Did you know?
The real name of Hazarat Abu Hurairah was Abd al-Shams (servant of the sun) and one place it is quoted as Umar!! but as a child, he had a cat and he always keep this cat in his sleeve all the time, therefore he known as "Abu Hurairah" (which literally means "Father of the Kitten") although his many Hadiths are not trustworthy.
What is real name of Abu Hurairah?
Muhaddith their death year and no of Ahadith as follows;
Abu Hurayrah D/59. 5,374 Ahadith
Aisha Siddique d/58. 2286 Ahadith
Abdullah bin Abbas d/68 1669 Ahadith
Abdullah bin Umar. D/74 1630 Ahadith
Jabir bin Abdullah d/78 1560 Ahadith
Anas bin Malik d/96 1286 Ahadith
Abu Saeed al-Khudari d/74 1174 Ahadith
Beside this group of Shahabas wrote down Ahadith to name few;
Shahifa of Ali bin Abi Talib
Shahifa of Sad bin Abdullah al-Ansari
Shahifa of Abdullah bin Abi Awfi
Nukshah of Samurah bin Jundab
Kitab of Abu Rafi Maula ar-Rasul
Kitab of Abu Hurayrah
Shahifa of Jabir bin Abdullah Al-Ansari
Sadiqah of Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As
Abu Hurayrah D/59. 5,374 Ahadith
Aisha Siddique d/58. 2286 Ahadith
Abdullah bin Abbas d/68 1669 Ahadith
Abdullah bin Umar. D/74 1630 Ahadith
Jabir bin Abdullah d/78 1560 Ahadith
Anas bin Malik d/96 1286 Ahadith
Abu Saeed al-Khudari d/74 1174 Ahadith
Beside this group of Shahabas wrote down Ahadith to name few;
Shahifa of Ali bin Abi Talib
Shahifa of Sad bin Abdullah al-Ansari
Shahifa of Abdullah bin Abi Awfi
Nukshah of Samurah bin Jundab
Kitab of Abu Rafi Maula ar-Rasul
Kitab of Abu Hurayrah
Shahifa of Jabir bin Abdullah Al-Ansari
Sadiqah of Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As
It does not mean he heard Prophet Saw and reported 5000 Ahadith.d.ahmad wrote:Abu Hurayra narrated 5,000 hadiths out of 7,000 in Bukhari. He only was a companion for 2-3 years. That means he memorized a huge amount of hadiths per day which is very unrealistic. Yet Sunnis still say he is thiqa lol. Not reliable at all.
He spent 36 years after Prophet's death collecting, studying, remembering and writing down Ahadith.