (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
8 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
7 (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
7 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
7 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
7 (1%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
6 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
5 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
5 (1%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
5 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
5 (1%)Musnad Al Shahab
4 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
4 (1%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
4 (1%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
4 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
4 (1%)Encouragement in the virtues of deeds and the reward for that - T. Muhammad Hassan Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut - Lebanon
4 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
4 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
4 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
3 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
3 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
3 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
3 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
3 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
3 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
3 (0%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
3 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
3 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
3 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
3 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
3 (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
2 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
2 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
2 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
2 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
2 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
2 (0%)Sunan Nasai
2 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
2 (0%)Hadith Zohri
2 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
1 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Huraira
1 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
1 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
1 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Hadith Siraj
1 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
1 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
1 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani (Qata Min Masaneed Min Asma Abdullah)
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
1 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
1 (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
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
1 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
1 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
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