1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:15,740 --> 00:00:17,739 The Mawaddah Association is pleased 3 00:00:17,739 --> 00:00:21,739 to present to you *Portraits from the Lives of the Companions* 4 00:00:21,739 --> 00:00:24,739 by 'Abd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha, 5 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:26,800 may Allah have mercy on him. 6 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:34,549 Abu Hurayrah al-Dawsi, may Allah be pleased with him. 7 00:00:50,420 --> 00:00:56,420 There is no doubt that you know this shining star among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 8 00:00:56,420 --> 00:01:00,420 For is there anyone in the Ummah of Islam who does not know Abu Hurayrah? 9 00:01:00,420 --> 00:01:04,650 In the pre-Islamic era of ignorance, people used to call him 'Abd Shams. 10 00:01:04,650 --> 00:01:10,650 But when Allah honored him with Islam and blessed him with meeting the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, 11 00:01:10,650 --> 00:01:12,650 he asked him, "What is your name?" 12 00:01:12,650 --> 00:01:14,650 He replied, "'Abd Shams." 13 00:01:14,650 --> 00:01:17,650 The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, 14 00:01:17,650 --> 00:01:19,650 "Rather, 'Abd al-Rahman." 15 00:01:19,650 --> 00:01:21,650 He said, "Yes, 'Abd al-Rahman, 16 00:01:21,650 --> 00:01:24,650 may my father and mother be ransomed for you, O Messenger of Allah." 17 00:01:24,650 --> 00:01:27,650 As for his kunyah, 'Abu Hurayrah' (Father of the Kitten), 18 00:01:27,650 --> 00:01:33,650 its origin was that during his childhood he had a small kitten he used to play with, 19 00:01:33,650 --> 00:01:36,650 so his peers began calling him Abu Hurayrah. 20 00:01:36,650 --> 00:01:40,650 This nickname spread and became so widespread that it overtook his real name. 21 00:01:40,650 --> 00:01:46,810 When his life became intertwined with that of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, 22 00:01:46,810 --> 00:01:49,810 the Prophet often called him 'Abu Hirr,' 23 00:01:49,810 --> 00:01:51,810 out of friendliness and affection. 24 00:01:51,810 --> 00:01:54,810 Consequently, he came to prefer 'Abu Hirr' over 'Abu Hurayrah', 25 00:01:55,810 --> 00:01:56,810 and he would say: 26 00:01:56,810 --> 00:01:59,810 "My beloved, the Messenger of Allah, called me by it. 27 00:01:59,810 --> 00:02:00,810 Besides, a *hirr* is male, 28 00:02:00,810 --> 00:02:02,810 while a *hurayrah* is female, 29 00:02:02,810 --> 00:02:05,870 and the male is better than the female." 30 00:02:05,870 --> 00:02:09,870 Abu Hurayrah embraced Islam at the hands of al-Tufayl ibn 'Amr al-Dawsi, 31 00:02:09,870 --> 00:02:14,870 and remained in the land of his people, Daws, until six years after the Hijrah, 32 00:02:14,870 --> 00:02:20,870 when he arrived with a delegation of his people to meet the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in Madinah. 33 00:02:20,870 --> 00:02:26,870 The young Dawsi devoted himself entirely to serving the Messenger of Allah and keeping his company. 34 00:02:26,870 --> 00:02:28,870 He took the mosque as his dwelling, 35 00:02:28,870 --> 00:02:31,870 and the Prophet as his teacher and leader. 36 00:02:31,870 --> 00:02:35,870 During the Prophet's lifetime, he had neither a wife nor children; 37 00:02:35,870 --> 00:02:39,870 he had only an elderly mother who stubbornly clung to polytheism. 38 00:02:39,870 --> 00:02:42,870 He never ceased calling her to Islam, 39 00:02:42,870 --> 00:02:44,870 out of compassion and filial devotion toward her, 40 00:02:44,870 --> 00:02:47,939 but she would turn away from him and rebuff him. 41 00:02:47,939 --> 00:02:51,939 He would leave her with sorrow tearing at his heart. 42 00:02:51,939 --> 00:02:56,939 One day, he invited her to believe in Allah and His Messenger, 43 00:02:56,939 --> 00:03:02,030 but she said something about the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that deeply saddened and distressed him. 44 00:03:02,030 --> 00:03:07,030 So he went weeping to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. 45 00:03:07,030 --> 00:03:10,030 The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, asked him, 46 00:03:10,030 --> 00:03:13,030 "What makes you weep, O Abu Hurayrah?" 