مُعَاوِيَةَ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
2,101
Books
199
Teachers
298
Students
441
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُعَاوِيَةَ،
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 - 2,101
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
188 (9%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
137 (7%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
104 (5%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
99 (5%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
97 (5%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
91 (4%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
86 (4%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
84 (4%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
83 (4%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
64 (3%)Musnad Al Shammean
30 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
28 (1%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
26 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
26 (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
24 (1%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
24 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
23 (1%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
22 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
21 (1%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
21 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
21 (1%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
20 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
18 (1%)Sunan Nasai
15 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
15 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
14 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
14 (1%)Sunan Darmi
13 (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
13 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau
13 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
13 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
13 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
12 (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%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
12 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
12 (1%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
12 (1%)Sahih Muslim
11 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
11 (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
11 (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)
11 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
11 (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
11 (1%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
10 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
10 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
10 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
9 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
9 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
9 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
9 (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.
9 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
9 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
9 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
9 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
8 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
8 (0%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
8 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
8 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
8 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
8 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
8 (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
7 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
7 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
7 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
7 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
7 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
7 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
7 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
7 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
7 (0%)Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali
6 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
6 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
6 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
6 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
6 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
6 (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
6 (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%)Part of reading behind the imam of Al-Bukhari - the text of Professor Fadl Al-Rahman Al-Thawry, reviewed by: Professor Muhammad Atallah Khalif Al-Fawhabani - The Salafi Library
5 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
5 (0%)Musnad Siraj
5 (0%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
5 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
5 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
5 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
5 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
5 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
5 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
5 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
4 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
4 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
4 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
4 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
4 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
4 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
3 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
3 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
3 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
3 (0%)Bulugh Al Maram
3 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
3 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
3 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
3 (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
3 (0%)Hadith Siraj
3 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
3 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
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%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
2 (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
2 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
2 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
2 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
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%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
2 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
2 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
2 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
2 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
2 (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
2 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
2 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
2 (0%)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
2 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
2 (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
2 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
2 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
2 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
2 (0%)Hadith Zohri
2 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
2 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
1 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
1 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
1 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
1 (0%)Kitab Bar Al Waldain Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
1 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
1 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
1 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
1 (0%)Tareekh Daryah
1 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
1 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
1 (0%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
1 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Al Ali Al Mansoor Fi Al Hadith Mashoor
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
1 (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
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (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
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
1 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
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%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
1 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
1 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
1 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
1 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Amali Fi Aasaar Al Sahaba
1 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
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