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Abu Hurayra

Islamic Scholars, Jurists & Sufi Teachers

Abu Hurayra, born Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr al-Dawsi around 603 CE and known by a nickname meaning father of a kitten, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and is considered the most prolific narrator of hadith. Born to the Banu Daws clan of the Zahran tribe, he converted to Islam around 629 CE after the Battle of Khaybar and joined the Suffah community in Medina. He served as a muezzin sent to Bahrain and briefly governed Bahrain under the caliph Umar. He is credited with memorizing more than 5,000 hadiths that produced over 500,000 narrator chains, and the four Sunni schools of law all draw on hadith attributed to him, though some Shia scholars have questioned his reliability. He died in 679. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Historically attested 1
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Islam 1
Life
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from 603 1
Identity
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Male 1
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Islam, Religions
Source Abu Hurayra (Wikipedia)

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Islam, Religions
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Nationality

Rashidun Caliphate

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First Islamic state, Islamic Medina Rashidun Caliphate Umayyad Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate

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Source Abu Hurayra (Wikipedia)Infobox: death_place
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Medina, Umayyad Caliphate (present-day Saudi Arabia)

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Medina

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Sources
1. Abu Hurayra (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Abū Hurayra ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr al-Dawsī al-Zahrānī (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة عَبْد ٱلرَّحْمَٰن بْن صَخْر ٱلدَّوْسِيّ ٱلزَّهْرَانِيّ; c. 603-679), commonly known as Abu Hurayra (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة; lit. 'father of a kitten'), was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and considered the most prolific hadith narrator.
  • lead paragraph
    (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة عَبْد ٱلرَّحْمَٰن بْن صَخْر ٱلدَّوْسِيّ ٱلزَّهْرَانِيّ; c. 603-679)
  • Lead section: gender
    He migrated to Medina, became a member of the Suffah, and lived in Muhammad's house.
  • Lead, first sentence
    Abū Hurayra ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr al-Dawsī al-Zahrānī (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة عَبْد ٱلرَّحْمَٰن بْن صَخْر ٱلدَّوْسِيّ ٱلزَّهْرَانِيّ; c. 603-679), commonly known as Abu Hurayra (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة; lit. 'father of a kitten'), was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and is considered the most prolific hadith
  • Lead
    Abū Hurayra ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr al-Dawsī al-Zahrānī (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة عَبْد ٱلرَّحْمَٰن بْن صَخْر ٱلدَّوْسِيّ ٱلزَّهْرَانِيّ; c. 603-679), commonly known as Abu Hurayra (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة; lit. 'father of a
  • Belongs to Tradition: Islam, Lead section
    was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and is considered the most prolific hadith narrator.
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