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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Abu Hurayra Preface In The Name Of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful This is a survey of one of ’s (S.) companions’ biography. He narrated from the Prophet (S.) so many traditions until he exceeded all the limits, and the Sunni books of Hadith quoted from him until they exceeded the limits too.

We didn’t have any way in front of this large number of traditions narrated by this man (Abu Hurayra) except to search for their sources because they concerned our religious and psychological life directly; otherwise we would leave them and their sources aside and look for something more important.

This large number of traditions narrated by this man spread in the branches and fundamentals of the religion that made the Sunni jurisprudents depend upon widely in dealing with the laws of Allah (S.w.T.) and the Shari’ah. It was not strange of them, for they thought that all the companions were fair and just.

And since there was no evidence to prove that, we had no way save to research on this man and his traditions to be certain about what concerned the branches and fundamentals of the laws made by Allah (S.w.T.). This made us obliged to study with scrutiny the biography of this man (Abu Hurayra) and his traditions. I went too far in research until the truth appeared in this book and the sun of certainty shone, thanks to Allah (S.w.T.) for that.

As to Abu Hurayra himself, we will let you see the history of his life and his psychology as it was exactly. And as for his traditions, we studied them thoughtfully as quantity and quality and it was not possible for us, I swear by Allah (S.w.T.), except to deny them as what his fellows did at his days. You will read that in details at its place in this book, inshAllah (S.w.T.).

Was it possible for any wise man to accept this large number of traditions narrated by this man, which were more than all what were narrated by the four caliphs, the nine mother’s of believers wives of the Prophet (S.) and all the Hashemites, men and women?

Could an illiterate man, lately became a Muslim and therefore the period of his companionship with the Prophet (S.) was short, to comprehend from the Prophet (S.) so much many traditions that the first Muslims and the relatives of the Prophet (S.) could not? The good sense and the scientific criterion would not accept a lot of the plentifulness and the wonders narrated by this man.