Abu Hurayra pretended that the Prophet (s) had informed him alone of some traditions that he would never reveal to any one. He kept them inside his conscience andburied them in his chest. And as you know that Abu Hurayra had a well-fortified chest and an inscrutable conscience! So he said: "I had kept from the Prophet two vessels. I spread the first, but if I would spread the other, this throat would be cut." 1
He said: "If I told you all what I knew, people would throw potteries at me and say: Abu
Hurayra is mad."
He said: "If I told you all what I had in my chest, you would throw dung at me."
He said: "They say that Abu Hurayra told too many traditions. I swear by Allah that if I
told you all what I had heard, you would throw dunghill at me and you would never
debate with me." 2
References:
1. Al-Bukhari's Sahih, vol. 1, p.p. 24.
2. The three previous tradition were mentioned by Ibn Sa'd in his book, Tabaqat, vol 4, p.p. 57.
He said: "I had memorized from the Prophet (s) some traditions that I didn't tell you of. If
I told you of them you would throw stones at me." 1
He said: "I had memorized from the Prophet (s) five bags of traditions. I told of two of
them and if I told of the third, you would throw me with stones." 2
Abu Hurayra was neither the Prophet's heir apparent nor the caliph after him to prefer to
the others and tell him secrets and knowledge that he would not tell anyone of his close
companions or relatives.
What was the use of telling him those secrets since he was a weak man with meanness
that prevented him to say something of those secrets unless he would be thrown with
stones, dung and trashes or that his throat would be cut?
Would it not be better for the Prophet to tell those secrets for the caliphs after him, who
led people by one will and to whom the nations submitted and the necks of the Arabs and
non-Arabs yielded? They were better than Abu Hurayara in doing that. If they had had
those secrets, they would spread them throughout the countries like the rays of the sun.
Far be it from the Prophet to do something in vain. Would he entrust Abu Hurayra with
his secrets to be lost uselessly? And who was Abu Hurayra to be singled out of the first
Muslims? (And the foremost are the foremost. These are they who are drawn nigh (to
Allah)) 50:10-11.
Abu Hurayra often said: "Abu Hurayra neither keeps secret nor writes down." How did
this saying agree with his saying: "I had memorized from the Prophet two vessels. I
spread one of them. If I spread the other, this throat would be cut" and the other sayings
having the same meaning that he kept secret?
Let us ask those, who research for the divine secrets that the Prophet (s) entrusted Abu
Hurayra with and that Abu Hurayra kept secret to preserve himself or to keep his dignity.
Were those secrets
References:
1. Al-Hakim in his Mustadrak, vol. 3, p.p. 509, ath-Thahabi in his Talkhees. What a dignity Abu Hurayra had! He said .... you would throw at me stones, potteries, dunghill. And when he said about himself..... the comers put their feet on my neck.. and when he talked about his stomach,lice and his other affairs.
2. Abu Na'eem, Hilyatul-Awliya', p.p. 381 (biography of Abu Hurayra).
3. Ibn Sa'd's Tabaqat, vol. 2, p.p. 119.
He said: "If I told you all what I knew, people would throw potteries at me and say: Abu
Hurayra is mad."
He said: "If I told you all what I had in my chest, you would throw dung at me."
He said: "They say that Abu Hurayra told too many traditions. I swear by Allah that if I
told you all what I had heard, you would throw dunghill at me and you would never
debate with me." 2
References:
1. Al-Bukhari's Sahih, vol. 1, p.p. 24.
2. The three previous tradition were mentioned by Ibn Sa'd in his book, Tabaqat, vol 4, p.p. 57.
He said: "I had memorized from the Prophet (s) some traditions that I didn't tell you of. If
I told you of them you would throw stones at me." 1
He said: "I had memorized from the Prophet (s) five bags of traditions. I told of two of
them and if I told of the third, you would throw me with stones." 2
Abu Hurayra was neither the Prophet's heir apparent nor the caliph after him to prefer to
the others and tell him secrets and knowledge that he would not tell anyone of his close
companions or relatives.
What was the use of telling him those secrets since he was a weak man with meanness
that prevented him to say something of those secrets unless he would be thrown with
stones, dung and trashes or that his throat would be cut?
Would it not be better for the Prophet to tell those secrets for the caliphs after him, who
led people by one will and to whom the nations submitted and the necks of the Arabs and
non-Arabs yielded? They were better than Abu Hurayara in doing that. If they had had
those secrets, they would spread them throughout the countries like the rays of the sun.
Far be it from the Prophet to do something in vain. Would he entrust Abu Hurayra with
his secrets to be lost uselessly? And who was Abu Hurayra to be singled out of the first
Muslims? (And the foremost are the foremost. These are they who are drawn nigh (to
Allah)) 50:10-11.
Abu Hurayra often said: "Abu Hurayra neither keeps secret nor writes down." How did
this saying agree with his saying: "I had memorized from the Prophet two vessels. I
spread one of them. If I spread the other, this throat would be cut" and the other sayings
having the same meaning that he kept secret?
