Telah diketahui bahwa Abu Hurairah meriwayatkan kumpulan Hadis terbesar, yang juga didokumentasikan. Imam Ibnu ‘Abdil Barr meriwayatkan dari Hasan bin ‘Amr, yang berkata:

It is known that Abu Huraira recorded the largest collection of Ahadith, which was also documented. Imam Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr narrates on the authority of Hasan ibn ‘Amr, who says:

Saya meriwayatkan sebuah hadits kepada Abu Hurairah, tetapi dia menolaknya. Saya berkata, "Saya telah mendengar hadits ini darimu."

I narrated a hadīth to Abñ Huraira but he rejected it. I said, “I have heard this hadīth from you.”.

Dia berkata, "Jika engkau telah mendengar hadis ini dariku, maka aku harus menuliskannya untuk engkau." Ia memegang tanganku dan membawaku ke kamarnya. Ia menunjukkan kepadaku perpustakaan bukunya yang berisi riwayat-riwayatnya dari Nabi ﷺ. Ia menemukan hadis yang telah kuriwayatkan di dalam buku-buku itu. Setelah itu, Abū Hurairah berkata kepadaku, .

He said, “If you have heard this hadīth from me, then I must have it written down.” He held my hand and took me to his room. He showed me his library of books that comprised of his narrations from the Blessed Prophet (PBUH). He found the hadīth I had narrated in the books. After that, Abñ Huraira said to me, .