\nNarrated Abu Huraira:\n \n\nYou people say that Abu Huraira tells many narrations from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and you also wonder why \nthe emigrants and Ansar do not narrate from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as Abu Huraira does. My emigrant \nbrothers were busy in the market while I used to stick to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) content with what fills my \nstomach; so I used to be present when they were absent and I used to remember when they used to \nforget, and my Ansari brothers used to be busy with their properties and I was one of the poor men of \nSuffa. I used to remember the narrations when they used to forget. No doubt, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) once \nsaid, "Whoever spreads his garment till I have finished my present speech and then gathers it to \nhimself, will remember whatever I will say." So, I spread my colored garment which I was wearing \ntill Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had finished his saying, and then I gathered it to my chest. So, I did not forget any \nof that narrations.\n

\nNarrated Abu Huraira:\n \n\nYou people say that Abu Huraira tells many narrations from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and you also wonder why \nthe emigrants and Ansar do not narrate from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as Abu Huraira does. My emigrant \nbrothers were busy in the market while I used to stick to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) content with what fills my \nstomach; so I used to be present when they were absent and I used to remember when they used to \nforget, and my Ansari brothers used to be busy with their properties and I was one of the poor men of \nSuffa. I used to remember the narrations when they used to forget. No doubt, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) once \nsaid, "Whoever spreads his garment till I have finished my present speech and then gathers it to \nhimself, will remember whatever I will say." So, I spread my colored garment which I was wearing \ntill Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had finished his saying, and then I gathered it to my chest. So, I did not forget any \nof that narrations.\n

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُكْثِرُ الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏ وَتَقُولُونَ مَا بَالُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالأَنْصَارِ لاَ يُحَدِّثُونَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَإِنَّ إِخْوَتِي مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ كَانَ يَشْغَلُهُمْ صَفْقٌ بِالأَسْوَاقِ، وَكُنْتُ أَلْزَمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى مِلْءِ بَطْنِي، فَأَشْهَدُ إِذَا غَابُوا وَأَحْفَظُ إِذَا نَسُوا، وَكَانَ يَشْغَلُ إِخْوَتِي مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ عَمَلُ أَمْوَالِهِمْ، وَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِسْكِينًا مِنْ مَسَاكِينِ الصُّفَّةِ أَعِي حِينَ يَنْسَوْنَ، وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي حَدِيثٍ يُحَدِّثُهُ ‏\n"‏ إِنَّهُ لَنْ يَبْسُطَ أَحَدٌ ثَوْبَهُ حَتَّى أَقْضِيَ مَقَالَتِي هَذِهِ، ثُمَّ يَجْمَعَ إِلَيْهِ ثَوْبَهُ إِلاَّ وَعَى مَا أَقُولُ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَبَسَطْتُ نَمِرَةً عَلَىَّ، حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَقَالَتَهُ جَمَعْتُهَا إِلَى صَدْرِي، فَمَا نَسِيتُ مِنْ مَقَالَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم تِلْكَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ‏.‏