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Chapter 50 · Chapter on Virtuesحَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْمُرَابِطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ: لِمَ كُنِّيتَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؟ قَالَ: أَمَا تَفْرَقُ مِنِّي ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَهَابُكَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَرْعَى غَنَمَ أَهْلِي وَكَانَتْ لِي هُرَيْرَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ، فَكُنْتُ أَضَعُهَا بِاللَّيْلِ فِي شَجَرَةٍ، فَإِذَا كَانَ النَّهَارُ ذَهَبْتُ بِهَا مَعِي، فَلَعِبْتُ بِهَا، فَكَنَّوْنِي أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ.
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Rafi': I said to Abu Hurairah: 'Why were you given the Kunyah Abu Hurairah?' He said: 'Do you not fear me?' He said: Indeed, I am in awe of you.' He said: 'I used to tend the sheep of my people, and I had a small kitten; so I used to place it in a tree at night, and during the day I would take it and play with it. So they named me Abu Hurairah.'