يَعْلَى بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

223

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·يَعْلَى بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ

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 - 223

Distribution By Collection

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

21 (9%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N

15 (7%)

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

14 (6%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

9 (4%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

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

7 (3%)

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

7 (3%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

5 (2%)

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

5 (2%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

4 (2%)

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

4 (2%)

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

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

3 (1%)

Musnad Imam Shafi

3 (1%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

3 (1%)

Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari

3 (1%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

3 (1%)

Sunan Nasai

3 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf

2 (1%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

2 (1%)

Musnad Al Shammean

2 (1%)

Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris

2 (1%)

Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti

2 (1%)

Hadith Siraj

2 (1%)

Sahih Muslim

2 (1%)

Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam

2 (1%)

Bulugh Al Maram

2 (1%)

Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

2 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzamia

2 (1%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

2 (1%)

Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia

2 (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

2 (1%)

In order to search for excesses Musnad al-Harith - d d. Hussein Ahmed Saleh Al-Bakri - N Center for the Service of the Sunnah and the Prophet's Biography - Medina

2 (1%)

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 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

2 (1%)

In order to seek the additions of Musnad Al-Harith - T. Mosaad Abdul Hamid Muhammad Al-Saadani - Dar Al-Tala'i for Publishing, Distribution and Export

2 (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

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

2 (1%)

Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood

2 (1%)

Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

2 (1%)

Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut

2 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

2 (1%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla

2 (1%)

Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis

1 (0%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

1 (0%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

1 (0%)

Sunan Darmi

1 (0%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Farooq

1 (0%)

Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Muajam Ibn Askar

1 (0%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

1 (0%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

1 (0%)

Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi

1 (0%)

Musnad Abi Awana

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya

1 (0%)

Al Amwal Abu Ubaida

1 (0%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

1 (0%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Musnad Siraj

1 (0%)

Sahih Bukhari

1 (0%)

Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi

1 (0%)

Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

1 (0%)

Musnad Firdos Bima Masoor Al Khitab

1 (0%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

1 (0%)

Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

1 (0%)

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

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

1 (0%)

Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library

1 (0%)

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

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%)

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

1 (0%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo

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