سفيان -يعني ابن عيينة-

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

109

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·سفيان -يعني ابن عيينة-

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 - 109

Distribution By Collection

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

11 (10%)

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

11 (10%)

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

9 (8%)

Musnad e Bazzar

9 (8%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

9 (8%)

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

6 (6%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

6 (6%)

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

6 (6%)

Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad

4 (4%)

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

4 (4%)

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

3 (3%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau

2 (2%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal

2 (2%)

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

2 (2%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzamia

2 (2%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

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 (1%)

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

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

1 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut

1 (1%)

Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut

1 (1%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

1 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani

1 (1%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

1 (1%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

1 (1%)

Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq

1 (1%)

Kitab Al Shriya

1 (1%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

1 (1%)

Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli

1 (1%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

1 (1%)

Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam

1 (1%)

Al Tahyuriyat

1 (1%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

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