ابْنُ وَهْبٍ،
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
16,182
Books
212
Teachers
1744
Students
1062
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·ابْنُ وَهْبٍ،
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 - 16,182
Distribution By Collection
The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
1782 (11%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
732 (5%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
730 (5%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
729 (5%)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
508 (3%)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
422 (3%)Sahih Muslim
419 (3%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
395 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
385 (2%)Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
378 (2%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
370 (2%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
370 (2%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
321 (2%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
281 (2%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
260 (2%)Al Jamia Fi Al Ahkam Ibn Wahab
251 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
238 (1%)Musnad Abi Awana
232 (1%)Sunan Nasai
214 (1%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
213 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
211 (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
211 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
210 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
210 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
206 (1%)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
197 (1%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
197 (1%)Thirsty resources to the additions of Ibn Hibban - T. Hussein Salim Asad Al-Darani - Abdu Ali Al-Koshak - Dar Al-Thaqafa Al-Arabiya, Damascus
194 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
192 (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
189 (1%)Tahdhib Aasaar
172 (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
155 (1%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
154 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (with comments by Mahmoud Khalil) - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
153 (1%)Sahih Ibn Khuzamia
147 (1%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
124 (1%)Sahih Bukhari
122 (1%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
120 (1%)Kitab Al Fittan
118 (1%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
116 (1%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
116 (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
114 (1%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
109 (1%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
97 (1%)Jamia Biyan Al Ailm w Fazila
95 (1%)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
95 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
85 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
85 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
84 (1%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
79 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
75 (0%)The Collector of the Explanation of Knowledge and His Excellence Al-Qurtubi - T. Mosaad Abdel Hamid Muhammad Al-Saadani - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
72 (0%)Al Mukhlisyat w Ajza Akhari Abi Tahir Al Mukhlis
71 (0%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
68 (0%)The Collector of the Statement of Knowledge and His Excellence Al-Qurtubi - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Fawaz Ahmad Zumrli - Al-Rayyan Foundation - Dar Ibn Hazm
68 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
66 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
64 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
62 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
61 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
61 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
60 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
58 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
56 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
46 (0%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
46 (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
46 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
45 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
44 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
44 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
44 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
42 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
42 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
37 (0%)Riaz ul Jannat Ba Takhreej Asool Al Sunnah
36 (0%)Akhbar Makkah Fi Qadeem Al Dahar w Hadith Al Fakhi
30 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
30 (0%)Tareekh Al-Madina
29 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
28 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
27 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
26 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
25 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
25 (0%)Musnad e Bazzar
24 (0%)Hadith Siraj
24 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
24 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Al Sunnan Al Musnad Ibn Al Jarood
23 (0%)Al-Muntaqqa min al-Sunan al-Musnad by Ibn al-Jaroud - T. Abdullah Omar al-Baroudi - n The Cultural Book Foundation - Beirut
23 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min al-Musnad al-Mashkol - T - N Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
23 (0%)Kitab Al Ezma
23 (0%)Al-Muntaqa min Al-Sunan Al-Musnadah - T. Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
22 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
22 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - T. Mahmoud Khalil - N. Abi Al-Maati Library
21 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi
21 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
20 (0%)Sunan Ibn Majah
20 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
18 (0%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
18 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
18 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
18 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
18 (0%)Single Literature as a director - T. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - Dar Al-Bashaer Al-Islamiya - Beirut
17 (0%)Al-Bukhari's singular literature - T. Ali Abdel-Basit Mazyad - and Ali Abdul-Maqsoud Radwan - Al-Khanji Library - Egypt
17 (0%)Al Badah w Al Nihaya
17 (0%)Single Literature - T. Essam Musa Hadi - Dar Al-Siddiq - Jubail - Saudi Arabia
17 (0%)Al Adab Al Mufrad
16 (0%)Takhreej Al Ahadith Al Marfua Al Musnad Fi Kitab Al Tarikh Al Kabir Al Bukhari
15 (0%)Al Jamia Fi Al Hadith Ibn Wahab
15 (0%)Musnad Siraj
15 (0%)Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah - T. Samir bin Amin al-Zuhairi - Dar al-Mughni - Riyadh
15 (0%)Hadith Zohri
14 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
14 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
14 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
14 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
12 (0%)Al Maqsad Al Ala Fi Zawaid Abu Yaalaa
12 (0%)Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa
12 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
12 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
12 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
11 (0%)Kitab Al Toheed w Isbat Sifaat Al Rab Azwjal
11 (0%)Monotheism of Ibn Mandah and Knowledge of the Names and Attributes of God Almighty and His Attributes on Agreement and Uniqueness - Dr. Ali bin Muhammad Nasir al-Faqihi, Associate Professor - Library of Science and Governance, Madinah, Dar al-Uloom and al-Hikum, Syria
11 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
10 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
10 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
10 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
10 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
9 (0%)Tazeem Qadar Al Salah
9 (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
9 (0%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
9 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
9 (0%)Al Amwal Ibn Zanjoya
8 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
8 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Al Baihaqee
7 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
7 (0%)Al Sunnah Al Maroozi
7 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani (Qata Min Masaneed Min Asma Abdullah)
7 (0%)Fazail Al Oqat
7 (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
7 (0%)The Book of the Sunnah Abi Asim (And with him Shades of Paradise in Takhreej Al-Sunnah by: Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani) - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - The Islamic Office
7 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
7 (0%)Kitab Al Amsal Fi Al Hadith Nabi
7 (0%)Kitab Al Shriya
7 (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.
