Yahya ibn Saʿid narrated from Ibn al-Musayyib, who said: “Whenever Muʿawiyah gave Abu Hurayrah something, he kept silent; but when he withheld, Abu Hurayrah spoke up.” (1)

Hisham ibn ʿUrwah transmitted—through an unidentified man—from Abu Hurayrah, who said: “A single dirham that comes from this”—and it was as though he were wiping the sweat from his brow—“which I give in charity is dearer to me than a hundred thousand, and a hundred thousand, and a hundred thousand from the wealth of so-and-so.” (2)

Hazm al-Qutaʿi said: I heard al-Hasan say, “Whenever a funeral procession passed Abu Hurayrah, he would say, ‘Set out in the morning, for we shall be following; set out in the evening, for we too shall depart.’” (3)

Yunus related from Ibn Shihab, from Ibn al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurayrah … and he cited the hadith of the Prophet’s spreading out Abu Hurayrah’s cloak. He added, “From that day on I have never forgotten a single thing that was conveyed to me.” (4)

Abu Hilal narrated from al-Hasan that Abu Hurayrah said, “If I were to tell you everything that is in my pouch, you would pelt me with dung.” Al-Hasan then said, “He has spoken the truth—by Allah—had he told them that …”