ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
4,051
Books
221
Teachers
733
Students
951
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ،
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 - 4,051
Distribution By Collection
Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
721 (18%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
193 (5%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
168 (4%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
162 (4%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
155 (4%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
117 (3%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
115 (3%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
102 (3%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
80 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
71 (2%)Shuab ul Iman
61 (2%)Musnad Al Shashi
59 (1%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
59 (1%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
51 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
47 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
45 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
45 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
41 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
40 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
40 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
40 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
39 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
36 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
36 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
33 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
32 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
31 (1%)Kitab Al Fittan
31 (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
30 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
30 (1%)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
30 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
28 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
27 (1%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
26 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
24 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
23 (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
23 (1%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
23 (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
21 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
21 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
21 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
20 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
20 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
20 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
17 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
17 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
17 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
16 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
16 (0%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
16 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
15 (0%)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
15 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
15 (0%)Bulugh Al Maram
14 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
14 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
14 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
14 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
14 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
13 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
13 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
13 (0%)Sunan Nasai
13 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
13 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
12 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
12 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
12 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
12 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
12 (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
11 (0%)Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf
11 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
11 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
11 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
11 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
11 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
11 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
10 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
10 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
10 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
10 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
10 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
9 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
9 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
9 (0%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
9 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
9 (0%)Weak Resources of the Thirsty to the Additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Dar Al-Sami’i for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
9 (0%)Musnad Firdos Bima Masoor Al Khitab
9 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
9 (0%)Sunan Darmi
9 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
8 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
8 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
8 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
8 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
8 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
8 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
7 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
7 (0%)Hadith Siraj
7 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
7 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
7 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
7 (0%)In order to search for excesses Musnad al-Harith - d d. Hussein Ahmed Saleh Al-Bakri - N Center for the Service of the Sunnah and the Prophet's Biography - Medina
7 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
7 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
7 (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
7 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
7 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
7 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
6 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
6 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
6 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
6 (0%)Sahih Muslim
6 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
6 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
6 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
5 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
5 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
5 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
5 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
5 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
5 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
5 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
5 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
5 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
5 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
5 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
5 (0%)Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani
5 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
5 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
5 (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
5 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
5 (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
5 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
4 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
4 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
4 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
4 (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
4 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
4 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
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%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
4 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
4 (0%)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
4 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
4 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
4 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
4 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
4 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
4 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
3 (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.
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
3 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
3 (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
3 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
3 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
3 (0%)Hadith Zohri
3 (0%)Kitab Bar Al Waldain Al Bukhari
3 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
3 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
3 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
3 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
3 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
3 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
3 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
2 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
2 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
2 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
2 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
2 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
2 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
2 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
2 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
2 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
2 (0%)Al Tahoor
2 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
2 (0%)Ahadith Ismaeel Bin Jafar
2 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
2 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
2 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
2 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
2 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (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
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
2 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
2 (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)
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
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi with footnotes (corresponding version) - T. Muhammad bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Turki, in cooperation with the Research Center in Dar Hajar - Dar Hajar for Printing and Publishing - Cairo
1 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
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%)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 Ali Al Mansoor Fi Al Hadith Mashoor
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
1 (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
1 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
1 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
1 (0%)Musnad Ibraheem Bin Adam Al Zahid
1 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
1 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Bukhari - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
1 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
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