Umar beat Abu Huraira for narrating hadith excessively Sunni Brothers says that the Shia falsly reject him, there is proof that the Sunni reject him to. The first man who was unkind to him was the second Caliph, Umar Bin Khattab. Ibn Athir and Ibn Abil-Hadid in his Sharhe-Nahjul-Balagha, Volume III, page 104 (printed in Egypt), and several others have reported that after Caliph Umar appointed Abu Huraira governor of Bahrain in 21 A.H., the people informed the Caliph that Abu Huraira had amassed great wealth and had purchased many horses. Umar therefore deposed him in 23 A.H. As soon as Abu Huraira entered the court, the Caliph said: O enemy of Allah and enemy of His Book! Have you stolen Allahs property? He replied, I never committed theft, but the people have given me gifts. Ibn Saad in Tabaqat, Volume IV, page 90, Ibn Hajar Asqalani in Isaba, and Ibn Abd-e-Rabbih in Iqdul-Farid, Volume I, write that the Caliph said: When I made you the governor of Bahrain, you had not even shoes on your feet, but now I have heard that you have purchased horses for 1,600 dinars. How did you acquire this wealth? He replied, These were mens gifts which profit has multiplied much. The Caliphs face grew red with anger, and he lashed him so violently that his back bled. Then he ordered the 10,000 dinars which Abu Huraira had collected in Bahrain be taken from him and deposited in the account of the Baitu-Mal. This was not the first time that Umar beat Abu Huraira. Muslim writes in his Sahih, Volume I, page 34, that during the time of the Prophet, Umar Bin Khattab beat Abu Huraira so severely that the latter fell down on the ground.
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