أَبِي بِشْرٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
2,614
Books
182
Teachers
333
Students
106
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·أَبِي بِشْرٍ،
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 - 2,614
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
216 (8%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
93 (4%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
82 (3%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
81 (3%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour Habib al-Rahman al-Azami, Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
79 (3%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
74 (3%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
71 (3%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
70 (3%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
65 (2%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
65 (2%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
64 (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
61 (2%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
60 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
49 (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
49 (2%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
46 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
44 (2%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
39 (1%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
38 (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
37 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
36 (1%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
36 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
36 (1%)Sharah Maani Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
36 (1%)Interpretation from the Sunnahs of Saeed bin Mansour - an investigator - Dr. Saad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Hamid - Dar Al-Sumaie for publication and distribution
31 (1%)Tafseer Min Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
31 (1%)Musnad Abu Dawood Tayalisi
29 (1%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
28 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
28 (1%)Musnad Abi Dawood Al-Tayalisi - T - N Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
27 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
25 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
22 (1%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
21 (1%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
21 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
20 (1%)Sunan Nasai
20 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
20 (1%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
20 (1%)Musnad e Bazzar
19 (1%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
19 (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
19 (1%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
19 (1%)Sunan Saeed Bin Mansoor
18 (1%)Sahih Muslim
18 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
18 (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
18 (1%)Sunan Saeed bin Mansour - T. Abu Othman Saeed bin Mansour bin Shuba Al-Khorasani Al-Jawzjani - N Dar Al-Salafiyyah - India
18 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
17 (1%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
17 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
17 (1%)Sunan Darmi
16 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
16 (1%)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)
15 (1%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
15 (1%)Sunan Al-Darimi - T. Fawaz Ahmed Zumrli, Khaled Al-Saba Al-Alami - Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
15 (1%)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.
14 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
14 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
14 (1%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
13 (0%)Shuab ul Iman
12 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
12 (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
12 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
11 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
10 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
10 (0%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
10 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
9 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
9 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
9 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
8 (0%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
8 (0%)Tahdhib Aasaar
8 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
7 (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
7 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
7 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
7 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
6 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
6 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
6 (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
6 (0%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
6 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
5 (0%)Musannaf Abdul Razzaq
5 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
5 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
5 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
5 (0%)The workbook, Abd al-Razzaq al-Sana'ani, Research Center, Dar al-Taseel, Dar al-Taseel, Cairo
5 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
5 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
5 (0%)The Great Dictionary of al-Tabarani, a piece from the twenty-first volume (includes part of the Musnad al-Nu`man ibn Bashir) - compiled by a team of researchers under the supervision and care of: Dr. Saad bin Abdullah al-Hamid and Dr. Khalid bin Abdul Rahman Al Jeraisy - N
4 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
4 (0%)Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah
4 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
4 (0%)Al Amwal Abu Ubaida
4 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
4 (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
3 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
3 (0%)Musnad Abd Bin Hameed
3 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
3 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
3 (0%)Hadith Siraj
3 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
3 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
3 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
3 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
3 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
3 (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
3 (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
3 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
2 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
2 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Musnad Ibn Al Jad
2 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
2 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
2 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
2 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
2 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
2 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
2 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
2 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
2 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
2 (0%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani, the thirteenth and fourteenth volumes - a team of researchers under the supervision and care of Dr. Saad bin Abdullah Al-Hamid and Dr. Khaled bin Abdul Rahman Al-Jeraisy - N
2 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
2 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
2 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
2 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
2 (0%)Al-Muntakhb from Musnad Abd Bin Hamid - vol. Sheikh Mustafa Al-Adawi - Dar Palansia for Publishing and Distribution
2 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
2 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
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%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
2 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
2 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
2 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
2 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
2 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
2 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
1 (0%)Al Muajam Abu Yaalaa
1 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
1 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
1 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
1 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
1 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
1 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
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 Al Farooq
1 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
1 (0%)One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N
1 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
1 (0%)Objective classification of the history of Baghdad, by Al-Hafiz Abi Bakr Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi - T - N Dar Ibn Al-Jawzi - from the publications of the Noor Al-Islam Network
1 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Al Khlal
1 (0%)Min Hadith Khithima Bin Suleiman
1 (0%)Juzz Alf Dinar Al Qotai
1 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
1 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
1 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Hadith Zohri
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 Siraj
1 (0%)Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
1 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
1 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
1 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
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%)Fawaid Tammam
1 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
1 (0%)Al Zohod w Al Riqaiq
1 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
1 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
1 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
1 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
1 (0%)Al Bar w Al Salah
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