47 00:03:13,030 --> 00:03:19,030 He said, "I have never ceased calling my mother to Islam, but she persistently refuses me. 48 00:03:19,030 --> 00:03:23,030 Today, I called her again, and she made me hear words concerning you that I abhor. 49 00:03:23,030 --> 00:03:28,060 Pray to Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, to incline the heart of Abu Hurayrah's mother toward Islam." 50 00:03:28,060 --> 00:03:32,060 So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed for her. 51 00:03:32,060 --> 00:03:35,060 Abu Hurayrah said: "I went back home, 52 00:03:35,060 --> 00:03:37,060 and found the door closed. 53 00:03:37,060 --> 00:03:40,060 I heard the splashing of water. 54 00:03:40,060 --> 00:03:45,060 When I went to enter, my mother said, 'Stay where you are, O Abu Hurayrah!' 55 00:03:45,060 --> 00:03:48,060 Then she put on her garment and said, 'Enter.' 56 00:03:48,060 --> 00:03:53,060 I entered, and she said, 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, 57 00:03:53,060 --> 00:03:57,060 and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.' 58 00:03:57,060 --> 00:04:02,259 I returned to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, weeping with joy, 59 00:04:02,259 --> 00:04:06,259 just as an hour earlier I had wept with grief, and I said: 60 00:04:06,259 --> 00:04:08,259 'Rejoice, O Messenger of Allah! 61 00:04:08,259 --> 00:04:10,259 Allah has answered your supplication 62 00:04:10,259 --> 00:04:13,259 and guided the mother of Abu Hurayrah to Islam.'" 63 00:04:13,259 --> 00:04:18,480 Abu Hurayrah loved the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, with a love 64 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,480 that mingled with his very flesh and blood. 65 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,480 He could never gaze at him enough, and he would say: 66 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:29,480 "I have never seen anything more radiant or handsome than the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him; 67 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,480 it was as though the sun itself coursed across his face." 68 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,480 He would constantly praise Allah, Blessed and Exalted, 69 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,480 for blessing him with the companionship of His Prophet and following his religion, 70 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:44,480 saying: "Praise be to Allah Who guided Abu Hurayrah to Islam! 71 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:49,480 Praise be to Allah Who taught Abu Hurayrah the Qur'an! 72 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:56,480 Praise be to Allah Who blessed Abu Hurayrah with the companionship of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him!" 73 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:01,509 Just as Abu Hurayrah was devoted to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, 74 00:05:01,509 --> 00:05:03,509 he was equally devoted to sacred knowledge, 75 00:05:03,509 --> 00:05:07,509 making it his constant pursuit and ultimate aspiration. 76 00:05:07,509 --> 00:05:09,699 Zayd ibn Thabit related, saying: 77 00:05:09,699 --> 00:05:13,699 "While Abu Hurayrah, a companion of mine, and I were in the mosque, 78 00:05:13,699 --> 00:05:16,699 supplicating Allah the Exalted and remembering Him, 79 00:05:16,699 --> 00:05:20,699 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came upon us. 80 00:05:20,699 --> 00:05:23,699 He approached us and sat down among us, 81 00:05:23,699 --> 00:05:25,699 so we fell silent. 82 00:05:25,699 --> 00:05:28,699 He said, 'Resume what you were doing.' 83 00:05:28,699 --> 00:05:32,699 So my companion and I supplicated Allah before Abu Hurayrah, 84 00:05:32,699 --> 00:05:35,699 and the Messenger kept saying 'Amin' to our prayers. 85 00:05:35,699 --> 00:05:38,699 Then Abu Hurayrah supplicated, saying: 86 00:05:38,699 --> 00:05:41,699 'O Allah, I ask You for all that my two companions have asked of You, 87 00:05:41,699 --> 00:05:44,699 and I ask You for knowledge that will never be forgotten.' 