الْأَسْوَدِ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
5,254
Books
194
Teachers
817
Students
168
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·الْأَسْوَدِ،
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 - 5,254
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
530 (10%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
331 (6%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
310 (6%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
178 (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
157 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
153 (3%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
153 (3%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
145 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
140 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
121 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
118 (2%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
110 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
97 (2%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
90 (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
82 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
70 (1%)Sunan Nasai
68 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
66 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
64 (1%)Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
64 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
62 (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
62 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
62 (1%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
59 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
56 (1%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
53 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
52 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
51 (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
47 (1%)Sahih Muslim
46 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
43 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
42 (1%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
42 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
36 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
36 (1%)Hadith Siraj
35 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
34 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
34 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
33 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
33 (1%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
32 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
32 (1%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
29 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
29 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
28 (1%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
27 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
27 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
26 (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
23 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
23 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
23 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
22 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
22 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
21 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
21 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
21 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
21 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
21 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
21 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
21 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
20 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
20 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
20 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
19 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
19 (0%)Sunan Darmi
19 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
19 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
18 (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)
18 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
18 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
16 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
16 (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
16 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
15 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
15 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
15 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
15 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
15 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
15 (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.
14 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
13 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
13 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
13 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
13 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
12 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
12 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
12 (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
11 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
11 (0%)Shuab ul Iman
11 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
10 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
10 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
10 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
10 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
10 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
9 (0%)Musnad Siraj
8 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
8 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
8 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
8 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
7 (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
7 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
7 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
7 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
7 (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
7 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
7 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
6 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
6 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
6 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
6 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
5 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
5 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
5 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
4 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
4 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
4 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
4 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
4 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
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%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
3 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
3 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
3 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
3 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
3 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
3 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
3 (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
3 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
3 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
3 (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%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
3 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
3 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
3 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al Aasaar Abu Yousaf
3 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
3 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
2 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
2 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
2 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
2 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
2 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
2 (0%)Hadith Zohri
2 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
2 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Al Tahoor
2 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
2 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
2 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
2 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
2 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id, which is famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar al-Kilabadhi - Mishkool - T. Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Ahmad Farid al-Mazeidi - Dar al-Kutub al-‘ilmiyyah - Beirut / Lebanon
2 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
2 (0%)One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N
2 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
2 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
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%)Musnad Al Shammean
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
1 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
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%)Musnad Imam Shafi
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%)Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi
1 (0%)Al Ali Al Mansoor Fi Al Hadith Mashoor
1 (0%)Musnad Bilal Bin Ribah
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
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 Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
1 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Ahkam Ibn Wahab
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
1 (0%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
1 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
1 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
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