لِلَّهِ

· BH - AH

Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت

Narrations

154

Books

Teachers

Students

Identity

Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·لِلَّهِ

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 - 154

Distribution By Collection

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

9 (6%)

Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya

7 (5%)

The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N

7 (5%)

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

6 (4%)

Musnad Firdos Bima Masoor Al Khitab

5 (3%)

Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain

5 (3%)

Silsala Daeef

5 (3%)

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

5 (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

5 (3%)

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

4 (3%)

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

4 (3%)

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

4 (3%)

Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani

4 (3%)

Al Jaami Al Kabir Al Suyuti

4 (3%)

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

4 (3%)

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

3 (2%)

The substantive refinement of Hilyat al-Awliya', by Hafiz Abi Naim al-Asbhani - T - N Dar Taibah for Publishing and Distribution -

3 (2%)

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

3 (2%)

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

2 (1%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble

2 (1%)

Sahih Ibn Hibban

2 (1%)

Musnad e Bazzar

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee

2 (1%)

Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah

2 (1%)

Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai

2 (1%)

Majma uz Zawaid Wa Manba ul Fawaid

2 (1%)

Musnad Al Farooq

2 (1%)

Kitab Al Dua

2 (1%)

Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool

2 (1%)

Al Mujalis w Jawahir Al Ailm

2 (1%)

Tareekh Al-Madina

2 (1%)

Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh

2 (1%)

Bid’ah and its Prohibition by Ibn Waddah Al-Qurtubi - T. Muhammad Ahmad Dahman - Dar Al-Safa

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%)

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

2 (1%)

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

2 (1%)

Sunnah by Ibn Abi Assem - T. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani - N. The Islamic Bureau - Beirut

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library

1 (1%)

Musannaf Abdul Razzaq

1 (1%)

Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah

1 (1%)

Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo

1 (1%)

Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Sunan and Al-Musnad (Contemporary) - T - N

1 (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

1 (1%)

Musnad Ishaq Bin Rahiviyah

1 (1%)

Sunan Ibn Majah

1 (1%)

Sahih Muslim

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee

1 (1%)

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

1 (1%)

Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble

1 (1%)

Musnad Al Shammean

1 (1%)

Sunan Nasai

1 (1%)

Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani

1 (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

1 (1%)

Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool

1 (1%)

Mukhtsar Sahih Muslim Al Munzari

1 (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

1 (1%)

Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo

1 (1%)

Sunan Ibn Majah - Dr. Muhammad Fouad Abdel-Baqi - N Dar Revival of Arabic Books - Faisal Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi

1 (1%)

Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban

1 (1%)

Al Badah w Al Nihaya

1 (1%)

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