Abu Hurayra | |
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أبُو هُرَيْرَة | |
| Personal | |
| Born | c. 603 Al-Jabur, Arabia (present-day Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia) |
| Died | 679 (aged 75–76) Medina, Umayyad Caliphate (present-day Saudi Arabia) |
| Resting place | Al-Baqi' Cemetery, Medina, Saudi Arabia |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith |
| Known for | Narrating the highest number of hadith |
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| Relations | Banu Daws clan, Zahran tribe |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | |
| Service | Rashidun army |
| Commands | Military governor of Bahrain |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | ʿAbd al-Raḥmān عَبْد ٱلرَّحْمَٰن |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Ṣakhr ٱبْن صَخْر |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū Huraya أبُو هُرَيْرَة |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | Al-Dawsī al-Zahrānī ٱلدَّوْسِيّ ٱلزَّهْرَانِيّ |
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Abū Hurayra ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr al-Dawsī al-Zahrānī (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة عَبْد ٱلرَّحْمَٰن بْن صَخْر ٱلدَّوْسِيّ ٱلزَّهْرَانِيّ; c. 603–679), commonly known as Abū Hurayra (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة; lit. 'father of a kitten'), was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the most prolific hadith narrator in Sunni Islam.
Born in al-Jabur, Arabia to the Banu Daws clan of the Zahran tribe, he was among the first people to accept Islam, and later became a member of the Suffah after the migration of Muhammad. Under the reign of the Rashidun caliph Umar, he also served as a scholar, hadith narrator, military governor of Bahrain, and soldier.
Acknowledged by Muslim scholars for his notable photographic memory, he memorized massive numbers of over 5,000 hadiths, which later produced more than 500,000 narrator chains, making him an example followed by Hadith scholars today.