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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب فى فضائل بعض الصحابة الكرامChapters on the Virtues of Some Noble Companions
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ العاص رَضِىَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْاChapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, may Allah be pleased with them
Hadith 11817
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ قَالَ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ حَدِيثًا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنِّي إِلَّا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ وَكُنْتُ لَا أَكْتُبُ
(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: No man had more knowledge of hadith than me except Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), and the reason for this was that he used to write down the hadith, and I did not write.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … From these two hadiths, it is understood that Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As radi Allahu anhu had memorized more hadiths than Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu, even though the number of hadiths narrated from Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu is 5,374, and this number is many times greater than those narrated from Abdullah ibn Amr radi Allahu anhu. The reasons for this could be as follows:
1. Abdullah ibn Amr radi Allahu anhu was more engaged in worship than in teaching.
2. After the conquests, his residence was mostly in Egypt or Ta’if, whereas at that time, students did not tend to travel to those regions.
3. Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu was also distinguished by the special supplication (du‘a) of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
4. Abdullah ibn Amr radi Allahu anhu had acquired several books of the People of the Book in Syria; he would study them and narrate from them as well, so the Tabi‘in refrained from taking narrations from him.
Whereas Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu remained engaged in teaching and issuing legal verdicts (fatwa), and for this reason, more than eight hundred Tabi‘in acquired knowledge from him.
1. Abdullah ibn Amr radi Allahu anhu was more engaged in worship than in teaching.
2. After the conquests, his residence was mostly in Egypt or Ta’if, whereas at that time, students did not tend to travel to those regions.
3. Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu was also distinguished by the special supplication (du‘a) of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
4. Abdullah ibn Amr radi Allahu anhu had acquired several books of the People of the Book in Syria; he would study them and narrate from them as well, so the Tabi‘in refrained from taking narrations from him.
Whereas Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu remained engaged in teaching and issuing legal verdicts (fatwa), and for this reason, more than eight hundred Tabi‘in acquired knowledge from him.
