مُسْلِمٍ الْأَعْوَرِ،

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

121

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُسْلِمٍ الْأَعْوَرِ،

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 - 121

Distribution By Collection

Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis

5 (4%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

3 (2%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

3 (2%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

3 (2%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

3 (2%)

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

3 (2%)

Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain

3 (2%)

Shuab ul Iman

3 (2%)

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

3 (2%)

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

3 (2%)

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

3 (2%)

Musnad Abd Bin Hameed

3 (2%)

Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro

3 (2%)

Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution

3 (2%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

2 (2%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

2 (2%)

Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah

2 (2%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

2 (2%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

2 (2%)

Musnad Ibn Al Jad

2 (2%)

Al Sunnah Al Maroozi

2 (2%)

Kitab Al Shriya

2 (2%)

Al Fard Dar Al Qutni

2 (2%)

Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi

2 (2%)

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

2 (2%)

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

2 (2%)

Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library

2 (2%)

Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh

2 (2%)

Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library

1 (1%)

Fawaid Tammam

1 (1%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Muajam

1 (1%)

Aamali Ibn Samaon

1 (1%)

Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye

1 (1%)

Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool

1 (1%)

Hadith Siraj

1 (1%)

Etal Al Qaloob

1 (1%)

Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila

1 (1%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti

1 (1%)

Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi

1 (1%)

Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

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 (1%)

Musnad Al Farooq

1 (1%)

Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem

1 (1%)

Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur

1 (1%)

Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor

1 (1%)

Sunan Darmi

1 (1%)

Interpretation from the Sunnahs of Saeed bin Mansour - an investigator - Dr. Saad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Hamid - Dar Al-Sumaie for publication and distribution

1 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

1 (1%)

The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut

1 (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

1 (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

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut

1 (1%)

Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

1 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

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

1 (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

1 (1%)

Musnad Ishaq bin Rahawayh - Musnad Ibn Abbas - T. Muhammed Mukhtar Dirar Al-Mufti - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

Musnad e Bazzar

1 (1%)

The Book of Archeology by Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - T. Khaled Al-Awwad - Dar Al-Nawader

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N

1 (1%)

Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

1 (1%)

Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

1 (1%)

Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia

1 (1%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

1 (1%)

Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Ezma

1 (1%)

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