the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم instructed him to spread out his shawl on the ground, thus, he spread out his shawl and then the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم mentioned some Ahadith and told him to fold the shawl and hold it to his chest. After this, the memory of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ become so strong that he remembered everything that he رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ heard from the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and never forgot it. (Ikmal, Qastalani vol. 1, p. 212; ‘Umda-tul-Qaari, vol. 1, p. 194)

His students

He رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ has the honour of narrating the most Ahadith, i.e. 5374 Ahadith. (Sharh Nawawi, vol. 1, p. 67) In relevance to this great treasure, he رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ has a long list of students. His list of students contains the names of 28 Sahabah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم, and countless Tabi’een also took from these glimmering pearls of Ahadith, thus, gaining the honour of being his students. (Mustadrak Lil-Hakim, vol. 4, p. 656, Raqm. 6233) According to Imam Bukhari رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه, the number of Noble Sahabah  and Tabi’een رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم that narrated Ahadith from him exceeds 800. (Istee’ab, vol. 4, p. 334) 

Blessings of the Prophetic Du’a

Once, he رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ entered the Prophetic court with some dried dates and requested Du’a for blessings, so the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم made a Du’a of blessings for them. He صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then told him to place them in his pouch, and to eat and to feed others from it, but never to empty it out completely.

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه! Through the blessings of this Prophetic Du’a, this pouch became so blessed that even after more than 25 years had passed, he رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ would still take out dried dates from it and eat them himself and feed them to others too. In fact, he رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ also gave away