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Abu Hurayrah, Greatest narrator of hadith

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CompanionGreatest narrator of hadith

Abu Hurayrahأبو هريرة

Approximate dateMadinah

A Yemeni who came in 628 and in four years memorised more hadith than anyone.

Abu Hurayrah of the tribe of Daws reached Madinah around the time of Khaybar. Poor and without family, he lived among the people of the Suffah and stayed by the Prophet ﷺ while others traded or farmed. He narrated over five thousand hadith and later served as governor of Bahrain and of Madinah.

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 118

What grew out of it?

A large share of the Sunnah reaches us through him.

Who else is linked?

MadinahAbdullah ibn AmrSa'id ibn al-Musayyib

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺThe Three Who Stayed BehindZayd ibn HarithaYazdegerd IIIJabalah ibn al-AyhamAl-MuqawqisConstans IIHeraclius

Source: hadith · Wikipedia

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