عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,382
Books
161
Teachers
104
Students
208
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو،
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 - 1,382
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
92 (7%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
78 (6%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
68 (5%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
48 (3%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
39 (3%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
39 (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
37 (3%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
36 (3%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
34 (2%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
31 (2%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
31 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
30 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
29 (2%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
27 (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
26 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
24 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
22 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
22 (2%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
21 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana
18 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
17 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
16 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
16 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
15 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
15 (1%)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
14 (1%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
14 (1%)Sunan Darmi
14 (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)
14 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
14 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
14 (1%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
13 (1%)Sahih Muslim
13 (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
13 (1%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
13 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
12 (1%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
12 (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
12 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
11 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
11 (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
10 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
9 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
9 (1%)Tareekh Al-Madina
8 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
8 (1%)Kitab Al Dua
7 (1%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
7 (1%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
7 (1%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
6 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
6 (0%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
6 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
6 (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
6 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
6 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
6 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
6 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
5 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
5 (0%)Sunan Nasai
5 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
5 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
5 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
5 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
5 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
5 (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
5 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
5 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
4 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
4 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
4 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
4 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
4 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
4 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
4 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
3 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
3 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
3 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
3 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
3 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
3 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
3 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
3 (0%)Al Tahoor
3 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
3 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
3 (0%)Musnad Siraj
3 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
3 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
3 (0%)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
3 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
3 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
3 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
3 (0%)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
3 (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
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
3 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
3 (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
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%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
2 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
2 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
2 (0%)Hadith Siraj
2 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
2 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
2 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
2 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
2 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
2 (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
2 (0%)Individuals for Daraqutni, Part 2 - T. Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Sari - N Dar Al-Tadmuriyyah in Riyadh
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (0%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
2 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
2 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Shafi
1 (0%)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.
1 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
1 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
1 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)Makaram al-Akhlaq by al-Kharati and its Excellencies, and Mahmoud its methods - Dr. Abdullah bin Bajash bin Thabit al-Hamiri - Al-Rushd Library in 2006 AD
1 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
1 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
1 (0%)Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
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%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)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
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
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%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
1 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
1 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
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%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
1 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
1 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
1 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
1 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
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