Let us ask those, who research for the divine secrets that the Prophet (s) entrusted Abu
Hurayra with and that Abu Hurayra kept secret to preserve himself or to keep his dignity.
Were those secrets
References:
1. Al-Hakim in his Mustadrak, vol. 3, p.p. 509, ath-Thahabi in his Talkhees. What a dignity Abu Hurayra had! He said .... you would throw at me stones, potteries, dunghill. And when he said about himself..... the comers put their feet on my neck.. and when he talked about his stomach,lice and his other affairs.
2. Abu Na'eem, Hilyatul-Awliya', p.p. 381 (biography of Abu Hurayra).
3. Ibn Sa'd's Tabaqat, vol. 2, p.p. 119.
of the kind of secrets that the Prophet (s) entrusted his guardian Imam Ali with? Did they concern the caliphate and caliphs after him? Were they of another kind? If they were of the first kind, why would Abu Hurayra turn away from them and contradict them completely? His opinion would be like all the other Muslims' opinion for he was just one person among the others. But if those secrets were of another kind, he would not refrain from telling offensive and disgraceful traditions!
Did he not narrate that the Prophet slept and missed the Fajr prayer? And that the Satan came to him to disturb his prayers?
Didn't he narrate that once the Prophet forgot and offered a two section prayer instead of four and when they asked him: Did you forget or restrict the prayer? He answered: I neither forgot nor restricted?
Did he not tell that the Prophet hurt, abused, cursed and whipped innocent people just because he became angry?
Did he not ascribe to the apostles many things that were impossible for them to commit according to the Sharia and reason? He narrated that Prophet Muhammad (s) had said:
"We are worthier than Abraham to be in doubt." He also narrated that Prophet Lot's trust in Allah was not certain.
Did he not dare to defame Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus, who must be
honored? Did he not ascribe to Moses that he had slipped the angel of death and gouged his eye? And that once Prophet Moses ran nakedly in front of the Israelites, who looked at his private parts?
Did he not narrate that Solomon, the son of David, had broken the verdict of his father?
And that he refused to say inshallah, so his deed failed?
Did he not ascribe to Allah what could never be accepted neither by the Sharia nor by reason? He said that Hell will not be full, unless Allah puts His leg in it. In his tradition about the Day of Resurrection, he said that Allah comes to people in an image different from that which they know saying to them: "I am your god." They say: "Allah forbid!"
Then He comes to them in the image, which they know! They say: "You are our god."
Abu Hurayra said that Adam was created in an image like the image of the Beneficent (Allah)!
And that Allah had created Adam like His image. He was sixty cubits long and seven cubits wide.
You will find many many of his wonders in the next chapter which cause to cut the throat, so why he told of them easily? In fact he narrated those traditions as if he had done people a favor. He told of superstitions but no one threw at him a stone, dung, or trash as it was clear for any one knew him. But we are afflicted with unjust people and we do not have save Allah to resort to.
We want to draw the prudent researchers' attention that Abu Hurayra said : "No one have narrated traditions from the Prophet (s) more than I have, except Abdullah bin Amr bin al-Aass, because he wrote down but I didn't."
He confessed that Abdullah bin Amr had narrated traditions more than he had. We researched on Abdullah's traditions and we found that they were no more than seven hundred. 2
So they were less than one seventh in comparison with Abu Hurayra's traditions.
The researchers were very confused how to excuse Abu Hurayra in this contradiction.
But Ibn Hajar al-Qastalani and sheikh Zakariya al-Ansari found an excuse when they explained this tradition in their books 3 that Abdullah bin Amr bin al-Aass lived in Egypt and those, who went to Egypt, were very few, therefore he narrated a little of his traditions, while Abu Hurayra lived in Medina, which was the destination of Muslims from everywhere, so his traditions were so many.
Abu Hurayra's saying was clear to abort this excuse. He acknowledged that no one had narrated traditions from the Prophet (s) more than he had except Abdullah bin Amr. The man, himself,confessed that Abdullah's traditions were more than his so there was no way for the excuse of the two authors.
The great position and respect Abdullah bin Amr had in Egypt were a good cause to let him narrate his many traditions. There was no one else than him in Egypt, whom people knew very well, except some very few companions or travelers.
So he was the only expert in the Qur'an, the Sharia and the Sunna that people resorted to. What a difference between his position in Egypt and Abu Hurayra's position in Medina was! For Abdullah had the rank of the veracious jurisprudent and the glory of the conqueror's son in the
Egyptians' hearts, where Abu Hurayra, in Medina, was just one of thousands of the Prophet's companions. The delegations visiting Medina went to the famous great companions, whom Abu Hurayra was not one of. Also he was accused of narrating toomuch many traditions from the Prophet (s). People of Medina often blamed him by saying: "Why didn't the Muhajireen and the Ansar narrate as much as his traditions."
