أَبَانُ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,609
Books
162
Teachers
211
Students
224
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَبَانُ،
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 - 1,609
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
144 (9%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
129 (8%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
102 (6%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
81 (5%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
80 (5%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
80 (5%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
68 (4%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
67 (4%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
47 (3%)Sunan Abi Dawood
41 (3%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
40 (2%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
39 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
30 (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
30 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
29 (2%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
26 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
20 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
18 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
15 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
15 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
14 (1%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
13 (1%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
13 (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
12 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
12 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
12 (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
11 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
11 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
11 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
10 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
10 (1%)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
9 (1%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
9 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
8 (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
8 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
8 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
8 (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
8 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
8 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
8 (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%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
8 (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
7 (0%)Sunan Nasai
7 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
7 (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
6 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
6 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
6 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
6 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
6 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
6 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
5 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
5 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
5 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
5 (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
5 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
5 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
5 (0%)Sahih Muslim
5 (0%)Hadith Siraj
5 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
5 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
5 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
4 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
4 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
4 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
4 (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
4 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
4 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
4 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
4 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
4 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
4 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
3 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
3 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
3 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
3 (0%)Musnad Siraj
3 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
3 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
3 (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
3 (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
3 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
3 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
3 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
2 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
2 (0%)Part of reading behind the imam of Al-Bukhari - the text of Professor Fadl Al-Rahman Al-Thawry, reviewed by: Professor Muhammad Atallah Khalif Al-Fawhabani - The Salafi Library
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
2 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
2 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
2 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
2 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
2 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
2 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
2 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
2 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
2 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
2 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
2 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
2 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
2 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
2 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
1 (0%)Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
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%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)The Book of Archeology by Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - T. Khaled Al-Awwad - Dar Al-Nawader
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
1 (0%)Sunan Darmi
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (0%)Musnad Abdul Rehman Bin Aouf
1 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
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%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Hadith Zohri
1 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
1 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
1 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
1 (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
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%)Al Bar w Al Salah
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
1 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
1 (0%)Musnad Ibraheem Bin Adam Al Zahid
1 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
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%)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