Mirror

Abu Hurayrah  رضي الله عنه  used to say:

The believer is the mirror of his brother. If he sees any fault in him, he corrects it.

[Al adab al mufrad]

Abu Hurayra did not like to make supplications in gathering where those who broke ties of kinship were present

On one Thursday night gathering, Abu Hurayrah  رضي الله عنه  said,”I urge everyone who has broken ties of kinship to get up and leave us.” No one got up until he had said this three times. Then a young man got up and went to see a (paternal) aunt of his who he had forsaken for two years. When he entered, she said,” O son of my brother, what brings you here?” He said,” I heard Abu Hurayrah  رضي الله عنه  say such and such.” She told him,” Go back to him and ask him why he said that.” Abu Hurayrah  رضي الله عنه  said, “I heard the Prophet  صلى الله عليه وسلم  say:

The deeds of the sons of Adam are shown to Allah every Thursday evening, night preceding Friday, and the deeds of one who break the ties of kinship are not accepted.

[Al Adab al Mufrad]

You may expect destruction to befall you when …

حدثنا إبراهيم بن عبد الله ، ثنا محمد بن إسحاق ، ثنا قتيبة بن سعيد ، ثنا الفرج بن فضالة ، عن أبي سعيد ، عن أبي هريرة ، قال : ” إذا زوقتم مساجدكم ، وحليتم مصاحفكم ، فالدمار عليكم

 Abdur Rahman As Sakhr Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) said,”You may expect destruction to befall you when you begin to adorn your mosques, and embellish your Qur’an Mushafs(masahif).”

Hilyatul Awliya

Fasting in the winter

حدثنا أبو بكر بن مالك ، ثنا عبد الله بن أحمد بن حنبل ، ثنا هدبة بن خالد ، ثنا همام ، ثنا قتادة ، عن أنس ، عن أبي هريرة ، قال : ” ألا أدلكم على غنيمة باردة؟ قالوا : ماذا يا أبا هريرة؟ قال : الصوم في الشتاء

‘Abdur Rahman As Sakhr Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) said, “Shall I not not point out to you an easy and cool booty? The people asked,”What is it, O Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) ?” He replied,”Fasting in the winter.”

Hilyatul Awliya

…but rather my hunger made me fall.”

حدثنا أبو محمد بن حيان ، ثنا أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد الخزاعي ، ثنا موسى بن إسماعيل ، ثنا أبو هلال ثنا محمد بن سيرين ، عن أبي هريرة ، قال : ” لقد رأيتني أصرع بين منبر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وبين حجرة عائشة رضي الله تعالى عنها ، فيقول الناس : إنه مجنون وما بي جنون ، ما بي إلا الجوع “

Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) said,”Sometimes I fell unconcious in between the minbar of Rasulullah  (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and the chamber of ‘Aisha (رضي الله عنها) and people would say, “Verily he is mad!” However (Allah knows best) that I am not mad, but rather my hunger made me fall.”

Hilyatul Awliya

Indeed, this man has disobeyed Abul-Qasim

Abu Sha`tha’ said: We were sitting with Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) in the mosque when the Mu’adhdhin proclaimed the Adhan. A man stood up in the mosque and started walking out. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) stared at him till he went out of the mosque. Upon this Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: Indeed, this man has disobeyed Abul-Qasim (PBUH).

[Muslim].

Takbir in markets

Al-Bukhari said,

“Ibn `Umar RA and Abu Hurayrah RA used to go out in the marketplace during the (first) ten days (of dhulhijjah) and say Takbir, and the people would say Takbir when they said Takbir.”

Statements of Abu Hurayrah[RA]

‘You have not been truly sincere to yourselves! You hope for what you will not attain, you gather (of food) what you will not eat and you build homes which you will not live in.’

‘One of you sees the speck of dust in his brother’s eye but he forgets the twig that’s in his eye.’

Once, Abu Hurayrah entered the masjid and saw a young boy. He said to him, ‘O young boy! Go to your family and help them.’ The boy said, ‘I’ve only come to pray.’ So he said, ‘In that case, you are the sabiq (foremost; ahead of others) and I am the musalli (one who prays with/behind the others).’

Abu al-Mutawakil: ‘When Abu Hurayrah and his companions used to fast, they’d sit down at dawn and say, ‘Let us purify our sins.’

He (radhiallahu `anhu) used to pray a third of the night, and his wife used to pray a third of the night and his son also used to pray a third of the night. When one of them slept, the other would stand in prayer.

Kitab uz zuhd by Imam Ahmad

I noticed concerning your great desire for [learning] ḥadīth…

حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏عَمْرٍو ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏ ‏رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ‏ ‏أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَسْعَدُ النَّاسِ بِشَفَاعَتِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ ظَنَنْتُ يَا ‏ ‏ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ‏ ‏أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَنِي عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَحَدٌ أَوَّلُ مِنْكَ لِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ حِرْصِكَ عَلَى الْحَدِيثِ ‏ ‏أَسْعَدُ النَّاسِ بِشَفَاعَتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ خَالِصًا مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ

Abū Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “I asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, who will be the most fortunate of mankind in receiving your intercession on the Day of Resurrection?’ He replied, ‘I certainly thought, O Abū Hurairah, that no one would ask me about this ḥadīth before you, because of what I noticed concerning your great desire for [learning] ḥadīth. The most fortunate of mankind to receive my intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be those who say ‘Lā ilāha illa Allah’ sincerely, of their own accord.’”

(Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī)

The House in which the Quran is Recited

It is reported that ‘Abdullâh b. Mas’ûd – Allâh be pleased with him – said:

The house in which the Qur’ân is not recited is like a derelict house that has no one to maintain it.

It is also reported that he said:

Verily the emptiest of houses are those that are empty of the Book of Allâh.

It is reported that Abû Hurayrah – Allâh be pleased with him – used to say about the house in which the Qur’ân is recited:

It becomes spacious for its inhabitants, the good of it becomes plentiful, the angels come to it and the devils leave it. And the house in which the Qur’ân is not recited becomes cramped for its inhabitants, has little good in it, and the devils come to it.

Ibn Abî Shaybah, Al-Musannaf articles 30645, 30647 and 30650.