بَقِيَّةُ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
2,948
Books
181
Teachers
524
Students
448
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·بَقِيَّةُ
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 - 2,948
Distribution By Collection
Musnad Al Shammean
173 (6%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
168 (6%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
103 (3%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
86 (3%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
86 (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
81 (3%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
75 (3%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
74 (3%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
69 (2%)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
65 (2%)Shuab ul Iman
64 (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
61 (2%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
59 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
58 (2%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
55 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
55 (2%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
54 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
54 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
54 (2%)Sunan Nasai
46 (2%)Kitab Al Fittan
45 (2%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
44 (1%)Al-Mujtaba (known as Al-Sunan Al-Sughra) for Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research and Information Technology Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
43 (1%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
41 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
39 (1%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
39 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
39 (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
38 (1%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
37 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
35 (1%)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
35 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
34 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
33 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
32 (1%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
26 (1%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
25 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
23 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
23 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah
22 (1%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
22 (1%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
19 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
19 (1%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
17 (1%)Kitab Al Jihad Ibn Abi Asim
15 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
15 (1%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
15 (1%)Musnad Al Shahab
15 (1%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
14 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
14 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
13 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
12 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
12 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
12 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
12 (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.
12 (0%)Sunan Darmi
12 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
11 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
11 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
11 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
11 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
11 (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)
11 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
10 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
10 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
10 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
9 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
9 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
9 (0%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
9 (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
9 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
9 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
9 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
9 (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
8 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
8 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
8 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
8 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
8 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
8 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
8 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
7 (0%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
7 (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
7 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
7 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
7 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
7 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
7 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
7 (0%)Musnad Ibraheem Bin Adam Al Zahid
7 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
6 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
6 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
6 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
6 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
5 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
5 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
5 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
5 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
5 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
5 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
4 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
4 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
4 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
4 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
4 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
4 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
4 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
4 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
4 (0%)Ammar Bil-Maroof w Nahi Anil-Munkir Al-Khalal
3 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
3 (0%)Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali
3 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
3 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
3 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
3 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
3 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
3 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
3 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
3 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
3 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
3 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
3 (0%)Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil Al-Khalal - T. Mashhoor Salman + Hisham Al-Sakka - N. The Islamic Bureau + Dar Ammar Country: Beirut + Amman
3 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
3 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
3 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
3 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
3 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
3 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman
2 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
2 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
2 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
2 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
2 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
2 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
2 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
2 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
2 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
2 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
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%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
2 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
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%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
1 (0%)Sahih Muslim
1 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
1 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
1 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
1 (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
1 (0%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
1 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
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%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
1 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
1 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id, which is famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar al-Kilabadhi - Mishkool - T. Muhammad Hassan Ismail - Ahmad Farid al-Mazeidi - Dar al-Kutub al-‘ilmiyyah - Beirut / Lebanon
1 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
1 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
1 (0%)Tareekh Daryah
1 (0%)Al Tahoor
1 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
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-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
1 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - 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