عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,045
Books
110
Teachers
51
Students
168
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ،
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 - 1,045
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
114 (11%)Sahih Muslim
106 (10%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
70 (7%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
69 (7%)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
56 (5%)Sunan Abi Dawood
41 (4%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
39 (4%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
38 (4%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
36 (3%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
31 (3%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
31 (3%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
23 (2%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
20 (2%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
20 (2%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
11 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
11 (1%)The Book of the Sunnah Abi Asim (And with him Shades of Paradise in Takhreej Al-Sunnah by: Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani) - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - The Islamic Office
10 (1%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
9 (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
9 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
9 (1%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
8 (1%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
8 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
8 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
8 (1%)Kitab Al Shriya
8 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
8 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
8 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
8 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
8 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
6 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
6 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
6 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
6 (1%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
6 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
6 (1%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
6 (1%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
5 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
5 (0%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
5 (0%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
5 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
5 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
5 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
5 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
5 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
5 (0%)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
5 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
4 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
4 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
4 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
4 (0%)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
4 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
4 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
4 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
4 (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
3 (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
3 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
3 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
3 (0%)Sunan Nasai
3 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
3 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
3 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
2 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
2 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
2 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
2 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
2 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
2 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
2 (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
2 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
2 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
2 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Asim Al-Shawami Al-Athari - Dar Al-Hijaz Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2 (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
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil Al-Khalal - T. Mashhoor Salman + Hisham Al-Sakka - N. The Islamic Bureau + Dar Ammar Country: Beirut + Amman
1 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
1 (0%)Hadith Zohri
1 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
1 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
1 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
1 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
1 (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
1 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
1 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (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
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
1 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
1 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
1 (0%)Ammar Bil-Maroof w Nahi Anil-Munkir Al-Khalal
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