ABU HURAYRA
By SYED ABDUL-HUSSAYN SHARAFUDDEEN AL-MUSAWI
Translated by
ABDULLAH AL-SHAHIN
Presented by: Syed Farid Jilani Al Hussaini Al Naqvi
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PREFACE
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
This is a survey of one of Prophet Mohammed's companions' biography. He narrated
from the prophet (s) so much many traditions until he exceeded all the limits, and the
Sunni books of Hadith quoted from him until they exceeded the limits too. We didn't
have any way in front of this large number of traditions narrated by this man (Abu
Hurayra) except to search for their sources because they concerned our religious and
mental life directly; otherwise we would leave them and their sources aside and look for
something more important.
This large number of traditions narrated by this man spread in the branches and
fundamentals of the religion that made the Sunni jurisprudents depend upon widely in
dealing with the laws of Allah and the Sharia.
It was not strange of them, for they thought that all the companions were 
and just.
And since there was no evidence to prove that, we had no way save to research on this
man and his traditions to be certain about what concerned the branches and fundamentals
of the laws made by Allah. This made us obliged to study with scrutiny the biography of
this man (Abu Hurayra) and his traditions. I went too far in research until the truth
appeared in this book and the sun of certainty shone, thanks to Allah for that.
As to Abu Hurayra himself, we will let you see the history of his life and his psychology
as it was exactly. And as for his traditions, we studied them thoughtfully as quantity and
quality and it was not possible for us, I swear by Allah, except to deny them as what his
fellows did at his days. You will read that in details at its place in this book, inshallah.
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Was it possible for any wise man to accept this large number of traditions narrated by this
man, which were more than all what were narrated by the four caliphs, the nine wives of
the prophet (s) and all the Hashemites, men and women?
Could an illiterate man, lately became a Muslim and therefore the period of his
companionship with the prophet (s) was short, to comprehend from the prophet (s) so
much many traditions that the first Muslims and the relatives of the prophet could not?
The good sense and the scientific criterion would not accept a lot of the plentifulness and
the wonders narrated by this man.
The Sunna in its philosophy, its methods and its aspects has certain characteristics that
the wise, men of sense and the linguists know clearly. When they hear or read something
of the Sunna, they find it distinct according to their common sense and criteria. They find
its aspects and signs distinct too without any doubt or suspect.
The Sunna was higher than to have thorny weeds, by which Abu Hurayra had stung the
good senses and had wounded the scientific criteria before he distorted the exalted Sharia
and wronged to the prophet (s) and his umma.
In short, the Sunna was the method of Islam and the law of life, according to which life
must be typical in morals, beliefs, social relationships, science and literature. So it was no
logic to be silent about this disgraceful intervention in the essence of Islam æwhich called
for being free from absurd beliefs and superstition, which mind definitely denied.
So it was necessary to clear the books of Hadith by removing many traditions narrated by
this man that mind does not accept.
I say that and I may see some faces frown, and others shrink away from me. They may,
because of inheritance, upbringing and environment, shrink away from a fact shone by
research different from what they thought that all the companions were just and
without testing their deeds and sayings according to the criteria the prophet (s) put for his
umma. Because companionship, in their point of view, was as sanctum and whoever
resorted to, could not be accused of anything whatever he did. This was unacceptable,
against the evidences and far away from rightness.
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In fact, companionship was a great virtue but it did not make the prophet's companions infallible.
Among the prophet's companions, there were saints, veracious and honest men, as well as the
unknown ones. Also there were the hypocrites, who committed guilts and crimes. The holy 
r'an
declared that clearly (..and from among the people of Medina (also); they are stubborn in
hypocrisy; you do not know them; We know them).9:101. So we can depend upon the just
companions and research to be certain about the unknown ones, whereas the guilty and
criminals have no any value, neither they nor their traditions.
This was our point of view about whoever narrated a prophetic tradition. The holy r'an and the
Sunna were our guide. 1 We never excused the liars even if they were called companions,
because it was disloyalty to Allah, His Apostle and people. It was enough for us to depend upon
the jurisprudents, veracious, and virtuous of the great companions of the prophet (s) and his
family, whom he (s) ordered to be at the same rank with the holy r'an and to be the example
for the wise.
As a result, we have agreed upon, even we were somehow different at the beginnings, that the
Sunni respected Abu Hurayra, Samara bin Jundub, al-Magheera, Mu'awiya, Amr bin al-Aass,
Marwan bin al-Hakam and the likes because they (the Sunni) sanctified the prophet (s) and
those, who were among the prophet's companions. At the same time we criticized them just to
sanctify the prophet and his Sunna just like an open minded, who understood the meaning of
holiness and greatness.
