صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,183
Books
167
Teachers
282
Students
129
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو،
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 - 1,183
Distribution By Collection
Musnad Al Shammean
117 (10%)Kitab Al Fittan
49 (4%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
49 (4%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
46 (4%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
43 (4%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
43 (4%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
41 (3%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
39 (3%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
39 (3%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
33 (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
27 (2%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
26 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
22 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
22 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
21 (2%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
16 (1%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
16 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
15 (1%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
14 (1%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
13 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
13 (1%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
13 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
13 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
13 (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
13 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
13 (1%)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
13 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
13 (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
12 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
11 (1%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
11 (1%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
11 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
10 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
10 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
10 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
10 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
10 (1%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
10 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
10 (1%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
8 (1%)Kitab Al Ezma
8 (1%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
7 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
7 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
7 (1%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
7 (1%)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
6 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
6 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
6 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
6 (1%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
5 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
5 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
4 (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
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
4 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
3 (0%)Sunan Nasai
3 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
3 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
3 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
3 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
3 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
3 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
3 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
3 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
3 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
3 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
3 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
3 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
3 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
3 (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
3 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
3 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
2 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
2 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
2 (0%)Sunan Darmi
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
2 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
2 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
2 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (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)
2 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
2 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
2 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
2 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
2 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
2 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
2 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
2 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
2 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
2 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
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%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
1 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
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%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
1 (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
1 (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
1 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
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%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
1 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
1 (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
1 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
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 Abd Bin Hameed
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
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%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (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
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - 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%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
1 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
1 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
1 (0%)Hadith Zohri
1 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (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
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Sahih Muslim
1 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
1 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
1 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali
1 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al Tahoor
1 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
1 (0%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
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%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
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