مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
1,094
Books
134
Teachers
159
Students
138
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ،
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 - 1,094
Distribution By Collection
Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
158 (14%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
155 (14%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
151 (14%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
42 (4%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
29 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
29 (3%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
23 (2%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
22 (2%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
17 (2%)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
17 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
17 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
14 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
14 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
13 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
11 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
11 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
11 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
11 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
11 (1%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
10 (1%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
10 (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
9 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
9 (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
9 (1%)Kitab Al Shriya
8 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
8 (1%)Sahih Muslim
8 (1%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
8 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
6 (1%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
6 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
6 (1%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
6 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
6 (1%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
6 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
5 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
5 (0%)Sunan Darmi
5 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
5 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
5 (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.
5 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
5 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
5 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
5 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
5 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
5 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
5 (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)
5 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
4 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
4 (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
4 (0%)Sunan Nasai
4 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
4 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
4 (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
4 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
4 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
3 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
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%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
3 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
3 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
3 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
3 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
3 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
3 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
3 (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
2 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
2 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
2 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
2 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
2 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
2 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
2 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
2 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
2 (0%)Hadith Siraj
2 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
2 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
2 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
2 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
2 (0%)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 (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
2 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
2 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
2 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
2 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
1 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
1 (0%)Monotheism of Ibn Mandah and Knowledge of the Names and Attributes of God Almighty and His Attributes on Agreement and Uniqueness - Dr. Ali bin Muhammad Nasir al-Faqihi, Associate Professor - Library of Science and Governance, Madinah, Dar al-Uloom and al-Hikum, Syria
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
1 (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
1 (0%)Hadith Zohri
1 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Tahoor
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%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
1 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
1 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
1 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
1 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
1 (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
1 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
1 (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
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
1 (0%)Al Qinaat
1 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
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%)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