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We were with Abu Huraira while he was wearing two linen garments dyed with red clay. He cleaned his nose with his garment, saying, "Bravo! Bravo! Abu Huraira is cleaning his nose with linen! There came a time when I would fall senseless between the pulpit of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and `Aisha's dwelling whereupon a passerby would come and put his foot on my neck, considering me a mad man, but in fact, I had no madness, I suffered nothing but hunger."}} | We were with Abu Huraira while he was wearing two linen garments dyed with red clay. He cleaned his nose with his garment, saying, "Bravo! Bravo! Abu Huraira is cleaning his nose with linen! There came a time when I would fall senseless between the pulpit of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and `Aisha's dwelling whereupon a passerby would come and put his foot on my neck, considering me a mad man, but in fact, I had no madness, I suffered nothing but hunger."}} | ||
During the course of the last four years of the life of the prophet when according to the tradition he had total, uncontested power in Medinah, it is difficult to imagine someone daring to step upon the neck of a true companion of the prophet in broad daylight. | During the course of the last four years of the life of the prophet when according to the tradition he had total, uncontested power in Medinah, it is difficult to imagine someone daring to step upon the neck of a true companion of the prophet in broad daylight. It seems possible that Abu Hourayra didn't habitually accompany the prophet but rather but rather stayed in or around the mosque of Madinah in the day, and homeless under the stars at night, amongst the "Suffah." In such a position he might well have seen the power that religion had in those times in that place. The opportunities afforded by religion would have been apparent. | ||
==Judged as too Gossipy during the Lifetime of the Prophet, but explained thanks to a magic coat.== | ==Judged as too Gossipy during the Lifetime of the Prophet, but explained thanks to a magic coat.== | ||
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==His Use and Occasional Inconvienence to the Caliphates== | ==His Use and Occasional Inconvienence to the Caliphates== | ||
While he was impoverished during the life of the prophet, Abu Hurayrah managed to considerably enriched himself during the reigns of the first caliphs. | While he was impoverished during the life of the prophet, Abu Hurayrah managed to considerably enriched himself during the reigns of the first caliphs. He was designated the emir of Madinah more than once. He continued to narrate hadiths throughout his life, but not everyone seemed pleased by his narrations: 'Umar threatened him to shut him up while Mu’âwiya found it easier to purchase his silence. | ||
===Tarik Madinat Dimachk d’Ibn Assadir Vol 67 p 343=== | ===Tarik Madinat Dimachk d’Ibn Assadir Vol 67 p 343=== | ||
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'''Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalanî (Fath al-Bari)''' explains the previous hadith in these terms : « The scholars have deduced that the jar that he did not divulge contains some hadiths with the names of the governors of the | '''Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalanî (Fath al-Bari)''' explains the previous hadith in these terms : « The scholars have deduced that the jar that he did not divulge contains some hadiths with the names of the governors of the treasury, their state and their time period. Abû Hurayra made the same indirect reference to certain ones amongst them, because because he was afraid for himself. » | ||
===Ibn Sa’d al-Baghdadi Kitab al-Tabaqât al Kabîr :=== | ===Ibn Sa’d al-Baghdadi Kitab al-Tabaqât al Kabîr :=== | ||