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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Abu Hurayra The Quantity of his Traditions All those who collected the Hadith agreed unanimously that Abu Hurayra had narrated traditions more than any one else at all.[^1] They counted his traditions to find that they were five thousand and three hundred and seventy-four traditions.

He had in al-Bukhari’s Sahih only four hundred and forty-six traditions.[^2] We found that all what was narrated by the four caliphs in comparison with Abu Hurayra’s traditions was less than twenty-seven percent. Abu Bakr had narrated one hundred and forty-two traditions.[^3] Omar had narrated five hundred and thirty-seven traditions.[^4] All what Othman had narrated were one hundred and forty-six traditions.[^5] And five hundred and eighty-six traditions were narrated from Imam ´Ali (a.s.)[^6].

So the total is one thousand and four hundred and eleven traditions, which if you compare to Abu Hurayra’s traditions you will find the ratio exactly as we said.

Let any prudent one think of Abu Hurayra, the short period of his being a Muslim, his obscurity, his illiteracy and all what would make him be mean, then think of the four caliphs, their priority in Islam, their attendance during the legislation of the laws of Shari’ah, their braveries throughout fifty-two years; in twenty-three of them they were at the service of the Prophet (S.) and in twenty-nine of them, they governed the umma and mastered the other nations.

They conquered the countries of Kasra and Caesar. They built towns and countries, spread Islam, and declared laws of Shari’ah and Sunna. So how would it be possible for Abu Hurayra, alone, to narrate so many times as much as they had narrated of the Prophet’s (S.) traditions? Also Abu Hurayra was not like Aa’isha, although she narrated too much.

The Prophet (S.) had got married to her ten years before Abu Hurayra became a Muslim.[^7] She was in the house where Allah (S.w.T.)’s inspiration was revealed to the Prophet (S.) and the place of coming and going of Gabriel and Michael for fourteen years. She died a little before Abu Hurayra’s death.[^8] What a difference between the two companionships and the two ones’ acumen was! As to the companionship it was known.

But as to acumen, her acumen competed with her hearing and her heart preceded her ears. She was very acute. Nothing happened to her unless she recited poetry about it.