Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 263 – Volume 3, Book 34

English

Volume 3, Book 34, Number 263:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
You people say that Abu Huraira tells many narrations from Allah's Apostle and you also wonder
why the emigrants and Ansar do not narrate from Allah's Apostle as Abu Huraira does. My emigrant
brothers were busy in the market while I used to stick to Allah's Apostle 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 Apostle once
said, "Whoever spreads his garment till I have finished my present speech and then gathers it to him –
self, will remember whatever I will say." So, I spread my colored garment which I was wearing till
Allah's Apostle had finished his saying, and then I gathered it to my chest. So, I did not forget any of
that narrations.