أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

315

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ

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 - 315

Distribution By Collection

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

28 (9%)

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

26 (8%)

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

24 (8%)

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

21 (7%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

15 (5%)

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

12 (4%)

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

12 (4%)

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

8 (3%)

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

8 (3%)

Al-Muwata Al-Muhaqiq Dr. Bashar Maruf

6 (2%)

Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi

6 (2%)

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

6 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

4 (1%)

Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia

4 (1%)

Shuab ul Iman

4 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

4 (1%)

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

4 (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

4 (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

3 (1%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

3 (1%)

Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami

3 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

3 (1%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

3 (1%)

Sahih Muslim

2 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

2 (1%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

2 (1%)

Muwatta Malik, narrated by Abu Musab al-Zuhri

2 (1%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

2 (1%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

2 (1%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

2 (1%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal

2 (1%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

2 (1%)

Musnad Al Shashi

2 (1%)

Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam

2 (1%)

Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi

2 (1%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

2 (1%)

Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi

2 (1%)

Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah

2 (1%)

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

2 (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

2 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut

2 (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

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%)

Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library

2 (1%)

Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut

2 (1%)

Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb

1 (0%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

1 (0%)

Al Adab Al Mufrad

1 (0%)

Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban

1 (0%)

Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi

1 (0%)

Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari

1 (0%)

Muwatta Imam Malik Narrated by Muhammad bin Al-Hasan al-Shaybani

1 (0%)

Al Eman Ibn Minda

1 (0%)

Al Amwal Abu Ubaida

1 (0%)

Musnad Abi Awana

1 (0%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani

1 (0%)

Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus

1 (0%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

1 (0%)

Musnad e Bazzar

1 (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

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 Muajam Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani

1 (0%)

Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut

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%)

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

1 (0%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

1 (0%)

Monotheism of Ibn Mandah and Knowledge of the Names and Attributes of God Almighty and His Attributes on Agreement and Uniqueness - Dr. Ali bin Muhammad Nasir al-Faqihi, Associate Professor - Library of Science and Governance, Madinah, Dar al-Uloom and al-Hikum, Syria

1 (0%)

Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

1 (0%)

The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo

1 (0%)

Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia

1 (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

1 (0%)

Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shahab

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%)

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

1 (0%)

Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt

1 (0%)

Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Shriya

1 (0%)

Fawaid Tammam

1 (0%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

1 (0%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

1 (0%)

Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi

1 (0%)

Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris

1 (0%)

Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti

1 (0%)

Musnad Siraj

1 (0%)

Hadith Siraj

1 (0%)

Musnad Imam Shafi

1 (0%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

1 (0%)

Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shammean

1 (0%)

Al Jamia Fi Al Ahkam Ibn Wahab

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