أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
3,631
Books
126
Teachers
527
Students
416
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ،
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 - 3,631
Distribution By Collection
Tahdhib Aasaar
398 (11%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
376 (10%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
285 (8%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
262 (7%)Sahih Muslim
184 (5%)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
160 (4%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
127 (3%)Jami at Tirmidhi
126 (3%)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
109 (3%)Musnad e Bazzar
83 (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
76 (2%)Sunan Ibn Majah
75 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
73 (2%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
72 (2%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
71 (2%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
70 (2%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
67 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
67 (2%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
59 (2%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
48 (1%)Hadith Siraj
45 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
34 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
34 (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
34 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
34 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
33 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
30 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
30 (1%)Musnad Siraj
25 (1%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
23 (1%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
20 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
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 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
17 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
16 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
16 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
15 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
15 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
14 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
14 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
14 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
12 (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
11 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
11 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
10 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
9 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
9 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
9 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
8 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
8 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
8 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
8 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
8 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
8 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani, the thirteenth and fourteenth volumes - a team of researchers under the supervision and care of Dr. Saad bin Abdullah Al-Hamid and Dr. Khaled bin Abdul Rahman Al-Jeraisy - N
8 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
7 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
7 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
7 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
7 (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
7 (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
6 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
6 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
6 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
6 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
6 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
5 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
5 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
5 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
5 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
5 (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
4 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
4 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
4 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
4 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
4 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
4 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
4 (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
4 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
3 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
3 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
3 (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
3 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
3 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
3 (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
3 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
3 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
3 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
3 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
3 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
3 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
2 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
2 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
2 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
2 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
2 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
2 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
2 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
2 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani (Qata Min Masaneed Min Asma Abdullah)
2 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
2 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)The existing part of Al-Tabarani's Sunnah Book - Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Barrak - Dr
1 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
1 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
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%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
1 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
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