حُمْرَانَ بْنَ اَبَانَ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

238

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·حُمْرَانَ بْنَ اَبَانَ

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 - 238

Distribution By Collection

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

18 (8%)

Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo

12 (5%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

12 (5%)

Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.

11 (5%)

The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation

10 (4%)

Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation

9 (4%)

Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh

9 (4%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr

8 (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

7 (3%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo

6 (3%)

Shuab ul Iman

6 (3%)

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

4 (2%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo

4 (2%)

Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad

4 (2%)

Musnad e Bazzar

4 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

4 (2%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N

4 (2%)

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

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

3 (1%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

3 (1%)

Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi

3 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

3 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

3 (1%)

Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

3 (1%)

Sahih Bukhari

2 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

2 (1%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

2 (1%)

Musnad Abd Bin Hameed

2 (1%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai

2 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana

2 (1%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

2 (1%)

Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban

2 (1%)

Al Qinaat

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%)

Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution

2 (1%)

The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh

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%)

Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

2 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

2 (1%)

Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain

2 (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

2 (1%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla

2 (1%)

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 (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-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - 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

1 (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

1 (0%)

Al Eman Ibn Minda

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 Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood

1 (0%)

The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut

1 (0%)

Musnad Ibn Al Jad

1 (0%)

The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut

1 (0%)

The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books

1 (0%)

Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library

1 (0%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

1 (0%)

Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

In order to seek the additions of Musnad Al-Harith - T. Mosaad Abdul Hamid Muhammad Al-Saadani - Dar Al-Tala'i for Publishing, Distribution and Export

1 (0%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

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%)

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

1 (0%)

Sahih Muslim

1 (0%)

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

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%)

Al Aadab Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

1 (0%)

Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris

1 (0%)

Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih

1 (0%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman

1 (0%)

Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq

1 (0%)

Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam

1 (0%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

1 (0%)

Sunan Nasai

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

1 (0%)

Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia

1 (0%)

Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari

1 (0%)

Minutes of alerting and defining what is in the “chosen hadiths” of errors and corrections - T - N

1 (0%)

Al Tahoor

1 (0%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

1 (0%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

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