مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ،

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

323

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ،

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 - 323

Distribution By Collection

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

40 (12%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzamia

23 (7%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut

21 (7%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau

19 (6%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

9 (3%)

Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali

9 (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

9 (3%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

8 (2%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo

8 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

8 (2%)

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

8 (2%)

Sahih Muslim

7 (2%)

Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq

7 (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

7 (2%)

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

7 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

7 (2%)

Musnad Al Shammean

6 (2%)

Sunan Nasai

5 (2%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

5 (2%)

Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

5 (2%)

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

5 (2%)

Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo

5 (2%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

4 (1%)

Sahih Bukhari

4 (1%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo

4 (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

4 (1%)

Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh

3 (1%)

Musnad e Bazzar

3 (1%)

Shuab ul Iman

3 (1%)

Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

2 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

2 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

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%)

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%)

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

2 (1%)

Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

2 (1%)

Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal

2 (1%)

The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (0%)

Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut

1 (0%)

Al Eman Ibn Minda

1 (0%)

Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree

1 (0%)

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

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%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai

1 (0%)

Al Aadab Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Masnad Al Royani

1 (0%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

1 (0%)

Al Adab Al Mufrad

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%)

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

1 (0%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

1 (0%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Shriya

1 (0%)

Fawaid Tammam

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Muajam

1 (0%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

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%)

Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi

1 (0%)

Hadith Zohri

1 (0%)

Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih

1 (0%)

Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis

1 (0%)

Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)

1 (0%)

Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin

1 (0%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

1 (0%)

Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam

1 (0%)

Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia

1 (0%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

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