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    1. Abu Huraira is considered a hadith master in Sunni tradition but is viewed more critically in Shia tradition due to the large number and peculiar nature of hadiths attributed to him. 2. He is reported to have only spent 3 years in the company of the Prophet, yet transmitted over 5,000 hadiths, more than prominent companions who spent much more time with the Prophet. 3. Some reports indicate Abu Huraira stayed close to the Prophet due to poverty and hunger, yet he later lived a life of luxury that was questioned by Caliph Umar.

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    1. Abu Huraira is considered a hadith master in Sunni tradition but is viewed more critically in Shia tradition due to the large number and peculiar nature of hadiths attributed to him. 2. He is reported to have only spent 3 years in the company of the Prophet, yet transmitted over 5,000 hadiths, more than prominent companions who spent much more time with the Prophet. 3. Some reports indicate Abu Huraira stayed close to the Prophet due to poverty and hunger, yet he later lived a life of luxury that was questioned by Caliph Umar.

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    1. Abu Huraira is considered a hadith master in Sunni tradition but is viewed more critically in Shia tradition due to the large number and peculiar nature of hadiths attributed to him. 2. He is reported to have only spent 3 years in the company of the Prophet, yet transmitted over 5,000 hadiths, more than prominent companions who spent much more time with the Prophet. 3. Some reports indicate Abu Huraira stayed close to the Prophet due to poverty and hunger, yet he later lived a life of luxury that was questioned by Caliph Umar.

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    Critical examination on Abu Hurairah, the Hadith Master

    Important notice: This article is about the invented character Abu Huraira (AH henceforth) as presented
    by the hadith collectors . We strongly believe that the real companion of the Prophet AH (if there was
    any!) has nothing to do with the Hadith narrator AH, as those ahadith were propagated in his name
    some centuries after his death.

    AH is a legend in the hadeeth literature of Sunni Madhab . In Shia Madhab he is also an important
    character as a master mind for creating Sunni Hadith . This is because his mammoth narrations
    mentioned in Sunni hadith books and their peculiar/strange connotations in bulk. The following
    numbers of narrations in six major books of Sunni ahadith are given to realize his unusual superior
    position with respect to so many prominent companions of the Prophet :

    5374 for Abu huraira


    2630 for Ibn Umar
    2286 for Anas ibn malik
    2210 for Aisha , the mother of believers
    1660 for Ibn Abbas
    1540 for Jabr ibn abd Allah
    1170 for Abu Said al khudri
    537 for Umar ibn al Khattab , the 02nd Caliph e Rashidin
    536 for Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the 04th Caliph e Rashidin
    146 for Uthman Ibn Affan, the 03rd Caliph e Rashidin
    142 for Abu Bakr, the 01st Caliph e Rashidin

    01. AH stayed only 03 years in company of Prophet:

    =0=Narrated Abu Huraira: I enjoyed the company of Allah's Apostle for three years, and during the other
    years of my life, never was I so anxious to understand the (Prophet's) traditions as I was during those
    three years. I heard him saying, beckoning with his hand in this way, "Before the Hour you will fight with
    people who will have hairy shoes and live in Al-Bariz." (Sufyan, the sub-narrator once said, "And they are
    the people of Al-Bazir.") (Shaih Bukhari Book #56, Hadith #789)=0=

    02. AH stayed close to the Prophet to satisfy his hunger:

    =0=Narrated Abu Huraira: I used to accompany Allah's Apostle to fill my stomach; and that was when I
    did not eat baked bread, nor wear silk. Neither a male nor a female slave used to serve me, and I used to
    bind stones over my belly and ask somebody to recite a Quranic Verse for me though I knew it, so that
    he might take me to his house and feed me. Ja'far bin Abi Talib was very kind to the poor, and he used
    to take us and feed us with what ever was available in his house, (and if nothing was available), he used
    to give us the empty (honey or butter) skin which we would tear and lick whatever was in it. (Shahih
    Bukhari Book #65, Hadith #343)=0=

    =0=Narrated Abu Huraira: Once while I was in a state of fatigue (because of severe hunger), I met 'Umar
    bin Al-Khattab, so I asked him to recite a verse from Allah's Book to me. He entered his house and
    interpreted it to me. (Then I went out and) after walking for a short distance, I fell on my face because of
    fatigue and severe hunger. Suddenly I saw Allah's Apostle standing by my head. He said, "O Abu
    Huraira!" I replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle, and Sadaik!" Then he held me by the hand, and made me
    get up. Then he came to know what I was suffering from. He took me to his house, and ordered a big
    bowl of milk for me. I drank thereof and he said, "Drink more, O Abu Hirr!" So I drank again, whereupon
    he again said, "Drink more." So I drank more till my belly became full and looked like a bowl. Afterwards
    I met 'Umar and mentioned to him what had happened to me, and said to him, "Somebody, who had
    more right than you, O 'Umar, took over the case. By Allah, I asked you to recite a Verse to me while I
    knew it better than you." On that Umar said to me, "By Allah, if I admitted and entertained you, it would
    have been dearer to me than having nice red camels. (Shaih Bukhari,Book#65,Hadith #287i)=0=

    03. AH’s became rich and lived in lavishness:

    =0= Narrated Muhammad: We were with Abu Huraira while he was wearing two linen garments dyed
    with red clay. He cleaned his nose with his garment, saying, "Bravo! Bravo! Abu Huraira is cleaning his
    nose with linen! There came a time when I would fall senseless between the pulpit of Allah's Apostle
    and 'Aisha's dwelling whereupon a passerby would come and put his foot on my neck, considering me a
    mad man, but in fact, I had no madness, I suffered nothing but hunger." (Shaih Bukhari , Book #92,
    Hadith #425)=0=

    We have the noble examples of the righteous Caliphs like Abu Bakar , Umar , Uthman and Ali [R.A.] who
    ruled the whole Islamic worlds without any luxury , without any lavishness. Hundreds of righteous
    companions of the Prophet also led very simple life though they had ample opportunities to have wealth
    and prosperity. Their only intention was to extend service to Islam as shown by the Prophet. But AH
    were not their types.

    Ibn Sa'ad in Tabaqat, Volume IV, page 90, Ibn Hajar Asqalani in Isaba, and Ibn Abd-e-Rabbih in Iqdu'l-
    Farid, Volume I, write that the Caliph Umar said to AH :

    =0="'When I made you the governor of Bahrain, you had not even shoes on your feet, but now I have
    heard that you have purchased horses for 1,600 dinars. How did you acquire this wealth?' He replied,
    'These were men's gifts which profit has multiplied much.' The Caliph's face grew red with anger, and he
    lashed him so violently that his back bled. Then he ordered the 10,000 dinars which Abu Huraira had
    collected in Bahrain be taken from him and deposited in the account of the Baitu'-Mal.

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