عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
131
Books
58
Teachers
49
Students
38
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ
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 - 131
Distribution By Collection
Musnad e Bazzar
10 (8%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
7 (5%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
6 (5%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
6 (5%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
6 (5%)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
5 (4%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
5 (4%)Shuab ul Iman
5 (4%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
5 (4%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
4 (3%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
4 (3%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
4 (3%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
3 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
3 (2%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
3 (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
3 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana
3 (2%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
3 (2%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
2 (2%)Musnad Al Shahab
2 (2%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
2 (2%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
2 (2%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
2 (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
2 (2%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (1%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
1 (1%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
1 (1%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
1 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
1 (1%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
1 (1%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
1 (1%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (1%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (1%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (1%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
1 (1%)Makaram al-Akhlaq by al-Kharati and its Excellencies, and Mahmoud its methods - Dr. Abdullah bin Bajash bin Thabit al-Hamiri - Al-Rushd Library in 2006 AD
1 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
1 (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
1 (1%)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 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
1 (1%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (1%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (1%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (1%)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 (1%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
1 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
1 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
1 (1%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
1 (1%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
1 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
1 (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
1 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (1%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
1 (1%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (1%)Kitab Al Shriya
1 (1%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (1%)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