جده علي بن أبي طالب

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

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Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·جده علي بن أبي طالب

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 - 28

Distribution By Collection

Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli

4 (14%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

1 (4%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

1 (4%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

1 (4%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

1 (4%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

1 (4%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

1 (4%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

1 (4%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

1 (4%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

1 (4%)

Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi

1 (4%)

Al Tahyuriyat

1 (4%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

1 (4%)

Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban

1 (4%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

1 (4%)

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

1 (4%)

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

1 (4%)

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

1 (4%)

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

1 (4%)

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

1 (4%)

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

1 (4%)

Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo

1 (4%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

1 (4%)

Sunan Nasai

1 (4%)

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

1 (4%)

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