النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ رَاشِدٍ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

213

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ رَاشِدٍ

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 - 213

Distribution By Collection

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

19 (9%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

19 (9%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

12 (6%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

11 (5%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

7 (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

6 (3%)

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

6 (3%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

5 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

5 (2%)

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 (2%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

5 (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

5 (2%)

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

5 (2%)

Musnad e Bazzar

5 (2%)

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

5 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

4 (2%)

Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

4 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

Musnad Abi Awana

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

3 (1%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Hadith Siraj

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Kitab Al Dua

2 (1%)

Shuab ul Iman

2 (1%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

2 (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

2 (1%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

2 (1%)

Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library

1 (0%)

Sunan Nasai

1 (0%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

1 (0%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

1 (0%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzamia

1 (0%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

1 (0%)

Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah

1 (0%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

1 (0%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shammean

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shahab

1 (0%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

1 (0%)

Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya

1 (0%)

Al Amwal Abu Ubaida

1 (0%)

Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf

1 (0%)

Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar

1 (0%)

Musnad Siraj

1 (0%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

1 (0%)

Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman

1 (0%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (0%)

Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban

1 (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

1 (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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

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%)

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 (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%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

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%)

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

1 (0%)

Sahih Muslim

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