حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ،

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

399

Books

112

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ،

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 - 399

Distribution By Collection

Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo

23 (6%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

19 (5%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

17 (4%)

Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.

17 (4%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

13 (3%)

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

12 (3%)

The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation

11 (3%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla

10 (3%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

10 (3%)

Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation

10 (3%)

The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr

10 (3%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

9 (2%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

8 (2%)

Musnad e Bazzar

8 (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

8 (2%)

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

8 (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

8 (2%)

The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr

8 (2%)

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

7 (2%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo

7 (2%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

6 (2%)

The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh

6 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

5 (1%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

5 (1%)

Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble

4 (1%)

Shuab ul Iman

4 (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

4 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

4 (1%)

Musnad Ibn Al Jad

4 (1%)

Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo

4 (1%)

Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah

3 (1%)

Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut

3 (1%)

Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt

3 (1%)

Al Amwal Abu Ubaida

3 (1%)

Musnad Al Farooq

3 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

3 (1%)

Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia

3 (1%)

Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza

3 (1%)

Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi

3 (1%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

3 (1%)

Al Adab Al Mufrad

3 (1%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

2 (1%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

2 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzamia

2 (1%)

Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi

2 (1%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

2 (1%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti

2 (1%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

2 (1%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

2 (1%)

Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal

2 (1%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

2 (1%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

2 (1%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

2 (1%)

Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim

2 (1%)

Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool

2 (1%)

Tareekh Al-Madina

2 (1%)

Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin

2 (1%)

Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban

2 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut

2 (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

2 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut

2 (1%)

The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo

2 (1%)

Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library

2 (1%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N

2 (1%)

Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N

2 (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

1 (0%)

Tazeem Qadar Al Salah

1 (0%)

Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India

1 (0%)

Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai

1 (0%)

Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shashi

1 (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

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%)

Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah

1 (0%)

Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut

1 (0%)

Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.

1 (0%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

1 (0%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Shriya

1 (0%)

Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library

1 (0%)

Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya

1 (0%)

Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

1 (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

1 (0%)

Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

1 (0%)

Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood

1 (0%)

Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

1 (0%)

Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library

1 (0%)

Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut

1 (0%)

Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb

1 (0%)

Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo

1 (0%)

Masnad Humaidi

1 (0%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

1 (0%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

1 (0%)

Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor

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%)

Al Badah w Al Nihaya

1 (0%)

The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library

1 (0%)

Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah

1 (0%)

Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat

1 (0%)

Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

1 (0%)

Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat

1 (0%)

Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari

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%)

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