الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
2,637
Books
202
Teachers
480
Students
268
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ
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 - 2,637
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
253 (10%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
173 (7%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
125 (5%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N
103 (4%)Masnad Al Royani
70 (3%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
58 (2%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
56 (2%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
54 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
51 (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
48 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
47 (2%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
47 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
46 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
44 (2%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi with footnotes (corresponding version) - T. Muhammad bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Turki, in cooperation with the Research Center in Dar Hajar - Dar Hajar for Printing and Publishing - Cairo
43 (2%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
43 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
42 (2%)Musnad Abi Awana
41 (2%)Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid
40 (2%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
39 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
35 (1%)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
35 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
34 (1%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
28 (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
27 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
25 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
25 (1%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
24 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
24 (1%)Musnad Siraj
24 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
23 (1%)Hadith Siraj
23 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
22 (1%)Ikhtsar Sahih Bukhari w Biyan Gharbia
22 (1%)Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari
21 (1%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
21 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
20 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah - Verified, commented on, and extracted his hadiths and presented to him by: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami - N. The Islamic Bureau
19 (1%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
19 (1%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
18 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
18 (1%)Kitab Al Dua
18 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
18 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
17 (1%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
17 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
17 (1%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
15 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
14 (1%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
14 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
14 (1%)Sahih Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
14 (1%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
14 (1%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
12 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
12 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
12 (0%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
11 (0%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
11 (0%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
11 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
11 (0%)Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari
11 (0%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
11 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
10 (0%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
10 (0%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
10 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
10 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
9 (0%)Sunan Darmi
9 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
9 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
9 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
8 (0%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
8 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
8 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
8 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
8 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
8 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
7 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
6 (0%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
6 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
6 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
6 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
6 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
5 (0%)Bulugh Al Maram
5 (0%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
5 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
5 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
5 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
5 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
5 (0%)Daeef Al Targheeb w Al Tarheeb
5 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
5 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
5 (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
5 (0%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
5 (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
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%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
4 (0%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
4 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
4 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
4 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
4 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
4 (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.
4 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
4 (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
4 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
4 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
4 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
3 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
3 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
3 (0%)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
3 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
3 (0%)Sahih Bukhari
3 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
3 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
3 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
3 (0%)Masnad Humaidi
3 (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
3 (0%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
3 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
3 (0%)Hadith Zohri
3 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
3 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
2 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
2 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
2 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
2 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
2 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
2 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
2 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
2 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
2 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
2 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
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%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
2 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
2 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
2 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
2 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
2 (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
2 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
2 (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%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
1 (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
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%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
1 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Bukhari - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
1 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Tibrani
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
1 (0%)Musnad Al-Hamidi - T. Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azami - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Al-Mutanabi Library - Beirut, Cairo
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
1 (0%)Muwatta Malik, narrated by Abu Musab al-Zuhri
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%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
1 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1 (0%)Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali
1 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
1 (0%)Makarem Al-Akhlaq by Al-Tabarani - T. Abu Bastam Muhammad bin Mustafa - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
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%)Musnad Imam Azam Abi Hanifa Nauman Bin Sabit Al Kufi Al Harsi
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
1 (0%)Musnad Firdos Bima Masoor Al Khitab
1 (0%)Hadith Muhammad Bin Bashar Bandar Un Shookha
1 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
1 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (0%)Al Tahoor
1 (0%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
1 (0%)Sunan Abi Dawood
1 (0%)Mota Malik al-Muhaqiq Muhammad Mustafa al-Adhami
1 (0%)Mota-i-Imam Malik-ul-Haqiq Muhammad Fawad Abd al-Baqi
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
1 (0%)Abbreviated Sahih Al-Imam Al-Bukhari - T. Muhammad Nasir Al-Din Al-Albani - Al-Ma'arif Library for Publishing and Distribution, Riyadh
1 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
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 Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
1 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Al-Shafi’i (Al-Sindi arrangement) (jurisdictional arrangement of the chapters: Muhammad Abed Al-Sindi) - Arranged on the jurisprudential chapters: Muhammad Abid Al-Sindi - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Beirut - Lebanon
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%)Al Bar w Al Salah
1 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
1 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
1 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
1 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
1 (0%)Al-Bayhaqi’s Belief and Guidance to the Path of Righteousness on the Madhhab of the Predecessors and the Companions of Hadith - T. Ahmed Essam Al-Kateb - Dar Al-Afaq Al-Jadidah - Beirut
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%)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