"A man came to Talhah bin 'Ubaidullah and said: 'O Abu Muhammad, do you see this Yemeni - meaning: Abu Hurairah - is he more knowledgeable of the Ahadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than you? We hear from him what we do not hear from you, or does he attribute to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what he did not say?' He said: 'As for his having heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what we did not hear from him, then that is because he was poor, having nothing, a guest of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, his hand was in the hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. And we used to be people of houses and wealth, and we used to come to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the two ends of the day. I do not doubt that he heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what we did not hear, and you will not find anyone in whom there is good attributing to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what he did not say.'"

يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَا الْيَمَانِيَ يَعْنِي أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِحَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْكُمْ نَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ مَا لاَ نَسْمَعُ مِنْكُمْ أَوْ يَقُولُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ قَالَ أَمَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ نَسْمَعْ فَلاَ أَشُكُّ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ نَسْمَعْ وَذَاكَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِسْكِينًا لاَ شَىْءَ لَهُ ضَيْفًا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدُهُ مَعَ يَدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ أَهْلَ بُيُوتَاتٍ وَغِنًى وَكُنَّا نَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَرَفَىِ النَّهَارِ فَلاَ نَشُكُّ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ نَسْمَعْ وَلاَ نَجِدُ أَحَدًا فِيهِ خَيْرٌ يَقُولُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ

[Machine] "Oh Abu Muhammad, by Allah, we do not know if this Yemeni man knows more about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than you, or if it is you. Talha turned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'By Allah, he never mentioned something that we did not hear or knew. We were a wealthy people, with houses and families. We used to come to the Prophet ﷺ during the day and then return. Abu Huraira, on the other hand, was poor, without wealth, family, or children. His hand was always with the hand of the Prophet ﷺ , and he accompanied him wherever he went. No one among us accused him of narrating something the Prophet ﷺ did not say."

يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَاللَّهِ مَا نَدْرِي هَذَا الْيَمَانِيُّ أَعْلَمُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمْ أَنْتُمْ؟ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ يَعْنِي أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ طَلْحَةُ «وَاللَّهِ مَا يَشُكُّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ نَسْمَعْ وَعَلِمَ مَا لَمْ نَعْلَمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَوْمًا أَغْنِيَاءَ لَنَا بُيُوتٌ وَأَهْلُونَ كُنَّا نَأْتِي نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ ثُمَّ نَرْجِعُ وَكَانَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ مِسْكِينًا لَا مَالَ لَهُ وَلَا أَهْلَ وَلَا وَلَدَ إِنَّمَا كَانَتْ يَدُهُ مَعَ يَدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَانَ يَدُورُ مَعَهُ حَيْثُمَا دَارَ وَلَا يَشُكُّ أَنَّهُ قَدْ عَلِمَ مَا لَمْ نَعْلَمْ وَسَمِعَ مَا لَمْ نَسْمَعْ وَلَمْ يَتَّهِمْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا أَنَّهُ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ»