قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ
· BH - AH
Thiqah Thabt · ثقة ثبت
Narrations
10,171
Books
154
Teachers
717
Students
424
Identity
Real Name (الاسم الحقيقي) ·قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ
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 - 10,171
Distribution By Collection
Al-Sunan (known as Al-Sunan Al-Kubra) by Al-Nasa'i - Dar Al-Taseel Research Center - Dar Al-Taseel - Cairo
1105 (11%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Nasai
1090 (11%)The objective predicate of the ten books - T - N
1049 (10%)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
860 (8%)Sahih Muslim
402 (4%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Bukhari - according to the numbering of Fath Al-Bari - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
340 (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
319 (3%)Al-Sunan Al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, and in its appendage is Al-Jawhar Al-Naqi - T - N Majlis Al-Maarif Al-Maarif - Hyderabad
201 (2%)Hilyah Al Awliya w Tabqat Al Sifaya
199 (2%)Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
191 (2%)Sahih Bukhari
185 (2%)Al-Jami Al-Sahih Al-Mukhtasar, I Al-Shaab - T - N Dar Al-Shaab - Cairo
175 (2%)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
170 (2%)Al Musnad Al Mustakhraj Ealaa Sahih Al Imam Muslim
168 (2%)Hadith Siraj
168 (2%)The Great Sunnahs of Al-Bayhaqi - T - N Dar Al-Fikr
166 (2%)Musnad of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Cordoba - T - N Cordoba Foundation - Cairo
165 (2%)Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal. - The Research Office of the Thesaurus Society - The Islamic Thesaurus Society.
140 (1%)Sahih Ibn Hibban
138 (1%)Al-Ihsan fi Taqreeb Sahih Ibn Hibban, an investigator - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Al-Risala Foundation, Beirut
125 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood
118 (1%)Sunan Abi Dawood - T. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid - N. Al-Asriyyah Library, Sidon - Beirut
115 (1%)Sunan Abi Daoud - T - N Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi - Beirut
113 (1%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Al-Fikr) - Dar Al-Fikr - Dar Al-Fikr
111 (1%)Musnad Ahmed as a director - T. Shuaib Al-Arnaout - Adel Morshed, and others - by Al-Resala Foundation
110 (1%)Sunan Nasai
109 (1%)Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanble
108 (1%)Al-Mujtaba from Al-Sunan = Al-Sunan Al-Sughra for Al-Nisa'i - T. Abdel Fattah Abu Ghuddah - N. Islamic Publications Office - Aleppo
106 (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
104 (1%)The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - T. Shuaib Al-Arna'ut - Adel Murshid, and others - N Al-Risala Foundation
93 (1%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail Al Nasai
70 (1%)Kitab Al Shriya
69 (1%)Sarah Al Sunnah Al Baghvi
61 (1%)Anecdotes of assets in the hadiths of the Messenger - the chained version - T. Ismail bin Ibrahim Metwally Awad - Imam Al-Bukhari Library
58 (1%)Shuab ul Iman
58 (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
58 (1%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Marfa Al Hadith Al Rasool
55 (1%)The Great Dictionary of Al-Tabarani - T. Hamdi bin Abdul Majeed Al-Salafi - N Dar Revival of Arab Heritage
50 (0%)Al Muajam Al Kabir Tibrani
46 (0%)Musnad Siraj
42 (0%)Al Muajam Al Awsat Tibrani
42 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs - T. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
42 (0%)Al Mustadrak Al Hakim Al Sahihain
42 (0%)Al-Mustadrak on the Two Sahihs of Al-Hakim - T. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i - Dar Al-Haramain
40 (0%)Kitab Al Qadar Al Firyabi
38 (0%)Mawarid Al Zaman Iilaa Zawayid Ibn Hibban
36 (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
36 (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
34 (0%)Al Khlafiyt Bain Al Imaman Al Shafi w Abi Hanifa w Ashaba
33 (0%)Shama'il Muhammadiyah / Shumail Tirmidhi
32 (0%)Al Mukhtsar Al Naseeh Fi Tahzeeb Al Kitab Al Jamia Al Sahih
30 (0%)Jami at Tirmidhi
28 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Awwal
27 (0%)Al Kuna w Al Asma Lil Dulabi
26 (0%)Amal Al Yoom w Al Lail
25 (0%)Muajam Ibn Askar
23 (0%)Al Hadith Al Mukhtarah
23 (0%)Al Eman Ibn Minda
23 (0%)Musnad Al-Muwatta for Al Jawhari
21 (0%)Musnad Imam Ahmad - T. Ahmed Muhammad Shaker - Dar Al-Hadith - Cairo
21 (0%)Aamali Wahi Al Marufa Bil Aamali Al Khmasia
19 (0%)The Ten Women of Imam Al-Nisa'i - Third Edition - T. Ali bin Nayef Al-Shahoud - N
19 (0%)The Great Mosque - Sunan Al-Tirmidhi - T. Bashar Awad Maarouf - Dar Al-Gharb Al-Islami - Beirut
19 (0%)Knowledge of the Sunnahs and Athar of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sayed Kasravi Hassan - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah - Beirut
17 (0%)Sharah Mushkil Al Aasaar Al Tahavi
17 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana - T. Ayman bin Aref Al-Dimashqi - Dar Al-Maarifa - Beirut
17 (0%)Marfa Al Sunan wl Aasaar
17 (0%)Musnad Sahih Mustakhraj Ala Sahih Muslim
16 (0%)The Names and Attributes of Al-Bayhaqi - T.A. Dr.. Abdul Rahman Amira - N Dar Al-Jeel - Beirut
16 (0%)Al Asma w Al Sifaat
16 (0%)Al Marseel Abu Dawood
15 (0%)Musnad Ibne Abi Shaibah
14 (0%)Al Abana Al Kubra Ibn Betta
14 (0%)Hadith Zohri
13 (0%)The Book of Prayers by Ibn Hibban - T - N, Ahmad Al-Khudari Library
11 (0%)Jamia Al-Sahihain Bhazaf Al-Maad w Al-Tarq
11 (0%)Correspondence to Abi Dawood - T. Abdullah bin Musaed Al-Zahrani - Dar Al-Sami'i - Riyadh
10 (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
10 (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
9 (0%)The workbook Ibn Abi Shaybah (Awamah) - T. Muhammad Awamah - Dar Al-Qibla
9 (0%)Musannaf Ibne Abi Shaibah
9 (0%)Sunan Dar Al Qutni
9 (0%)Al Amali Ibn Bashran - Juz Sani
8 (0%)Al Sunan Al Sagheer Al Baihaqee
8 (0%)The Compiled Book of Hadiths and Antiquities - T. Kamal Yusuf Al-Hout - Al-Rushd Library - Riyadh
8 (0%)Al Tahyuriyat
8 (0%)Al Qaza Wl Qadar
8 (0%)Al Fawaid Al Shahir Bial Ghilaniat
7 (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
7 (0%)Musnad Al Shahab
7 (0%)Al-Imam Fi Marfa Ahadith Al-Ahkam
6 (0%)Al Aadab Al Baihaqee
6 (0%)Kitab Al Dua
6 (0%)Prayers for Al-Tabarani - T. Mustafa Abdul Qadir Atta - Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya - Beirut
