الْعَبَّاسُ:
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
311
Books
96
Teachers
100
Students
121
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·الْعَبَّاسُ:
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 - 311
Distribution By Collection
Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
21 (7%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
20 (6%)Musnad e Bazzar
17 (5%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
12 (4%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
10 (3%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
9 (3%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
8 (3%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
7 (2%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
7 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
7 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
7 (2%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
7 (2%)Musnad Al Shashi
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-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
6 (2%)Masnad Al Royani
5 (2%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
5 (2%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
5 (2%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
5 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
4 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
4 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
4 (1%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
4 (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
4 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
4 (1%)Kitab Al Ezma
4 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
4 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
3 (1%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
3 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
3 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
3 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
3 (1%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
3 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
3 (1%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
3 (1%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
3 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
3 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
3 (1%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
3 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
3 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
2 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
2 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
2 (1%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
2 (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.
2 (1%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
2 (1%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
2 (1%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
2 (1%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
2 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
2 (1%)Hadith Siraj
2 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
2 (1%)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 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
2 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Sunan Darmi
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
1 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
1 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
1 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
1 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
1 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
1 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
1 (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
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
1 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
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%)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
1 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
1 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
1 (0%)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
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 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 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
1 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
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%)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
1 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
1 (0%)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)
1 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
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