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English translation
3837. Mālik bin Abī 'Āmir said: "A man came to Ṭalḥah bin
‘Ubaidullāh and said: ‘O Abū Muḥammad, do you see this Yemenī, – meaning: Abū Hurairah – is he more knowledgeable of the Aḥādīth of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ than you? We hear from him what we do not hear from you, or does he attribute to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ what he did not say?’ He said: ‘As for his having heard from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ what we did not hear from him, then that is because he was poor, having nothing, a guest of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, his hand was in the hand of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. And we used to be people of houses and wealth, and we used to come to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ at the two ends of the day. I do not doubt that he heard from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ what we did not hear, and you will not find anyone in whom there is good attributing to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ what he did not say.’”
(Da’if)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb, we do not know it except as a narration of Muḥammad bin Ishāq. And Yūnus bin Bukair and other than him, related it from Muḥammad bin Ishāq.
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Commentary
Abū Hurairah stated that his Muhājir brothers used to be busy in the markets and his Anṣār brothers used to be busy in their fields, so they got a limited time to be with the Prophet ﷺ, whereas he himself was a poor man and he always stayed around the Prophet ﷺ, therefore he memorized those things which they did not hear due to their absence.
