He is the most similar to me, among my companions, in morals.

He is the most similar to me, among my companions, in morals.” It was mentioned by al-Hakim,[^9] who said: “This tradition has a true series of narrators but untrue text, because Ruqayya had died in the third year of hijra during the battle of Badr, whereas Abu Hurayra came and became a Muslim after the battle of Khaybar.” Ath-Thahabi mentioned this tradition in his book Talkheess al-Mustadrak and said: “It was true with its narrators but its text was denied for Ruqayya died at the time of the battle of Badr while Abu Hurayra became a Muslim at the time of the battle of Khaybar.” Abu Hurayra said: “The Prophet (S.) led us in the Zuhr or Asr prayer and he ended the prayer after two ruk’as (instead of four).

Thul-Yadayn asked him: “Did you lessen the prayer or forget?” Thul-Yadayen was martyred in the battle of Badr some years before Abu Hurayra became a Muslim. How many times he boasted: “We conquered Khaybar but we didn’t gain gold or silver. We gained sheep, cows, camels, wares and houses.”[^10] He said so, although he never participated in the battle. He became a Muslim after the Muslims had conquered Khaybar and the battle had been finished.

Thus those, who explained the tradition, were confused when they reached his saying ( we conquered Khaybar). They justified it by saying that Abu Hurayra had said it metaphorically. He referred to his Muslim fellows.[^11] He said: “We fought with the Prophet (S.) in Khaybar. The Prophet (S.) said to a man, who pretended to be a Muslim that he would be in Hell. When the fight began, the man fought courageously until he had many wounds. Some men were about to doubt the Prophet’s (S.) word.

The man suffered the pain of his wounds. He took some arrows out of his quiver and suicided with them.”[^12] We have two notes about this tradition. The first: he pretended that he participated in the battle with the Prophet (S.) and it was proved that he had not been there.

Those, who commented on the tradition, became confused and justified that Abu Hurayra said it metaphorically because he came from Yemen after the battle of Khaybar as al-Qastalani said.[^13] The second: the man, who killed himself, was the hypocrite Qazman bin al-Harth, the ally of the tribe of Zafar. He fought for the sake of fame. His case, which Abu Hurayra mentioned, was famous.[^14] He was killed in the battle of Uhud many years before Abu Hurayra came to Hijaz and became a Muslim.

Abu Hurayra was uncertain about him, therefore he confused everything.