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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abu Hurairah

600 - 676

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Hurairah has received more than 923,325 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Abu Hurairah is the 328th most popular religious figure (down from 324th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 31st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Abu Hurairah is most famous for being a companion of the Prophet Muhammad. He was the most prolific narrator of hadith and is considered to be one of the most important transmitters of Prophetic traditions.

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  • 920k

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  • 69.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abu Hurairah ranks 328 out of 2,238. Before him are Idris, Bahá'u'lláh, Pope Marinus I, Marcion of Sinope, Pope Pelagius II, and Pope Anacletus. After him are Alcuin, Pope John XXI, Pope John I, Pope Zachary, Pope Stephen IV, and Pope Adrian V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Abu Hurairah ranks 2. Before him is Jordanes. After him are Pope Eugene I, Pope Vitalian, Samo, Pope John IV, Abraha, Musaylimah, Zainab bint Muhammad, Abdullah ibn Masud, Bahira, and Muadh ibn Jabal. Among people deceased in 676, Abu Hurairah ranks 1. After him are Pope Adeodatus II, Juwayriyya bint al-Harith, Clovis III, Amandus, Æscwine of Wessex, and Wang Bo.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Abu Hurairah ranks 35 out of 251. Before him are Marwan I (623), Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659), Zayd ibn Harithah (581), Abū Lahab (549), Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624), and Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906). After him are Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921), Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595), Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567), Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), and Hafsa bint Umar (602).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Abu Hurairah ranks 14. Before him are Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), Malik ibn Anas (711), Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (539), Abd al-Muttalib (497), Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659), and Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624). After him are Talhah (595), Muhammad al-Baqir (677), 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (580), Abd Allah ibn Abbas (619), Ali al-Ridha (770), and Musa al-Kadhim (745).

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