88 00:05:44,699 --> 00:05:47,699 The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, 89 00:05:47,699 --> 00:05:49,699 'Amin.' 90 00:05:49,699 --> 00:05:52,699 We then said, 'And we too ask Allah for knowledge that will never be forgotten!' 91 00:05:52,699 --> 00:05:54,699 But he said, 92 00:05:54,699 --> 00:05:57,860 'The young Dawsi has beaten you to it.'" 93 00:05:57,860 --> 00:06:00,860 Just as Abu Hurayrah loved knowledge for himself, 94 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:02,860 he loved it for others as well. 95 00:06:02,860 --> 00:06:06,860 An example of this is when he once passed through the marketplace of Madinah 96 00:06:06,860 --> 00:06:09,860 and was appalled by people's absorption in worldly pursuits 97 00:06:09,860 --> 00:06:13,860 and their total immersion in buying, selling, taking, and giving. 98 00:06:13,860 --> 00:06:15,860 He stood before them and said, 99 00:06:15,860 --> 00:06:18,860 "How helpless you are, O people of Madinah!" 100 00:06:18,860 --> 00:06:22,860 They asked, "What helplessness do you see in us, O Abu Hurayrah?" 101 00:06:22,860 --> 00:06:26,860 He replied, "The inheritance of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, 102 00:06:26,860 --> 00:06:29,860 is being distributed, and you are here! 103 00:06:29,860 --> 00:06:32,860 Why do you not go and take your share?" 104 00:06:32,860 --> 00:06:35,860 They asked, "And where is it, O Abu Hurayrah?" 105 00:06:35,860 --> 00:06:37,860 He said, "In the mosque." 106 00:06:37,860 --> 00:06:39,860 They rushed out quickly, 107 00:06:39,860 --> 00:06:42,860 and Abu Hurayrah waited for them until they returned. 108 00:06:42,860 --> 00:06:45,860 When they saw him, they said, "O Abu Hurayrah, 109 00:06:45,860 --> 00:06:48,860 we went to the mosque and entered it, 110 00:06:48,860 --> 00:06:50,860 but we did not see anything being distributed!" 111 00:06:50,860 --> 00:06:52,860 He asked them, 112 00:06:52,860 --> 00:06:54,860 "Did you not see anyone in the mosque?" 113 00:06:54,860 --> 00:06:56,860 They said, "Yes, 114 00:06:56,860 --> 00:06:58,860 we saw people praying, 115 00:06:58,860 --> 00:07:00,860 people reciting the Qur'an, 116 00:07:00,860 --> 00:07:03,860 and people discussing the lawful and the unlawful." 117 00:07:03,860 --> 00:07:05,959 He said, "Woe to you! 118 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:09,959 That is the inheritance of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 119 00:07:09,959 --> 00:07:14,019 Due to his complete dedication to knowledge 120 00:07:14,019 --> 00:07:17,019 and his devotion to the gatherings of the Messenger of Allah, Abu Hurayrah endured 121 00:07:17,019 --> 00:07:21,019 hunger and hardship in living such as no one else experienced. 122 00:07:21,019 --> 00:07:23,019 Relating about himself, he said: 123 00:07:23,019 --> 00:07:25,019 "Severe hunger would overtake me, 124 00:07:26,019 --> 00:07:31,019 to the extent that I would ask a man from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah about a verse from the Qur'an, 125 00:07:31,019 --> 00:07:33,019 even though I already knew it, 126 00:07:33,019 --> 00:07:36,019 merely so that he might take me with him to his home and feed me. 127 00:07:36,019 --> 00:07:39,019 One day, my hunger grew so intense 128 00:07:39,019 --> 00:07:42,019 that I bound a stone against my stomach, 129 00:07:42,019 --> 00:07:44,019 and I sat in the path of the Companions. 130 00:07:44,019 --> 00:07:46,019 Abu Bakr passed by me, 131 00:07:46,019 --> 00:07:49,019 so I asked him about a verse from the Book of Allah, 132 00:07:49,019 --> 00:07:51,019 asking him only so that he might invite me, 133 00:07:51,019 --> 00:07:53,019 but he did not invite me. 134 00:07:53,019 --> 00:07:55,019 Then 'Umar ibn al-Khattab passed by me, 135 00:07:55,019 --> 00:07:57,019 and I asked him about a verse, 136 00:07:57,019 --> 00:07:59,019 but he did not invite me either. 137 00:07:59,019 --> 00:08:03,019 Finally, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by me, 138 00:08:03,019 --> 00:08:05,019 and he recognized the hunger upon me. 139 00:08:05,019 --> 00:08:07,019 He called, 'Abu Hurayrah!' 