Sahih Muslim Book - 44, Hadith - 6399

وحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ : أَلاَ يُعْجِبُكَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ جَاءَ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى جَنْبِ حُجْرَتِي يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يُسْمِعُنِي ذَلِكَ ، وَكُنْتُ أُسَبِّحُ ، فَقَامَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَقْضِيَ سُبْحَتِي ، وَلَوْ أَدْرَكْتُهُ لَرَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لَمْ يَكُنْ يَسْرُدُ الْحَدِيثَ كَسَرْدِكُمْ. قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ : وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ : إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ : يَقُولُونَ : إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَدْ أَكْثَرَ ، وَاللَّهُ الْمَوْعِدُ ، وَيَقُولُونَ : مَا بَالُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالأَنْصَارِ لاَ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ مِثْلَ أَحَادِيثِهِ ؟ وَسَأُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ : إِنَّ إِخْوَانِي مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ كَانَ يَشْغَلُهُمْ عَمَلُ أَرَضِيهِمْ ، وَإِنَّ إِخْوَانِي مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ كَانَ يَشْغَلُهُمُ الصَّفْقُ بِالأَسْوَاقِ ، وَكُنْتُ أَلْزَمُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى مِلْءِ بَطْنِي ، فَأَشْهَدُ إِذَا غَابُوا ، وَأَحْفَظُ إِذَا نَسُوا ، وَلَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا : أَيُّكُمْ يَبْسُطُ ثَوْبَهُ ، فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْ حَدِيثِي هَذَا ، ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُهُ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ ، فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَنْسَ شَيْئًا سَمِعَهُ فَبَسَطْتُ بُرْدَةً عَلَيَّ ، حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ ، ثُمَّ جَمَعْتُهَا إِلَى صَدْرِي ، فَمَا نَسِيتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ شَيْئًا حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ ، وَلَوْلاَ آيَتَانِ أَنْزَلَهُمَا اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ مَا حَدَّثْتُ شَيْئًا أَبَدًا : {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَا أَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالْهُدَى} إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَتَيْنِ. وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّارِمِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ، عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ ، وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ : إِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ : إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُكْثِرُ الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، بِنَحْوِ حَدِيثِهِمْ.

It was narrated from 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair that 'Aishah said: "Are you surprised that Abu Hurairah came and sat beside my apartment and narrated from the Prophet (s.a.w) so that I could hear it. But I was offering a voluntary prayer, and he left before I finished my prayer. If I had caught up with him I would have told him: 'The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) did not speak as quickly as you do.'" Ibn Shihab said: "Ibn Al-Musayyab said: 'Abu Hurairah said: "They say that Abu Hurairah narrates too much (A Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w)), and the reckoning is with Allah. They say: 'Why don't the Muhajirin and Ansar narrate as much as he does?' I will tell you about that. "My brothers among the Ansar were busy working the land, and my brothers among the Muhajirin were busy trading in the marketplace. But I used to stay close to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) in return for enough to eat. Hence I was present when they were absent, and I remembered when they forgot. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said one day: 'Who among you will spread out his cloak and listen to what I say, then gather it to his chest, then he will not forget anything that he hears.' So I spread out a garment that I was wearing, until he finished speaking, then I gathered it to my chest, and after that day I did not forget anything that he told me. Were it not for two verses that Allah revealed in His Book, I would never have narrated anything: 'Verily, those who conceal Al-Bayyinat (the clear proofs, evidences) and the guidance, which We have sent down" to the end of the two Verses.