مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
834
Books
25
Teachers
116
Students
91
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ
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 - 834
Distribution By Collection
Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
385 (46%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
246 (29%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
75 (9%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
19 (2%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
19 (2%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
18 (2%)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
17 (2%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
16 (2%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
6 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
5 (1%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
4 (0%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
3 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
3 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
3 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
3 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
1 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
1 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Ibn Khusro
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
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%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
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