140 00:08:07,019 --> 00:08:09,019 I said, 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah!' 141 00:08:09,019 --> 00:08:11,019 So I followed him. 142 00:08:11,019 --> 00:08:13,019 I entered the house with him, 143 00:08:13,019 --> 00:08:15,019 and he found a bowl containing milk. 144 00:08:15,019 --> 00:08:18,019 He asked his household, 'Where did you get this from?' 145 00:08:18,019 --> 00:08:19,019 They said, 146 00:08:19,019 --> 00:08:22,019 'So-and-so sent it to you as a gift.' 147 00:08:22,019 --> 00:08:23,019 He said, 148 00:08:23,019 --> 00:08:25,019 'O Abu Hurayrah, 149 00:08:25,019 --> 00:08:28,019 go to the people of the Suffah and summon them.' 150 00:08:28,019 --> 00:08:31,019 It grieved me that he sent me to invite them, 151 00:08:31,019 --> 00:08:33,019 and I said to myself, 152 00:08:33,019 --> 00:08:36,019 'What will this milk do for all the people of the Suffah? 153 00:08:36,019 --> 00:08:40,019 I had hoped to take a drink from it to regain my strength, 154 00:08:40,019 --> 00:08:42,019 and then go to them.' 155 00:08:42,019 --> 00:08:44,019 Nevertheless, I went to the people of the Suffah and invited them, 156 00:08:44,019 --> 00:08:46,019 and they came. 157 00:08:46,019 --> 00:08:48,019 When they sat before the Messenger of Allah, he said, 158 00:08:48,019 --> 00:08:51,019 'Take it, O Abu Hurayrah, and give it to them.' 159 00:08:51,019 --> 00:08:54,019 So I began handing it to each man, and he would drink until he was satisfied, 160 00:08:54,019 --> 00:08:57,019 until all of them had drunk. 161 00:08:57,019 --> 00:09:01,019 Then I handed the bowl back to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 162 00:09:01,019 --> 00:09:04,019 He lifted his head toward me, smiling, and said, 163 00:09:04,019 --> 00:09:06,019 'Only you and I remain.' 164 00:09:06,019 --> 00:09:07,019 I said, 165 00:09:07,019 --> 00:09:09,019 'You have spoken the truth, O Messenger of Allah.' 166 00:09:09,019 --> 00:09:12,019 He said, 'Drink!' So I drank. 167 00:09:12,019 --> 00:09:15,019 Then he said, 'Drink!' So I drank again. 168 00:09:15,019 --> 00:09:17,019 He kept telling me to drink, 169 00:09:17,019 --> 00:09:19,019 and I kept drinking until I said, 170 00:09:19,019 --> 00:09:21,019 'By the One Who sent you with the truth, 171 00:09:21,019 --> 00:09:24,090 I can find no room for any more!' 172 00:09:24,090 --> 00:09:27,149 He then took the vessel and drank the remainder." 173 00:09:27,149 --> 00:09:30,149 Not long after that, 174 00:09:30,149 --> 00:09:33,149 abundant wealth poured in upon the Muslims, 175 00:09:33,149 --> 00:09:36,149 and the spoils of conquest flowed to them. 176 00:09:36,149 --> 00:09:40,149 Consequently, Abu Hurayrah acquired wealth, a home, furnishings, 177 00:09:40,149 --> 00:09:42,149 a wife, and children. 178 00:09:42,149 --> 00:09:46,149 Yet none of that altered his noble character in the least, 179 00:09:46,149 --> 00:09:49,149 nor did it make him forget his earlier days. 180 00:09:49,149 --> 00:09:51,149 He would frequently say: 181 00:09:51,149 --> 00:09:53,149 "I grew up an orphan, 182 00:09:53,149 --> 00:09:55,149 emigrated as a pauper, 183 00:09:55,149 --> 00:09:59,149 and worked as a hired hand for Busrah bint Ghazwan in exchange for my daily food: 184 00:09:59,149 --> 00:10:02,149 I served the company when they halted, 185 00:10:02,149 --> 00:10:04,149 and led their camels by chanting when they rode. 186 00:10:04,149 --> 00:10:06,149 Then Allah married her to me! 187 00:10:06,149 --> 00:10:09,149 So praise be to Allah Who made the religion a pillar of support, 188 00:10:09,149 --> 00:10:12,149 and made Abu Hurayrah a leader!" 189 00:10:12,149 --> 00:10:15,149 Abu Hurayrah was appointed governor of Madinah 190 00:10:15,149 --> 00:10:19,149 by Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan on more than one occasion, 191 00:10:19,149 --> 00:10:24,149 yet governance did not diminish his good nature or pleasant humor in the least. 192 00:10:24,149 --> 00:10:28,149 Once, while governing the city, he passed along one of the roads of Madinah 193 00:10:28,149 --> 00:10:32,149 carrying firewood on his back for his family. 194 00:10:32,149 --> 00:10:34,149 He passed by Tha'labah ibn Malik 195 00:10:34,149 --> 00:10:35,149 and said to him, 196 00:10:35,149 --> 00:10:38,149 "Make way for the governor, O Ibn Malik!" 