6 (0%)Al Minta Al Kubra Sharah w Takhreej Al Sunan Al Sugrah Al Baihaqee
6 (0%)Al-Sunan Al-Sughra by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Munna Al-Kubra Explanation and Takhreej - T - N Al-Rushd Library
6 (0%)Sunan Al Wardah Fi Al Fittan
6 (0%)Sifatul Jannah
5 (0%)Al Baes w Al Nushur Al Baihaqee
5 (0%)Mosua Al Tib Al Nabi
5 (0%)Hijatul Wadah Ibn Hazam
5 (0%)One hundred omitted hadiths from Sunan al-Nisa'i al-Kubra, printed - T - N
4 (0%)Ahadith Al Shoyoukh Al Seeqat (Al Mushaykhat Al Kubra)
4 (0%)Makarim morals for cartography - Dr. Suad Suleiman Al-Khandaqawi - N
4 (0%)Al Madkhal Iilaa Al Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqee
4 (0%)Sharah Asool Etaqad Ahle Sunnah w Jamat
4 (0%)Bahr al-Fawa’id (famous for Ma’ani al-Akhbar) by al-Kalabadhi - directed by Kamal al-Din Zaki - Dar al-Salam - Cairo
4 (0%)Musnad Abi Awana
4 (0%)Kitab Al Imama Wal Radi Ala Al Rrafidat
3 (0%)Masawi Al Akhlaq Wamadhumumaha
3 (0%)Al Muajam Al Sagheer Tibrani
3 (0%)The Resurrection and Resurrection of Al-Bayhaqi - T. Sheikh Amer Ahmed Haidar - The Center for Cultural Services and Research, Beirut
3 (0%)Al Tahqeeq Fi Ahadith Al Khilaf
3 (0%)Al Dawat Al Kabir Al Baihaqee
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%)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%)Minutes of alerting and defining what is in the “chosen hadiths” of errors and corrections - T - N
3 (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
3 (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
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%)Baghya Al Bahas Un Zawaid Musnad Al Haris
2 (0%)Bahar ul Fawaid Al Mashhoor Bmani Al Akhbar
2 (0%)Fazail Al Sahaba Al Ahmad Bin Hanble
2 (0%)Kitab Al Zohod
2 (0%)Kitab Bar Al Waldain Al Bukhari
2 (0%)Musnad Abu Yaalaa
2 (0%)Musnad Imam Abi Hanifa Riwayat Abi Naeem
2 (0%)In order to seek the additions of Musnad Al-Harith - T. Mosaad Abdul Hamid Muhammad Al-Saadani - Dar Al-Tala'i for Publishing, Distribution and Export
2 (0%)Makarim Al Ikhlaq Al Khraiti
2 (0%)Fawaid Tammam
2 (0%)Musnad Al Shammean
2 (0%)Tarq Hadith Min Kazib Ala Mutaemmdan
2 (0%)Etal Al Qaloob
2 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Maqree
1 (0%)Musnad Al Shashi
1 (0%)Mukhtsar Al Ahkam = Mustakhraj Al Tusi Al Jamia Al Tirmzi
1 (0%)Al Muajam Ibn Al Arabi
1 (0%)Ahadith Ismaeel Bin Jafar
1 (0%)Al Aahad w Al Masani
1 (0%)Al Kifaya Fi Ailm Al Riwayh Al Khatib Al Baghdadi
1 (0%)Al-Musnad Al-Shashi - Dr. Mahfouz Al-Rahman Zainallah - N Library of Science and Governance - Madinah
1 (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
1 (0%)Nawadar Al Asool Fi Al Hadith Al Rasool
1 (0%)Manaqib Ameer Al Momineen Ali Bin Abi Talib Moghazli
1 (0%)Al-Fitan by Naeem bin Hammad - Prof. Dr. Suhail Zakkar - Dar Al-Fikr
1 (0%)Masnad Al Royani
1 (0%)Fazail Abi Hanifa w Akhbara w Manaqib
1 (0%)Isbat Azab Al Qabar
1 (0%)Adab Ibn Abi Shaibah
1 (0%)Musnad Al Farooq
1 (0%)Kitab Al Fittan
1 (0%)Al Mantaqi Min Kitab Makarim Al Ikhlaq w Maa Lia
1 (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
1 (0%)Kitab Al Muajam
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