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TIL The most prolific narrator of hadiths (non Quranic stories and sermons of the Prophet) was known by the kunyah Abu Hurayrah "Father of a Kitten". Abu Hurayrah is a controversial figure as many of his 5374 hadiths lack witnesses to confirm them.

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