197 00:10:38,149 --> 00:10:39,149 Tha'labah said to him, 198 00:10:39,149 --> 00:10:41,149 "May Allah have mercy on you! 199 00:10:41,149 --> 00:10:44,149 "Is all this space not enough for you?" 200 00:10:44,149 --> 00:10:45,149 So he said to him, 201 00:10:45,149 --> 00:10:49,149 "Clear the way for the governor and the bundle on his back!" 202 00:10:49,149 --> 00:10:54,250 Along with his vast knowledge and generous soul, Abu Hurairah combined 203 00:10:54,250 --> 00:10:56,279 God-fearing piety and scrupulousness. 204 00:10:56,279 --> 00:10:59,279 He used to fast during the day and pray during a third of the night, 205 00:10:59,279 --> 00:11:03,279 then awaken his wife to pray for the second third, 206 00:11:03,279 --> 00:11:08,279 and she would then awaken her daughter to pray for the final third. 207 00:11:08,279 --> 00:11:12,279 Thus, worship in his house was continuous throughout the entire night. 208 00:11:12,279 --> 00:11:15,379 Abu Hurairah had a Black servant girl, 209 00:11:15,379 --> 00:11:18,379 and she offended him and caused distress to his family, 210 00:11:18,379 --> 00:11:21,379 so he raised his whip to strike her with it. 211 00:11:21,379 --> 00:11:23,379 Then he stopped and said, 212 00:11:23,379 --> 00:11:25,379 "Were it not for the retaliation on the Day of Resurrection, 213 00:11:25,379 --> 00:11:28,379 I would have made you feel pain just as you caused us pain. 214 00:11:28,379 --> 00:11:31,379 Instead, I will sell you to someone who will pay me your price full and well, 215 00:11:31,379 --> 00:11:33,379 at a time when I am in the utmost need of it— 216 00:11:33,379 --> 00:11:34,379 go! 217 00:11:34,379 --> 00:11:38,379 For you are free for the sake of Allah, Almighty and Glorious." 218 00:11:38,379 --> 00:11:40,409 His daughter used to say to him, 219 00:11:41,409 --> 00:11:44,409 "O my father, the girls mock me!" 220 00:11:44,409 --> 00:11:45,409 And she would say, 221 00:11:45,409 --> 00:11:48,440 "Why does your father not adorn you with gold?" 222 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,440 He would reply, "O my daughter, 223 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:51,440 say to them, 224 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,440 'My father fears for me the heat of the blazing Flame.'" 225 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:58,440 Abu Hurairah’s refusal to adorn his daughter was not due to 226 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,440 stinginess with wealth or greed for it, 227 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,500 for he was magnanimous and open-handed in the cause of Allah. 228 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:07,500 Marwan ibn al-Hakam once sent him 229 00:12:07,500 --> 00:12:09,500 one hundred gold dinars. 230 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:12,500 The following day, he sent a message to him, saying: 231 00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:15,500 "My servant made a mistake and gave you the dinars, 232 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,500 when I did not intend them for you; 233 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:19,500 I intended them for someone else." 234 00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:22,500 Abu Hurairah was caught off guard and distressed, saying, 235 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:24,500 "I have already spent them in the cause of Allah, 236 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:27,500 and not a single dinar of them spent the night with me. 237 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:30,500 So when my stipend comes out, take them from it." 238 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:33,500 Yet Marwan had only done that to test him; 239 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:36,500 when he investigated the matter, he found it to be true. 240 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:39,600 Throughout his entire life, Abu Hurairah remained 241 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,600 devoted and dutiful to his mother. 