Ascribing acknowledgement to it (mudirah) is due to its...

Ascribing acknowledgement to it (mudirah) is due to its being the only factor causing it to exist, with the fact that Imamate and caliphate having the same meaning." In al-Asas, Jar Allah writes: Ali with the wretched condition is verily better then Mu'awiyah with the mudirah. Abu Nu'aym in Hilyat al-awliya’ says: Abu Hurayrah, while circumambulating round the House (Ka'bah), used to say: Woe to my belly, when satisfying it, it would seize me, and if I starve it, it would defame me.

In another narration by Ibn Kathir in al-Bidayah wa al-nihayah, he said:...it would weaken me. In Khass al-khass 363 al-Tha'alibi stated: Abu Hurayrah used to say: I have never smelled a scent nicer than that of hot bread, nor seen a knight better than butter on dates! Besides, Abu Hurayrah was counting eating (part) of manliness. When asked once: What is manliness? He replied: Fear of God (taqwa) and doing favour, and having lunch and supper in the courtyards.

I abandoned many other reports, since some of them contain things that hurt the feelings of some people. Hadith: Visit at Intervals You Increase in Love: Once upon a day, the Messenger of Allah said to Abu Hurayrah: Visit at long intervals, you verily increase in love. He (S) was the best educator for his , taking charge of them all the time with his wisdom and sagacity, planting in them of his noble morals through his conduct.

It was not proper for him(S) to let one like Abu Hurayrah to keep on his past practice of frequenting to houses whenever he liked, that was either received by some and repelled by some, without educating him with his sublime morality. As a consequence of this, the Messenger said once to Abu Hurayrah: Where were you yesterday O Abu Hurayrah? He replied: I visited some of my relatives. He said to him: Visit at long intervals, you verily increase in love.

Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi, in his book al-sadaqah wa al-sadiq, writes that Abu Hurayrah said: The Arabs' dictum "Visit at long intervals you verily increase in love" became widely circulated among people till I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (upon whom be God's peace and benediction), and "he verily said it to me." Al-Masjidi said: "This dictum is not to be taken in general, but there are certain situations in which it should be said, since the visitor deserving it!

Don't you see that he never utters such words to Abu Bakr or to Ali ibn Abi Talib or their likes, while Abu Hurayrah being competent for that hadith!