جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
243
Books
90
Teachers
45
Students
49
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ
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 - 243
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
42 (17%)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%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
6 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
6 (2%)Sahih Bukhari
6 (2%)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
6 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
5 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
5 (2%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
4 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
4 (2%)Sunan Abi Dawood
4 (2%)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
4 (2%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
4 (2%)Sahih Muslim
4 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
4 (2%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
4 (2%)Sunan Nasai
4 (2%)Al-Muwata Al-Muhaqiq Dr. Bashar Maruf
4 (2%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
3 (1%)Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi
3 (1%)Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami
3 (1%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
3 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
3 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
3 (1%)Sunan Darmi
3 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
3 (1%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
3 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
3 (1%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
3 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
3 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
3 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
2 (1%)Muwatta Malik, narrated by Abu Musab al-Zuhri
2 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
2 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
2 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
2 (1%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
2 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
2 (1%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (1%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
2 (1%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
2 (1%)Al Jamia Fi Al Ahkam Ibn Wahab
2 (1%)Juzz Ibn Jurayj
2 (1%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (1%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
2 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
2 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
2 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
2 (1%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
2 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
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 workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
2 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
2 (1%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
1 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
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%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
1 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
1 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
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%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
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%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (0%)Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf
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%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (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.
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
1 (0%)Ahadith Ismaeel Bin Jafar
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
1 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
1 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
1 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
1 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
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