أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْأَبَّارُ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

322

Books

Teachers

195

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْأَبَّارُ

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 - 322

Distribution By Collection

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

91 (28%)

Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi

49 (15%)

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

33 (10%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

31 (10%)

Musnad Al Shammean

13 (4%)

Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi

9 (3%)

Shuab ul Iman

9 (3%)

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

8 (2%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

7 (2%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

6 (2%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

6 (2%)

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

6 (2%)

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

6 (2%)

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

4 (1%)

Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia

4 (1%)

Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza

3 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

3 (1%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal

2 (1%)

Sifatul Jannah

2 (1%)

Al Tahyuriyat

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

2 (1%)

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

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 Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf

2 (1%)

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

1 (0%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

1 (0%)

Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree

1 (0%)

Muajam Ibn Askar

1 (0%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (0%)

Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Dua

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

1 (0%)

Objective classification of the history of Baghdad, by Al-Hafiz Abi Bakr Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi - T - N Dar Ibn Al-Jawzi - from the publications of the Noor Al-Islam Network

1 (0%)

Al Aadab Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Musnad Siraj

1 (0%)

Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai

1 (0%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal

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