7 (0%)Sunan Darmi
6 (0%)Rad Ala Al Jaheem Al Darmi
6 (0%)Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut
6 (0%)Zakir Al-Quran w Riwayatihim Bazahum Baza
6 (0%)Kitab Al Sunnah Abu Bakkar Bin Abi Asim
6 (0%)Al Etaqad w Al Hidayah Ilah Sabeel Al Reshad
5 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
5 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
5 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
5 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Abu Hajar Muhammad Al-Saeed Bin Bassiouni Zaghloul Al-Abyani - The Foundation for Cultural Books
5 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
5 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
5 (0%)One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N
5 (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
5 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
5 (0%)The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -
5 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
5 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
4 (0%)Mukhtsar Qayam Al Lail w Qayam Ramzan w Qayam Al Wittar
4 (0%)Karamat Al Oliya Allah Azwajal
4 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
4 (0%)Al Royah Dar Al Qutni
4 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
4 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
4 (0%)Al Qinaat
4 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Darami - Research Center, Dar Al-Taseel - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
4 (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)
4 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
4 (0%)The clear book in the Sunnah - T - N
4 (0%)Al Fard Dar Al Qutni
3 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
3 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
3 (0%)Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm
3 (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
3 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
3 (0%)Al Targeeb Fi Fazail Al Amal w Sawab Zalik
3 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
3 (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
3 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
3 (0%)Counciling and the jewels of religious knowledge - T - N Dar Ibn Hazm - Lebanon - Beirut - 1423 A.H. - 2002 A.D.
3 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
2 (0%)Istadrakat Al Baes w Al Nushur
2 (0%)Musnad Ibn al-Jaad - T Abd al-Mahdi bin Abd al-Qadir bin Abd al-Hadi - N Al-Falah Library
2 (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
2 (0%)Al Qatuf Al Dania Al Darmi
2 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
2 (0%)Minutes of alerting and defining what is in the “chosen hadiths” of errors and corrections - T - N
2 (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
2 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
2 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
2 (0%)Khulq Afeal Al Ebad Al Bukhari
1 (0%)Fazail Al-Khulfa Al-Rashidin
1 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
1 (0%)Aamali Al Muhamli - Riwayat Ibn Yahyaa Albaye
1 (0%)Biyan Al-Waham w Al-Yaham Fi Kitab Al-Ahkam
1 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
1 (0%)Qurah Al Aeneen Bar Raffa Yaddain Fi Salah
1 (0%)Aamali Ibn Samaon
1 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
1 (0%)Juzz Al Qurah Khlaf Imam Bukhari
1 (0%)Sharah Mazahib Ahle Al Sunnah
1 (0%)Al Tahoor
1 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
1 (0%)Musnad Abu Bakkar Siddique
1 (0%)Part of reading behind the imam of Al-Bukhari - the text of Professor Fadl Al-Rahman Al-Thawry, reviewed by: Professor Muhammad Atallah Khalif Al-Fawhabani - The Salafi Library
1 (0%)Sunan Al Masoor Al Shafi
1 (0%)Fawaid Abi Muhammad Al Fakhi
1 (0%)Salat ul Eiddain Al Muha Mali
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
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