عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
376
Books
102
Teachers
70
Students
27
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ،
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 - 376
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
32 (9%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
24 (6%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
23 (6%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
13 (3%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
12 (3%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
11 (3%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
10 (3%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
10 (3%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
10 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
10 (3%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
10 (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
8 (2%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
8 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
8 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
7 (2%)Sahih Bukhari
6 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
6 (2%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
6 (2%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
5 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
5 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
5 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
5 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
5 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
4 (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
4 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
4 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
4 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
4 (1%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
4 (1%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
3 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
3 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
3 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
3 (1%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
3 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
3 (1%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
3 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
3 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
3 (1%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
3 (1%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
2 (1%)Musnad Al Shammean
2 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
2 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
2 (1%)Fawaid Tammam
2 (1%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
2 (1%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
2 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
2 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
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%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
2 (1%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
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%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
2 (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
2 (1%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
2 (1%)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
2 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
2 (1%)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%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
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%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
1 (0%)Hadith Siraj
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (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
1 (0%)Shuab ul Iman
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (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%)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 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
1 (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)
1 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
1 (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
1 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Sunan Darmi
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)Sunan Nasai
1 (0%)Sahih Muslim
1 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
1 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
1 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
1 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
1 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
1 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (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
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
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