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…..Through his Prodigious efforts, hundreds of ahadith or sayings of the Prophet were transmitted to later generations. His
is the foremost name in the roll of hadith transmitters.
….."Then Abu Hurayrah made a supplication saying: "O Lord, I ask You for what my two companions have asked and I ask
You for knowledge which will not be forgotten."
"The Prophet, peace be on him, said: 'Ameen.' "We then said: 'And we ask Allah for knowledge which will not be forgotten,
and the Prophet replied: 'The Dawsi youth has asked for this before you." "With his formidable memory, Abu Hurayrah set out
to memorize in the four years that he spent with the Prophet, the gems of wisdom that emanated from his lips. He realized
that he had a great gift and he set about to use it to the full in the service of Islam……
Muslims owe a debt of gratitude to Abu Hurayrah for helping to preserve and transmit the valuable legacy of the Prophet,
may God bless him and grant him peace. He died in the year 59 AH when he was seventy-eight years old.
Biographies of Companions
Fatimah bint Muhammad
…..She inherited from her father a persuasive eloquence that was rooted in wisdom. When she spoke, people would often
be moved to tears. She had the ability and the sincerity to stir the emotions, move people to tears and fill their hearts with
praise and gratitude to God for His grace and His inestimable bounties……
One morning, early in the month of Ramadan, just less than five month after her noble father had passed away, Fatimah
woke up looking unusually happy and full of mirth. In the afternoon of that day, it is said that she called Salma bint Umays
who was looking after her. She asked for some water and had a bath. She then put on new clothes and perfumed herself.
She then asked Salma to put her bed in the courtyard of the house. With her face looking to the heavens above, she asked
for her husband Ali.
He was taken aback when he saw her lying in the middle of the courtyard and asked her what was wrong. She smiled and
said: "I have an appointment today with the Messenger of God."
Ali cried and she tried to console him. She told him to look after their sons al-Hasan and al-Husayn and advised that she
should be buried without ceremony. She gazed upwards again, then closed her eyes and surrendered her soul to the Mighty
Creator.
She, Fatimah the Resplendent One, was just twenty nine years old.
Biographies of Companions
Zayd ibn Thabit
…..When a Muslim holds the Quran and reads it or hears it being recited, surah after surah, ayah after ayah, he should know
that he owes a tremendous debt of gratitude and recognition to a truly great companion of the Prophet, Zayd ibn Thabit, for
helping to preserve for all time to come the Book of Eternal Wisdom. Truly did Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, say: "Surely
We have revealed the Book of Remembrance and We shall certainly preserve it." (The Quran, Surah al-Hijr, 15:9.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 2.490
Ibn Masud
Narrated by
I heard the Prophet saying, "There is no envy except in two: a person whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the
right way, and a person whom Allah has given wisdom (i.e. religious knowledge) and he gives his decisions accordingly and
teaches it to the others."
Al-Muwatta Hadith
Hadith 59.1
Seeking Knowledge
Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Luqman al-Hakim made his will and counselled his son, saying, "My son!
Sit with the learned men and keep close to them. Allah gives life to the hearts with the light of wisdom as Allah gives life to
the dead earth with the abundant rain of the sky."
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 2.63
It is preferred for the imam to stand in the center of the rows and the people closest to him should be the people of intellect
and understanding……
Anas said: "The Prophet loved that the emigrants (muhajarin) and helpers (ansar) stand next to him so that they would learn
from him." This is related by Ahmad and Abu Dawud. The wisdom behind having such people close to the imam is that they
can correct him if he makes a mistake and it is easy for the imam to appoint one of them in his place if he needs to leave.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 5.100 Narrated by
Ibn Abbas
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