عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

328

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ

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 - 328

Distribution By Collection

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

36 (11%)

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

35 (11%)

Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti

24 (7%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

19 (6%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

14 (4%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

11 (3%)

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

10 (3%)

Al Aahad w Al Masani

7 (2%)

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

7 (2%)

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

6 (2%)

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

6 (2%)

Musnad e Bazzar

6 (2%)

Kitab Al Dua

6 (2%)

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

5 (2%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

5 (2%)

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

5 (2%)

Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia

5 (2%)

Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi

4 (1%)

Musnad Siraj

4 (1%)

Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail

4 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

4 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

4 (1%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

4 (1%)

Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar

3 (1%)

Sunan Dar Al Qutni

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Mukhtsar Sunan Abu Dawood Al Munzari

3 (1%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

3 (1%)

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

3 (1%)

Hadith Siraj

3 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Sunan Abi Dawood

2 (1%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

2 (1%)

Masnad Al Royani

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf

2 (1%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

2 (1%)

Tareekh Al-Madina

2 (1%)

Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam

2 (1%)

Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee

2 (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

2 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Sunan Nasai

2 (1%)

Musnad Abi Awana

1 (0%)

Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi

1 (0%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi

1 (0%)

Etal Al Qaloob

1 (0%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

1 (0%)

Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi

1 (0%)

Shuab ul Iman

1 (0%)

Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi

1 (0%)

Sahih Ibn Khuzamia

1 (0%)

Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq

1 (0%)

Bulugh Al Maram

1 (0%)

Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti

1 (0%)

Tahdhib Aasaar

1 (0%)

Al Fard Dar Al Qutni

1 (0%)

Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha

1 (0%)

Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim

1 (0%)

Fazail Al Oqat

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%)

Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee

1 (0%)

Masnad Humaidi

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%)

Musnad Abd Bin Hameed

1 (0%)

Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi

1 (0%)

Jami at Tirmidhi

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

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

Sunan Darmi

1 (0%)

Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal

1 (0%)

Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi

1 (0%)

Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim

1 (0%)

Musnad Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood

1 (0%)

Al Tahoor

1 (0%)

Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa

1 (0%)

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

1 (0%)

Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye

1 (0%)

Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris

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