Chapter 34: Sales and Trade
Narrated Abu Huraira: You people say that Abu Huraira tells many narrations from Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ) and you also wonder why
the emigrants and Ansar do not narrate from Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ) as Abu Huraira does. My emigrant
brothers were busy in the market while I used to stick to Allah' 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 Ansari 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, Allah' 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 colored garment which I was wearing
till Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ) had finished his saying, and then I gathered it to my chest. So, I did not forget any
of that narrations.
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