It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umarah bin Amr bin Hazm that he sat in a gathering in which Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was present, and more than ten elderly men from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were also seated there. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) began narrating to them the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); some of those Companions would not recognise a hadith and some would recognise it, until he had done this several times. On that day I came to know that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was the person with the best memory of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).