عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ،

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

337

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ،

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 - 337

Distribution By Collection

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

24 (7%)

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

17 (5%)

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

15 (4%)

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

15 (4%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

15 (4%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

12 (4%)

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

12 (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

12 (4%)

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

11 (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

10 (3%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

8 (2%)

Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

8 (2%)

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

8 (2%)

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

7 (2%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

7 (2%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

7 (2%)

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

7 (2%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

6 (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

6 (2%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

5 (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

5 (1%)

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

5 (1%)

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

5 (1%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

5 (1%)

Shuab ul Iman

5 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

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

4 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

4 (1%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

4 (1%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

3 (1%)

Musnad Al Shashi

3 (1%)

Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Musnad e Bazzar

3 (1%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail

3 (1%)

Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut

2 (1%)

Kitab Al Dua

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Akhbar Makkah Al Azraqi

2 (1%)

Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood

2 (1%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

2 (1%)

The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut

2 (1%)

Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut

2 (1%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

2 (1%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al Adab Al Mufrad

2 (1%)

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

1 (0%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

Musnad Al Shammean

1 (0%)

Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble

1 (0%)

Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb

1 (0%)

Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti

1 (0%)

Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia

1 (0%)

Al Amwal Abu Ubaida

1 (0%)

Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta

1 (0%)

Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)

1 (0%)

Al Tahoor

1 (0%)

Fawaid Tammam

1 (0%)

Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar

1 (0%)

Aamali Ibn Samaon

1 (0%)

Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris

1 (0%)

Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari

1 (0%)

Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar

1 (0%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal

1 (0%)

Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.

1 (0%)

Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - 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%)

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%)

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