رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,326
Books
141
Teachers
148
Students
227
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ
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 - 1,326
Distribution By Collection
Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
129 (10%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
129 (10%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
123 (9%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
43 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
35 (3%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
33 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
32 (2%)Sunan Nasai
29 (2%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
28 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
28 (2%)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
23 (2%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
21 (2%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
21 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
19 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
18 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
18 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
17 (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
16 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
16 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
16 (1%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
16 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
16 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
15 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
15 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
15 (1%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
13 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
13 (1%)Sahih Muslim
13 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
12 (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
11 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
11 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
11 (1%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
10 (1%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
10 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
10 (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
9 (1%)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
9 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
9 (1%)Sunan Darmi
9 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
9 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
8 (1%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
8 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
8 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
8 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
8 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
8 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
7 (1%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
7 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
7 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
7 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
7 (1%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
6 (0%)Bulugh Al Maram
6 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
6 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
6 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
6 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
6 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
5 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
5 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
5 (0%)Musnad Siraj
5 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
5 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
5 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
4 (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
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
4 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
4 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
4 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
4 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
4 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
4 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
3 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
3 (0%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
3 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
3 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
3 (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
3 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
3 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
3 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
3 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Imam Al-Bukhari - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Al-Ma'arif Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh
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%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (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
2 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
2 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
2 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
2 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
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
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
2 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (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.
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
2 (0%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
2 (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%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
1 (0%)Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
1 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
1 (0%)Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
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%)Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani
1 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
1 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
1 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
1 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
1 (0%)Muwatta Malik, narrated by Abu Musab al-Zuhri
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-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
1 (0%)Shuab ul Iman
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%)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