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===Ibn Sa’d al-Baghdadi Kitab al-Tabaqât al Kabîr :=== | ===Ibn Sa’d al-Baghdadi Kitab al-Tabaqât al Kabîr :=== | ||
{{Quote||« | {{Quote||« I was a servant of Ibn ‘Affan and Bint Ghazwane just to keep food in my belly. I drove them when they were on their mounts and served them when they descended. She [Bousra Bint Ghazwane] told me one day : « you will only mount a mount when they are upright [it is very difficult to mount a dromedary upright] and you will only come down barefoot. » Then god allowed me to marry her[when he was promoted to amir under Mu’âwiya] and I told him : «You will only get down barefoot and you will only get on when it is upright. »}} | ||
Abu Hurayrah finished his life immensly wealthy, the governor of Medinah living in a palace. In the service of the first caliphs and in particular the Umayyads, he very effecitvely collaboreted and ingratiated himself with the founders of today's current Sunni islam, a venture which served to make him immensly rich and powerful. | Abu Hurayrah finished his life immensly wealthy, the governor of Medinah living in a palace. In the service of the first caliphs and in particular the Umayyads, he very effecitvely collaboreted and ingratiated himself with the founders of today's current Sunni islam, a venture which served to make him immensly rich and powerful. | ||