اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
3,970
Books
211
Teachers
541
Students
491
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ
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 - 3,970
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
333 (8%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
141 (4%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
138 (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
137 (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
120 (3%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
108 (3%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
107 (3%)Sunan Ibn Majah
106 (3%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
104 (3%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
104 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
97 (2%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
82 (2%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
80 (2%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
80 (2%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
78 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
78 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
76 (2%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
76 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
75 (2%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
65 (2%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
61 (2%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
59 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
58 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
42 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
41 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
37 (1%)Sahih Muslim
37 (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
37 (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
36 (1%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
34 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
34 (1%)Kitab Al Shriya
33 (1%)Hadith Siraj
31 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
31 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
30 (1%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
29 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
28 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
27 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
25 (1%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
25 (1%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
25 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
23 (1%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
19 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
19 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
19 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
18 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
18 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
18 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
18 (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
18 (0%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
18 (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
18 (0%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
18 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
18 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
18 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
17 (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
16 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
16 (0%)Makaram al-Akhlaq by al-Kharati and its Excellencies, and Mahmoud its methods - Dr. Abdullah bin Bajash bin Thabit al-Hamiri - Al-Rushd Library in 2006 AD
16 (0%)Sunan Nasai
16 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
16 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
15 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
13 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
13 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
12 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
11 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
11 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
11 (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
10 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
10 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
10 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
10 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
10 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
10 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Ahkam Ibn Wahab
10 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
10 (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
10 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
10 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
9 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
9 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
9 (0%)Al Tahoor
9 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
9 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
8 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
8 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
8 (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
8 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
8 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
8 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
8 (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
8 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
7 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
7 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
7 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
7 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
7 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
7 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
7 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
7 (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
6 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
6 (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
6 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
6 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
6 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
6 (0%)Musnad Siraj
6 (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
6 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
6 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
6 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
6 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
6 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
5 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
5 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
5 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
5 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
5 (0%)Sunan Darmi
5 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
5 (0%)Hadith Zohri
5 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
5 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
5 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
5 (0%)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
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%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
4 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
4 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
4 (0%)Fawaid Abi Muhammad Al Fakhi
4 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
4 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani, the thirteenth and fourteenth volumes - a team of researchers under the supervision and care of Dr. Saad bin Abdullah Al-Hamid and Dr. Khaled bin Abdul Rahman Al-Jeraisy - N
4 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
4 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
4 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
4 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
3 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
3 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
3 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
3 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
3 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
3 (0%)The clear book in the Sunnah - T - N
3 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
3 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
3 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
3 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
3 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
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%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
3 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
3 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
3 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
3 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
3 (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)
3 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
3 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
2 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
2 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
2 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
2 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
2 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
2 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
2 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
2 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
2 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani (Qata Min Masaneed Min Asma Abdullah)
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
2 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
2 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
2 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
2 (0%)Proof of the Torment of the Grave and the Question of the Two Angels by Al-Bayhaqi - T. Al-Maktab Al-Salafi for Heritage Investigation - N. Islamic Heritage Library - Cairo
2 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
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
1 (0%)The Great Dictionary of al-Tabarani, a piece from the twenty-first volume (includes part of the Musnad al-Nu`man ibn Bashir) - compiled by a team of researchers under the supervision and care of: Dr. Saad bin Abdullah al-Hamid and Dr. Khalid bin Abdul Rahman Al Jeraisy - N
1 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Barnamig Al-Tajibi
1 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
1 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
1 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
1 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
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%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
1 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
1 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
1 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
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 Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Objective classification of the history of Baghdad, by Al-Hafiz Abi Bakr Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi - T - N Dar Ibn Al-Jawzi - from the publications of the Noor Al-Islam Network
1 (0%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
1 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, 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