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[Machine] He said, "People say that Abu Hurairah narrates the most, but by Allah, if it were not for two verses in the Book of Allah, I would not have narrated any hadeeth. Then he recited the following two verses: 'Verily, those who conceal what We have sent down of evidences and guidance...' (Al-Baqarah 2:159)." Then he mentioned the hadeeth.  

أحمد:٧٢٧٦حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ أَكْثَرَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَاللهِ لَوْلَا آيَتَانِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ مَا حَدَّثْتُ حَدِيثًا ثُمَّ يَتْلُو هَاتَيْنِ الْآيَتَيْنِ {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَا أَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالْهُدَى} [البقرة 159] فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