Yusuf Circle Sheffield

Abu Hurayrah (ra) Session 1 The Father of The Cat Physical description - broad shoulders, his hair in 2 braids, had a gap between his teeth (Siyar). He was born 10 years before the proclomation of Prophethood. In the words of Abu Hurayrah (ra) 'I came to The Messenger ﷺ after Kaybur (7AH) I was 30 at that time' (Al Isaabah). 'My name during the period of ignorance was Abd-ash Shams ibn Sakhr and I was named Abdur Rehman after embracing Islam' (Haakim). A shuddering, Abdullah ibn Raafi (rah) once asked Abu Hurayrah (ra) how did you get your sobriquet? I 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). The Messenger ﷺ saw him with a cat in his arms and thus called him Abu Hirr (Mirqaat).