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Allah (salla Allahu alihi was sallam) and said, "I have heard many of your sayings, but I
don't remember them all." Whereupon the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi was sallam) told
him to spread out his robe, and this he did and the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi was
sallam) moved his hands over it as if he were filling it with something then told him to
wrap his robe around him. From that time onward Abu Hurairah was blessed to have a
most excellent memory and never forgot anything he heard the Prophet (salla Allahu
alihi was sallam) say.

It is through Abu Hurairah that we are blessed to receive so many of the prophetic
quotations known as Hadith.

When asked why he had not taken to trade or some other profession, Abu Hurairah
informed his inquirer that he was too occupied listening to the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi
wa sallam) and preferred to remain in his company.

Abu Hurairah reported 46 hadith alone and over 5,000 hadith were reported by him in
combination with other Companions.

Unlike her son, Abu Hurayah’s mother had not embraced Islam and this was of great