Of course, after that, he, who denied whoever ascribed to the prophet (s) something
unbelievable, was worthier to honour the prophet and worthier to be in the way, which the prophet
wanted for
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1. But the Sunni went too far by putting a holy nimbus around whoever called a companion until they became immoderate. They
trusted in every one, good or bad. They imitated blindly the ffeed captives ( whom the prophet (s) set free when he conquered
Mecca) and every one heard or saw the prophet. They denied whoever contradicted them exceeding all the limits. Refer to p.p.
11-15 and p.p. 23 in our book ( the answers of Musa Jarasllah).
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his umma. The prophet (s) had warned that there would be many liars fabricating lies
when narrating untrue traditions and he had threatened them to be in Hell.
Here I publish this study in the book (Abu Hurayra) just for showing the truth and to
purify the Sunna and its a******ion to the great sacred prophet (s), who (..never speaks out
of desire) 53:3, to be sincere for the truth in good thinking and honest in consideration
and to be impartial for the sake of the truth according to the scientific and mental bases,
which deny to respect a liar fabricating lies and ascribing them to the prophet (s) and to
be exempted from criticism just because he was one of the prophet's companions. We
deny submitting blindly to the traditions narrated by this man concerning the prophetic
Sunna, which was worthier to be honoured because it is the prophet's mission to the
world until the Day of Resurrection.
No one is to frown or to be depressed when we present this book with an impartial study,
for we respect free thinking and don't let it be low under the feet of superstitions and then
to be surrounded by an illusory wall of holiness (..with a wall having a door in it; (as for)
the inside of it, there shall be mercy in it, and (as for) the outside of it, before it there
shall be punishment) 57:13 (ran).
We don't want any face to frown or any one to be depressed, but in fact we want every
one who goes under the black cloud of bad traditions, reached him age after age, to be
free from fanaticism and to read this book thoughtfully (Those who listen to the word,
then follow the best of it; those are they whom Allah has guided, and those it is who are
the men of understanding) 39:18 (ran).
We do not intend with this book, I swear by Allah, to split the unity between the different
sects of Muslims, which is now going to be active at these days of waking, but to
strengthen it with freedom in option and belief to put it in the right way.
The mental dignity is the best of dignities that rational people seek out even if it costs
them their money or their lives because it is the way to glory and the bridge for unity.
But if some one of our Muslim brothers turns his face away in disdain, I ask him just to
listen to these simple notes and then to give his suggestion. He will find us, inshallah,
more determined to
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strengthen the unity between the Muslims in spite of those thorns, which prick the
intellect and sting the conscience.
We will talk about different thoughts here; some of them dealt with mind and its power
and horizon, some touched the belief in its aspects and meanings, some touched the
natures, others were contradictory refuting each other, some were away from the
scientific bases derived from the essence of the religion and many of them were adulation
to the Umayyads or to the public opinion at those days, and some were of imagination
and insanity. But all of them were away from rightness at all.
One of Abu Hurayra's wonders is that the angel of death used to come to people visibly,
but when he came to Prophet Moses (s) to take his life, Moses slapped him, gouged his
eye, and sent him back on his sumpter to his God one-eyed. After this accident, the angel
of death went to people invisibly!
One other wonder of Abu Hurayra's was the competition between Moses and the rock.
Moses (s) put his cloths on the rock to swim in the sea away from people. The rock ran
away with Moses' cloths in order to force him to follow it nakedly as he was born in front
of the Israelites in order to refute the rumor saying that Moses had a hernia. Moses ran
after the rock shouting: "O, rock, my cloths. O rock, my cloths." The rock stopped after
ending its task. Moses began beating the rock with his stick severely until he made some
scars in the rock. There were six or seven scars in the rock.
The funniest thing in this tradition was the hesitation of Abu Hurayra about the number
of the scars in the rock, because his piety imposed upon him not to narrate a tradition
unless he was so certain as if he was certain of the sun's light!
And: the gold locusts falling over Prophet Ayyub (Job) when he was bathing and that he
began to collect them in his cloths.
And: two newborn babies talking with reason and rationality about the unseen where
there was no cause to break the natural rules.
And: a cow and a wolf speaking eloquent Arabic showing that they had reason, wisdom
and knowledge about the unseen where there is no any cause for challenge and miracles.
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