His position in Medina would not let him narrate so many traditions. It was unbelievable
that his traditions were more than Abdullah's; especially after his confession thatAbdullah's traditions were more than his. In addition that Abdullah bin Amr lived long after Abu Hurayra's death. In fact Abu Hurayra confessed of that at the beginning after the Prophet's death, when he was not so excessive in narrating traditions. He became so excessive during the reign of Mu'awiya where there was neither Abu Bakr, Omar, Ali nor any one of the great companions whom Abu Hurayra feared.
References:
1. A tradition narrated by Wahab bin Munbbih from his brother Hummam from Abu Hurayra, mentioned in al-Bukhari's Sahih, vol. 1, p.p. 22.
2. Al-Qastalani's book Irshad as-Sari fee Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. 1, p.p. 373.
Did he not narrate that the Prophet slept and missed the Fajr prayer? And that the Satan came to him to disturb his prayers?
Didn't he narrate that once the Prophet forgot and offered a two section prayer instead of four and when they asked him: Did you forget or restrict the prayer? He answered: I neither forgot nor restricted?
Did he not tell that the Prophet hurt, abused, cursed and whipped innocent people just because he became angry?
Did he not ascribe to the apostles many things that were impossible for them to commit according to the Sharia and reason? He narrated that Prophet Muhammad (s) had said:
"We are worthier than Abraham to be in doubt." He also narrated that Prophet Lot's trust in Allah was not certain.
Did he not dare to defame Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus, who must be
honored? Did he not ascribe to Moses that he had slipped the angel of death and gouged his eye? And that once Prophet Moses ran nakedly in front of the Israelites, who looked at his private parts?
Did he not narrate that Solomon, the son of David, had broken the verdict of his father?
And that he refused to say inshallah, so his deed failed?
Did he not ascribe to Allah what could never be accepted neither by the Sharia nor by reason? He said that Hell will not be full, unless Allah puts His leg in it. In his tradition about the Day of Resurrection, he said that Allah comes to people in an image different from that which they know saying to them: "I am your god." They say: "Allah forbid!"
Then He comes to them in the image, which they know! They say: "You are our god."
Abu Hurayra said that Adam was created in an image like the image of the Beneficent (Allah)!
And that Allah had created Adam like His image. He was sixty cubits long and seven cubits wide.
You will find many many of his wonders in the next chapter which cause to cut the throat, so why he told of them easily? In fact he narrated those traditions as if he had done people a favor. He told of superstitions but no one threw at him a stone, dung, or trash as it was clear for any one knew him. But we are afflicted with unjust people and we do not have save Allah to resort to.
We want to draw the prudent researchers' attention that Abu Hurayra said : "No one have narrated traditions from the Prophet (s) more than I have, except Abdullah bin Amr bin al-Aass, because he wrote down but I didn't."
He confessed that Abdullah bin Amr had narrated traditions more than he had. We researched on Abdullah's traditions and we found that they were no more than seven hundred. 2
So they were less than one seventh in comparison with Abu Hurayra's traditions.
The researchers were very confused how to excuse Abu Hurayra in this contradiction.
But Ibn Hajar al-Qastalani and sheikh Zakariya al-Ansari found an excuse when they explained this tradition in their books 3 that Abdullah bin Amr bin al-Aass lived in Egypt and those, who went to Egypt, were very few, therefore he narrated a little of his traditions, while Abu Hurayra lived in Medina, which was the destination of Muslims from everywhere, so his traditions were so many.
Abu Hurayra's saying was clear to abort this excuse. He acknowledged that no one had narrated traditions from the Prophet (s) more than he had except Abdullah bin Amr. The man, himself,confessed that Abdullah's traditions were more than his so there was no way for the excuse of the two authors.
The great position and respect Abdullah bin Amr had in Egypt were a good cause to let him narrate his many traditions. There was no one else than him in Egypt, whom people knew very well, except some very few companions or travelers.
So he was the only expert in the Qur'an, the Sharia and the Sunna that people resorted to. What a difference between his position in Egypt and Abu Hurayra's position in Medina was! For Abdullah had the rank of the veracious jurisprudent and the glory of the conqueror's son in the
Egyptians' hearts, where Abu Hurayra, in Medina, was just one of thousands of the Prophet's companions. The delegations visiting Medina went to the famous great companions, whom Abu Hurayra was not one of. Also he was accused of narrating toomuch many traditions from the Prophet (s). People of Medina often blamed him by saying: "Why didn't the Muhajireen and the Ansar narrate as much as his traditions."
His position in Medina would not let him narrate so many traditions. It was unbelievable
that his traditions were more than Abdullah's; especially after his confession thatAbdullah's traditions were more than his. In addition that Abdullah bin Amr lived long after Abu Hurayra's death. In fact Abu Hurayra confessed of that at the beginning after the Prophet's death, when he was not so excessive in narrating traditions. He became so excessive during the reign of Mu'awiya where there was neither Abu Bakr, Omar, Ali nor any one of the great companions whom Abu Hurayra feared.
References:
1. A tradition narrated by Wahab bin Munbbih from his brother Hummam from Abu Hurayra, mentioned in al-Bukhari's Sahih, vol. 1, p.p. 22.
2. Al-Qastalani's book Irshad as-Sari fee Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. 1, p.p. 373.
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