Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars: Abu Hurayrah: Difference between revisions

'''<nowiki/>'Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr ad-Dawsi''' (Arabic : عبدالرحمن بن صخر الدوسي), or '''Abu Hurayra''', born between 601 and 604 and died between 676 and 679, is a celebrated sahabi, or companion of the prophet Mohammed. It is estimated that he transmited 5,374 hadiths, more or less the equivalent of an entire Qu'ran by himself. He is cited in more more than half of the classic isnâds (chains of transmission) of the hadiths, making him the greatest know traditionalist (muhaddith). He is therefore responsible for transmitting more hadiths than any other companion of the prophet according to the tradition, even though according to this same tradition he spent less time around Muhammad and was less intimitely familiar with him than the other companions. In affect, according the majority of authors, he only knew Muhammad during the latter part of his life: at most he knew the prophet for 4 years before the latter's death.

===Bukhari 5432 (et 3708) :===

'''Ahl as-Suffah (أهل الصفة)''' : literally, the people of the banquet. They sojourned permanently about the prophets mosque and sheltered under a canopy.

==Judged as too Gossipy during the Lifetime of the Prophet, but explained thanks to a magic coat.==

If one takes into account that he supposedly transmitted more than 5000 hadiths in the space of four years, that works our to collectively about 4 hadith per day, a startling piece of statistical evidence. Even more confusing : according to numerous sources, during these 4 years, in total he could only have known the prophet for a year and nine months since the prophet sent him under the command of ibn Al Hadhrami to Bahrain. The messenger of Allah died while Abu Hurayrah was still there in Bahrain (Abou Houreyra : Mahmoud Abou Ar Riya Al Misri, Commentaries des Hadiths, de Ibn Koteyba, page 39 et 41). But also because the prophet has spent a great amounts of his time in military expeditions during the last 4 years of his life it is unlikely that Abu Hurayrah spent even 1 year and 9 months around him. Numerous contemporaries of Abu Hurayrah expressed their astonishment if not their doubts concerning this profusion of hadith traditions which seemed to pour out of Abu Hurayrah like bullets from a machine gun .

}}(See also Muslim 7509 (2493) et 7510 (3004) and Bukhari 3568)

===Ahmad dans al-Mousnad (16/563) :===

While he was impoverished during the life of the prophet, Abu Hurayrah managed to considerably enriched himself during the reigns of the first caliphs.  He was designated the emir of Madinah more than once. He continued to narrate hadiths throughout his life, but not everyone seemed pleased by his narrations: 'Umar threatened him to shut him up while Mu’âwiya found it easier to purchase his silence.

===Tarik Madinat Dimachk d’Ibn Assadir Vol 67 p 343===

{{Quote||from Sheikh Ahmad : « Abû Hurayrah shut up when Mu’âwiyapaid him, and when he didn't pay, Abu Hurayrah talked. »}}

====Bukhari 5136 et Muslim 1419 :====

====Bukhari 1088 et muslim 1339 :====

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|2|20|194}}|Narrated Abu Huraira: