Abu Hurayra

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Abū Hurayra ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr al-Dawsī al-Zahrānī (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة عَبْد ٱلرَّحْمَٰن بْن صَخْر ٱلدَّوْسِيّ ٱلزَّهْرَانِيّ; c. 603–679), commonly known as Abu Hurayra (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة; lit. 'father of a kitten'), was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and is considered the most prolific hadith narrator. Born in al-Jabur in Arabia into the Banu Daws clan of the Zahran tribe, Abu Hurayra was a comparatively late convert to Islam, embracing the faith around 7 AH (c. 629 CE), following the Battle of Khaybar. He migrated to Medina, became a member of the Suffah, and lived in Muhammad's house. Muhammad is said to have recognized his powerful memory and intelligence and to have given him permission to record hadith in both written and oral form. Under Muhammad, Abu Hurayra was sent as a muezzin to al-Ala ibn al-Hadhrami in Bahrain. During the early Muslim conquests he is said to have refused administrative positions and preferred to live as a private citizen in Medina...

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