Abu Hurairah

Abu Hurairah (ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr al-Dawsī) was from the Banu Daws tribe of Yemen. He arrived in Madinah after the Battle of Khaybar (~7 AH), later than most Companions, yet became the single most prolific narrator of hadith in Islamic history, over 5,000 narrations. He explained this: 'The Muhajirun were busy in the markets, the Ansar in their fields. I stuck to the Prophet ﷺ with my hungry stomach.' He was the most famous resident of Ahl aṣ-Ṣuffah, choosing to remain in the masjid shelter even after his mother purchased a house in Madinah. He later served as the governor of Bahrain under Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb.