Will we come to know in Paradise or on the Day of Judgment the knowledge that the Messenger, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, did not inform us of, including the knowledge that Allah commanded to be concealed and that He specifically bestowed upon Abu Hurairah?
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, delivered the message completely and did not single out any of the Companions with knowledge that would set him apart from the Ummah in what it needed. The claim that some Companions were singled out with knowledge, or that the has an outer and an inner meaning, is a lie and a slander. There is no knowledge that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered to be concealed. Rather, he ordered the propagation and dissemination of knowledge, and among that is his saying: "May Allah illuminate a person who hears something from us and conveys it as he heard it, for many a conveyer is more understanding than a hearer." As for the of Abu Hurairah: "I memorized two vessels from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. As for one of them, I disseminated it. As for the other, if I were to disseminate it, this throat would be cut off," the vessel that Abu Hurairah did not disseminate consists of Hadiths about tribulations (fitan) that mention the names of some of their rulers.
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