English translation
2047. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: You people say that Abū Hurairah tells many narrations from Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and you also wonder why the emigrants and Anṣār do not narrate from Allāh's Messenger ﷺ as Abū Hurairah does. My emigrant brothers were busy in the market, while I used to stick to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ content with what fills my stomach; so I used to be present when they were absent and I used to remember when they used to forget, and my Anṣārī brothers used to be busy with their properties and I was one of the poor men of Suffa. I used to remember the narrations when they used to forget. No doubt, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ once said, “Whoever spreads his garment till I have finished my present speech and then gathers it to himself, will remember whatever I will say.” So, I spread my coloured garment which I was wearing till Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had finished his saying, and then I gathered it to my chest. So, I did not forget any of that narration.