Ahadith from Bukhari

[Ibn_Sadique]

Re: Ahadith from Bukhari

@Curious One

Here are a few ahadith

Bukhari

*Volume 1, Book 3, Number 121: *
*Narrated Abu Huraira: *I have memorized two kinds of knowledge from Allah’s Apostle . I have propagated one of them to you and if I propagated the second, then my pharynx (throat) would be cut (i.e. killed).

Abu Huraira himself is claiming that he abstains from saying the whole truth.

*Volume 7, Book 64, Number 268: *
*Narrated Abu Huraira: **“The Prophet said, ‘The best alms is that which is given when one is rich, and a giving hand is better than a taking one, and you should start first to support your dependents.’ A wife says, ‘You should either provide me with food or divorce me.’ A slave says, 'Give me food and enjoy my service.” A son says, “Give me food; to whom do you leave me?” The people said, "O Abu Huraira! Did you hear that from Allah’s Apostle?" He said, “No, it is from my own self.” *

Here he himself admits that he fabricated this hadith or part of this hadith.

Sahi Muslim

*Book 002, Number 0484: *
Abu Hazim reported: I was (standing) behind Abu Huraira and he was performing the ablution for prayer. He extended the (washing) of his hand that it went up to his armpit. I said to him: O Abu Huraira, what is this ablution? He said: O of the tribe of Faruukh, you are here; if I knew that you were here, I would have never performed ablution like this; I have heard my Friend (may peace be upon him) say. In a believer adornment would reach the places where ablution reaches.
Other companion of prophet is puzzled by Abu Huraira’s innovative way of performing abultion .

When we have all these traditions about Abu Huraira then why is it that we take most ahadith from him? Can somebody explain this to me.

O Curious one

You are at it again. Trying to find faults in Sahih Bukhari. I am not claiming that Sahih Bukhari is infallible – but keep in mind that it is the most authentic book after the Quran.

You remind me of the poor souls who spend their precious time looking for faults in the Quran and yet miss the entire sublime message in it. How I pity you.

Take my advice and stick to Al-Kafi for a while and let the Sunnis stick to al Bukhari.

1) For the first hadith you have quoted the answer lies in the link below:

Abu Hurayra’s Two Vessels of Knowledge - Read all of it and you will get your answer.

http://www.abc.se/~m9783/n/ahtv_e.html

*Abd Allâh ibn Amr ibn al-As. stood weeping before the Kaba which had been destroyed and burnt by the army of H.usayn ibn Numayr al-Sakûnî12 in the year 63 and said: "People! By Allâh, if Abû Hurayra had informed you that you would be fighting the grandson of your Prophet - Allâh bless and greet him and his Family - and burn the House of your Lord, you would have said there is no worse liar than Abû Hurayra! And now you know, therefore, expect Divine revenge." - Narrated from Ubayd Allâh ibn Saîd by Ibn Asâkir in Târîkh Dimashq (13:206) and cited by al-Dhahabî in the chapter on Abd Allâh ibn Amr in the Siyar (*4:266).

2) For the second hadith:

I have read but cannot find the reference for it. Take or leave it.

In this hadith Hz. Abu Huraira (ra) narrates the hadith saying; “The Prophet said……..”

So when he had narrated the full saying of the Prophet (saw), the listeners questioned him: “O Abu Huraira! Did you hear that from Allah’s Apostle?"

As he had already told them that he was relating from the Prophet (saw), his reply was rather sarcastic, saying; “No, it is from my own self.”

In other words he is saying that he had already told them that he was quoting the Prophet.

You will find that the Prophet (saw) had said the same things in many other narrations of his. So there was nothing new that Hz. Abu Huraira (ra) was adding from himself.

**3) ** There is a similar narration that Hz Bilal al Habshi (ra) used to perform the ablution in the similar method (up to armpits) because he had heard from the Prophet (saw) saying that the parts washed during the Wudu regularly will be shining brightly on the day of Qiyama and will be adorned with heavenly adornments. So Hz. Bilal used to wash all of his arms.

Now what’s your problem with that? While performing ablutions the Sunnis wash their feet thoroughly while the Shias just wipe their feet with wet hands – do you object to that too?

It is well known that Shias single out Hz. Abu Huriara (ra) for ‘special treatment’ – you are just following your instincts.

Don’t let your curiosity kill you just like the proverbial cat got done by over curiosity. As I said before - Stick to Al - Kafi and you will be in a good company

Brother Lajawab - Well said!