«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
3,656
Books
191
Teachers
1226
Students
517
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
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 - 3,656
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
553 (15%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
217 (6%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
123 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
116 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
107 (3%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
105 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
103 (3%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
83 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
81 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana
79 (2%)Sunan Nasai
74 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
67 (2%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
61 (2%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
59 (2%)Sunan Ibn Majah
57 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
54 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
53 (1%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
53 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
51 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
51 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
45 (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
41 (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
39 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
38 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
37 (1%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
37 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
35 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
35 (1%)Sahih Muslim
32 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
31 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
31 (1%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
30 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
29 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
29 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
28 (1%)Sunan Darmi
28 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
26 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
26 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
26 (1%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
26 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
25 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
24 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
24 (1%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi with footnotes (corresponding version) - T. Muhammad bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Turki, in cooperation with the Research Center in Dar Hajar - Dar Hajar for Printing and Publishing - Cairo
23 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
22 (1%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
21 (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
20 (1%)Jami at Tirmidhi
19 (1%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
18 (0%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
17 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
17 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
17 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
17 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
17 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
16 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
15 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
14 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
14 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
13 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
13 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
13 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
12 (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
12 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
12 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
11 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
11 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
11 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
11 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
10 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
10 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
10 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
9 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
9 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
9 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
9 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
8 (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
8 (0%)Hadith Zohri
8 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
8 (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
8 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
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
7 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
7 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
7 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
7 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
6 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
6 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
6 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
6 (0%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
6 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
6 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
6 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
5 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
5 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
5 (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
5 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
5 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
5 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
4 (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
4 (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
4 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
4 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
4 (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)
4 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
4 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
4 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
4 (0%)Muwatta Malik, narrated by Abu Musab al-Zuhri
4 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
4 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
4 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
4 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
4 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Imam Al-Bukhari - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Al-Ma'arif Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh
3 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
3 (0%)Hadith Siraj
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%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
3 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
3 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
3 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
3 (0%)Al-Mawta Al-Imam Malik Narrated by Sweid bin Saeed al-Hadthani
3 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
3 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
3 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
2 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
2 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
2 (0%)Ahadith Ismaeel Bin Jafar
2 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Ahkam Ibn Wahab
2 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
2 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
2 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
2 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
2 (0%)Al-Muta' Imam Malik Ibn Anas Narrated by Ibn Al-Qasim
2 (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
2 (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
2 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
2 (0%)Al Amali Fi Aasaar Al Sahaba
2 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
2 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
2 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
2 (0%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
2 (0%)Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh
2 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
2 (0%)Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami
1 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Weak Resources of the Thirsty to the Additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Dar Al-Sami’i for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
1 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (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
1 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
1 (0%)Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani
1 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Musnad Siraj
1 (0%)Al Tahoor
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
1 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi
1 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Huraira
1 (0%)Fawaid Abi Muhammad Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman
1 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
1 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
1 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
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%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
1 (0%)Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi
1 (0%)Al-Muta'a (Chapters of Al-Bayu) Al-Muhaqqiq Makloosh Morani
1 (0%)Al-Muwata Al-Muhaqiq Dr. Bashar Maruf
1 (0%)Muta' Imam Malik Narrated by Ibn Ziyad
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