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مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ،

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

762

Books

175

Teachers

215

Students

184

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ،

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 —

IntroductionChain RelationsCross References

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 - 762

Distribution By Collection

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

37 (5%)

Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo

36 (5%)

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

25 (3%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

24 (3%)

Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.

22 (3%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

22 (3%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr

17 (2%)

Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation

17 (2%)

The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation

17 (2%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

17 (2%)

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

16 (2%)

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

16 (2%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

15 (2%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

14 (2%)

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

14 (2%)

Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

12 (2%)

Shuab ul Iman

12 (2%)

Kitab Al Dua

12 (2%)

Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq

11 (1%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

9 (1%)

Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble

9 (1%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti

8 (1%)

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

8 (1%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

8 (1%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla

8 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

8 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

7 (1%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

7 (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

6 (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

6 (1%)

Tazeem Qadar Al Salah

6 (1%)

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

6 (1%)

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

6 (1%)

Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia

5 (1%)

Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia

5 (1%)

Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool

5 (1%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

5 (1%)

Kitab Al Ezma

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N

4 (1%)

Musnad e Bazzar

4 (1%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

4 (1%)

Musnad Abd Bin Hameed

4 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

4 (1%)

The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

4 (1%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo

4 (1%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

4 (1%)

Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab

4 (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

3 (0%)

Sunan Darmi

3 (0%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

3 (0%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

3 (0%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai

3 (0%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

3 (0%)

Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi

3 (0%)

Kitab Al Shriya

3 (0%)

Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis

3 (0%)

Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila

3 (0%)

Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi

3 (0%)

Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi

3 (0%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal

3 (0%)

Tareekh Al-Madina

3 (0%)

Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi

3 (0%)

Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban

3 (0%)

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

3 (0%)

Monotheism of Ibn Mandah and Knowledge of the Names and Attributes of God Almighty and His Attributes on Agreement and Uniqueness - Dr. Ali bin Muhammad Nasir al-Faqihi, Associate Professor - Library of Science and Governance, Madinah, Dar al-Uloom and al-Hikum, Syria

3 (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

3 (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

3 (0%)

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

3 (0%)

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

3 (0%)

The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books

3 (0%)

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

3 (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)

3 (0%)

Kitab Al Fittan

2 (0%)

Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi

2 (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

2 (0%)

Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb

2 (0%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

2 (0%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

2 (0%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

2 (0%)

Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha

2 (0%)

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

2 (0%)

Al Bar w Al Salah

2 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

2 (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

2 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree

2 (0%)

Al Marseel Abu Dawood

2 (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

2 (0%)

The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -

2 (0%)

Al Asma w Al Sifaat

2 (0%)

Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi

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%)

The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut

2 (0%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

2 (0%)

The existing part of Al-Tabarani's Sunnah Book - Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Barrak - Dr

2 (0%)

Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris

2 (0%)

Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari

2 (0%)

Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti

2 (0%)

Musnad Siraj

2 (0%)

Hadith Siraj

2 (0%)

Hadith Zohri

2 (0%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

2 (0%)

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

2 (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%)

Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli

1 (0%)

Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi

1 (0%)

The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo

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%)

Muwatta Malik, narrated by Abu Musab al-Zuhri

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Aasaar Al Shabani

1 (0%)

Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Sunan Nasai

1 (0%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

1 (0%)

Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh

1 (0%)

Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan

1 (0%)

Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik

1 (0%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

1 (0%)

Sifatul Jannah

1 (0%)

Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - 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%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail

1 (0%)

Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr

1 (0%)

Al Qaza Wl Qadar

1 (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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

1 (0%)

Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb

1 (0%)

Objective classification of the history of Baghdad, by Al-Hafiz Abi Bakr Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi - T - N Dar Ibn Al-Jawzi - from the publications of the Noor Al-Islam Network

1 (0%)

Ahadith Ismaeel Bin Jafar

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Zohod

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani

1 (0%)

Sahih Muslim

1 (0%)

Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)

1 (0%)

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

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%)

Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shahab

1 (0%)

Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shammean

1 (0%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi

1 (0%)

Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani (Qata Min Masaneed Min Asma Abdullah)

1 (0%)

Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal

1 (0%)

Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari

1 (0%)

Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami

1 (0%)

Al-Muwata Al-Muhaqiq Dr. Bashar Maruf

1 (0%)

Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi

1 (0%)

Sahih Bukhari

1 (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

1 (0%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal

1 (0%)

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 (0%)

Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi

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%)

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