ABU HURAIRA

whose name literally means father of cats because of his fondness of cats. He was one of the companions of Muhammad, and was supposed to have related a large number of the Hadiths. Some Shiites have compared the role of Abu Huraira to Sunni Muslims to that of Paul to Christianity, accusing him of changing the character of Islam from its true face.

- narrated second most number of hadiths, but never wrote them, Sahih Bukhari 1.113
According to this hadith, 'Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-'As narrated the most number of hadiths and wrote them down.

- why he narrated many hadiths,

> * Narrated Abu Huraira: People say that I have narrated many Hadiths (The Prophet's narrations). Had it not been for two verses in the Qur'an, I would not have narrated a single Hadith, and the verses are: "Verily those who conceal the clear sign and the guidance which We have sent down ... (up to) Most Merciful." (al-Baqarah 2:159-160). And no doubt our Muhajir (emigrant) brothers used to be busy in the market with their business (bargains) and our Ansari brothers used to be busy with their property (agriculture). But I (Abu Huraira) used to stick to Allah's Apostle contented with what will fill my stomach and I used to attend that which they used not to attend and I used to memorize that which they used not to memorize. (Sahih Bukhari 1.118)

- miracle by Muhammad enabling ~ to not forget anything,

> * Narrated Abu Huraira:
> I said to Allah's Apostle "I hear many narrations (Hadiths) from you but I forget them." Allah's Apostle said, "Spread your Rida' (garment)." I did accordingly and then he moved his hands as if filling them with something (and emptied them in my Rida') and then said, "Take and wrap this sheet over your body." I did it and after that I never forgot any thing. (Sahih Bukhari 1.119, Sahih Bukhari 1.120)

However, see Allah did not give him power to perform miracles under MUHAMMAD.

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