مُّسْلِمٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
2,143
Books
196
Teachers
345
Students
267
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُّسْلِمٍ
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 - 2,143
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
125 (6%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
113 (5%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
107 (5%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
63 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
62 (3%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
52 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
51 (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
51 (2%)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
51 (2%)Sahih Bukhari
50 (2%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
49 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
49 (2%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
48 (2%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
47 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
43 (2%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
37 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
35 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana
33 (2%)Musnad e Bazzar
33 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
28 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
28 (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
28 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
27 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
27 (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
26 (1%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
24 (1%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
23 (1%)Sahih Muslim
23 (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
23 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
23 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
22 (1%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
22 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
21 (1%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
21 (1%)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
20 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
19 (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
18 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
18 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
17 (1%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
16 (1%)Sunan al-Darimi (narrated by al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa’i, Abu Dawud, and Abdullah ibn al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal) - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Damascus: Bab al-Barid - 1349 - n.
14 (1%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
14 (1%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
14 (1%)Sunan Darmi
14 (1%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
14 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
13 (1%)Musnad Imam Shafi
13 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
12 (1%)Musnad Al-Imam Al-Darmi - Dr. Marzouq bin Hayas Al Marzouq Al-Zahrani - N (without a publisher) (Printed at the expense of businessman Sheikh Jamaan bin Hassan Al-Zahrani)
12 (1%)Musnad Al Shashi
11 (1%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
11 (1%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
11 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
10 (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
9 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
9 (0%)Sunan Nasai
9 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
9 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
9 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
8 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
8 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
7 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
7 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
7 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
7 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
7 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
7 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
7 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
6 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
6 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
6 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
6 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
6 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
6 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
6 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
6 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
6 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
6 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
6 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
5 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa, Al-Haskafi’s narration - T. Abdul Rahman Hassan Mahmoud - N. Al-Adab - Egypt
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
5 (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
5 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
5 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
5 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
5 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
5 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
5 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
5 (0%)Musnad Abi Hanifa Al Haskafi
5 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
4 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi
4 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
4 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
3 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
3 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
3 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
3 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
3 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
3 (0%)Hadith Siraj
3 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
3 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
3 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
3 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
2 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
2 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
2 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
2 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
2 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
2 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
2 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
2 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
2 (0%)Proof of the Torment of the Grave and the Question of the Two Angels by Al-Bayhaqi - T. Al-Maktab Al-Salafi for Heritage Investigation - N. Islamic Heritage Library - Cairo
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
2 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
2 (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
2 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
2 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
2 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
2 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
2 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
2 (0%)Qurah Al Aeneen Bar Raffa Yaddain Fi Salah
2 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
2 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
2 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Hadith Zohri
2 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
2 (0%)Musnad Abdul Rehman Bin Aouf
2 (0%)Musnad Siraj
2 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
2 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
2 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Al-Mukhtab from Musnad Abd Ibn Hamid - T. Abu Abdullah Ahmad bin Ibrahim bin Abi Al-Ainin - n Dar Ibn Abbas Library - Mansoura, Arab Republic of Egypt
1 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
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%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
1 (0%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
1 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id, which is famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar al-Kilabadhi - Mishkool - T. Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Ahmad Farid al-Mazeidi - Dar al-Kutub al-‘ilmiyyah - Beirut / Lebanon
1 (0%)Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
1 (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
1 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
1 (0%)One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
1 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
1 (0%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
1 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
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 Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Interpretation from the Sunnahs of Saeed bin Mansour - an investigator - Dr. Saad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Hamid - Dar Al-Sumaie for publication and distribution
1 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (0%)Fawaid Abi Muhammad Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Part of reading behind the imam of Al-Bukhari - the text of Professor Fadl Al-Rahman Al-Thawry, reviewed by: Professor Muhammad Atallah Khalif Al-Fawhabani - The Salafi Library
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Encouragement in the virtues of deeds and the reward for that - T. Muhammad Hassan Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut - Lebanon
1 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
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%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
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%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
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