I grew up an orphan, migrated as a poor man, and worked as a hired hand for the daughter of Ghazwan in exchange for food to fill my belly and shoes for my feet. I would gather firewood for them when they camped and chant to drive their mounts forward when they rode. So praise be to Allah, who made the religion a pillar of support and made Abu Hurayra a leader.
حدثنا أبو عمر حفص بن عمرو حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن مهدي حدثنا سليم بن حيان سمعت أبي يقول سمعت
نشأت يتيما وهاجرت مسكينا وكنت أجيرا لابنة غزوان بطعام بطني وعقبة رجلي أحطب لهم إذا نزلوا وأحدو لهم إذا ركبوا فالحمد لله الذي جعل الدين قواما وجعل أبا هريرة إماما
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Bukhari related it in Tarikh al-Kabir 3/54, Ibn Saad 4/326, Bayhaqi 6/120, and Abu Naeem in Hilyat Awliya 1/379, through routes from Sulaym, with this wording. Busiri said, "This isnad is sahih, mawquf."Jayyan bin Bistam was deemed reliable by Ibn Hibban. His hadith has a sahih corroborating witness with Ibn Saad, and another witness with Abu Naeem in Hilyat Awliya and Ibn Asakir in Tarikh Dimashq, though it contains Ibn Lahia, who practiced tadlis.