242 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,600 Whenever he wanted to leave the house, 243 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,600 he would stand at the door of her room and say, 244 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,600 "Peace be upon you, mother, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings." 245 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,600 And she would reply, 246 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:58,600 "And upon you be peace, my son, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings." 247 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,600 Then he would say, 248 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,600 "May Allah have mercy on you, just as you raised me when I was small." 249 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:05,600 And she would say, 250 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,600 "May Allah have mercy on you, just as you were dutiful to me when I grew old." 251 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,600 Then when he returned home, he would do the same. 252 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,600 Abu Hurairah was extremely eager 253 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,600 to call people to honor their parents 254 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,600 and maintain their family ties. 255 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,600 One day, he saw two men 256 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,600 walking together, one older than the other. 257 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,600 So he said to the younger of them, 258 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,600 "What is this man to you?" 259 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,600 He replied, "My father." 260 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:33,600 Abu Hurairah said to him, 261 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,600 "Do not call him by his name, 262 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,600 do not walk ahead of him, 263 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,600 and do not sit down before he does." 264 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,600 When Abu Hurairah fell ill with the illness that led to his death, he wept. 265 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,600 It was said to him, 266 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,600 "What makes you weep, O Abu Hurairah?" 267 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,700 He replied, 268 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:51,700 "As for me, I am not weeping over this world of yours, 269 00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:55,700 but I am weeping because of the long journey and the scarcity of provisions. 270 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:58,700 I stand at the end of a road 271 00:13:58,700 --> 00:14:01,700 leading me to Paradise or to Hell, 272 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:04,730 and I do not know which of them I will be in." 273 00:14:04,730 --> 00:14:07,730 Marwan ibn al-Hakam visited him in his illness and said to him, 274 00:14:07,730 --> 00:14:10,730 "May Allah cure you, O Abu Hurairah!" 275 00:14:10,730 --> 00:14:11,730 Abu Hurairah said, 276 00:14:11,730 --> 00:14:14,730 "O Allah, I love meeting You, 277 00:14:14,730 --> 00:14:17,730 so love meeting me and hasten it for me!" 278 00:14:17,730 --> 00:14:20,759 Marwan had barely left his house 279 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:23,950 when Abu Hurairah passed away. 280 00:14:23,950 --> 00:14:26,950 May Allah show vast mercy to Abu Hurairah! 281 00:14:26,950 --> 00:14:29,950 For he preserved for the Muslims more than 282 00:14:29,950 --> 00:14:35,950 1,609 hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 283 00:14:35,950 --> 00:14:39,950 and may He reward him abundantly on behalf of Islam and the Muslims. 284 00:14:39,950 --> 00:14:45,509 Abu Hurairah preserved for the Ummah of Islam 285 00:14:45,509 --> 00:14:49,509 more than 1,600 hadiths 286 00:14:49,509 --> 00:14:55,580 of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 287 00:14:55,580 --> 00:14:57,580 Historians, 288 00:14:57,580 --> 00:14:59,580 by Muhammad and his Companions, 289 00:14:59,580 --> 00:15:03,580 the firm edifice has been established, O company! 290 00:15:03,580 --> 00:15:08,580 Inspire me to speak at length in their praise; is there any more?