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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Abu Hurayra His Early Life, Becoming Muslim and His hip with the Prophet (S.) He was born in Yemen and grew up there until he was over thirty years old.[^1] He was so ignorant that he had not a bit of insight, nor a little perception. He was a pauper forgotten by the age, an orphan hit by poverty, serving this and that, man or woman just to fill his stomach,[^2] barefooted, naked, contented with this disgrace, comforted with his condition.

But when Allah (S.w.T.) had confirmed His apostle’s mission in Medina after the battles of Badr, Uhud and al-Ahzab and so and so, there was no way for this miserable pauper to go in but that of Islam. He migrated to pay homage to the (S.) after the battle of Khaybar in the seventh year of hijra according to all of the historians. As for his companionship with the Prophet (S.), it was three years as he declared in one of his traditions mentioned by al-Bukhari.

[^3] At The Time of The Prophet (S.) When Abu Hurayra became a Muslim, he joined the destitute of Suffa who, as Abul-Fida’ said in his book at-Tareekh al-Mukhtassar (brief history), were poor people with no houses or relatives. They slept in the mosque and they stayed in it at the time of the Prophet (S.). Suffa was their shelter, so they were called by that name (ahl us-suffa).

When the Prophet (S.) had his dinner, he invited some of them to dine with him and sent some others to dine with his companions. One of the famous inhabitants of suffa was Abu Hurayra. [^4] Abu Na’eem al-Isfahani said in his book Hilyatul-Awliya’[^5] that Abu Hurayra was the most famous inhabitant of suffa. He lived in it along the life of the Prophet (S.) and he did not move out.

He was the introducer of the suffa He told about himself that he was one of the destitute inhabitants of the suffa, in a long tradition mentioned by al-Bukhari. [^6] Abu Hurayra said as in al-Bukhari’s Sahih[^7]: “I saw seventy of the inhabitants of suffa[^8], no one of them had a dress on him. They either had loincloth or a piece of cloth tied to their necks, some reached half of their legs and some reached their heels, which they gathered in order that their private parts not to bee seen.

Al- Bukhari mentioned another long tradition[^9] that Abu Hurayra said he had kept to the Prophet (S.) just for feed.