Podcasts religion Yusuf Circle Sheffield S1 - Abu Hurayrah (ra) -Physical description - broad shoulders, his hair in 2 braids

S1 - Abu Hurayrah (ra) -Physical description - broad shoulders, his hair in 2 braids

Published: Nov. 8, 2023, 10:29 p.m.

Abu Hurayrah (ra) Session 1\nThe Father of The Cat\n\nPhysical description - broad shoulders, his hair in 2 braids, had a gap between his teeth (Siyar).\nHe was born 10 years before the proclomation of Prophethood.\n\nIn the words of Abu Hurayrah (ra) 'I came to The Messenger \ufdfa after Kaybur (7AH) I was 30 at that time' (Al Isaabah).\n\n'My name during the period of ignorance was Abd-ash Shams ibn Sakhr and I was named Abdur Rehman after embracing Islam' (Haakim).\n\nA shuddering, Abdullah ibn Raafi (rah) once asked Abu Hurayrah (ra) how did you get your sobriquet?\nI grazed sheep/goats of my family and I had a small cat that i cared for.... Thus the people called me Abu Hurayrah (ra) (Tirmidhi).\n\nThe Messenger \ufdfa saw him with a cat in his arms and thus called him Abu Hirr (Mirqaat).