Hadith No: 1
Ibn Hajar - Al-Isabah fi Tamyiz al-Sahabah - Abu Hurayrah, the one wronged (ra)
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (69)
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- .... They said: Umar forbade him from narrating hadith and said to him: "You must abandon narrating from Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), or I will certainly send you to the land of Daws." This from Umar indicates the falsehood of Abu Hurayrah, and the response is that Abu Hurayrah felt it was imperative to inform people of what he heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) to absolve himself from the sin of withholding knowledge. This compulsion led him to increasingly narrate hadith, so he would often recount many of the narrations (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) in a single gathering. However, Umar (ra) believed that people should firstly occupy themselves with the Quran and that narrations from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) should be minimal, except for those pertaining to actions. He did not want them to hear narrations of concessions, lest they become reliant on them, nor complex hadith that might be beyond their understanding. He was also concerned about those who narrated excessively making errors in their narrations. For all these reasons, Umar prohibited the companions from excessive narration and spoke sternly to Abu Hurayrah, threatening him with exile because he was the companion who narrated the most hadith....

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Reference: Al-Isaabah Fi Tamyeez al-Sahaabah Book 1

Hadith No: 2
Ibn Kathir - Al-Bidayah wa'l-Nihayah - Then the year 59 AH entered
Mention of those who died in this year from the notable figures and notables
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (370/371)
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- .... Abu Zur'ah al-Dimashqi said: Muhammad ibn Zur'ah al-Ra'ini narrated to me, who said: Marwan ibn Muhammad narrated to us, who said: Sa'id ibn Abd al-Aziz narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Abd Allah from al-Sa'ib ibn Yazid, who said: I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab say to Abu Huraira: "You will either stop narrating hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), or I will send you to the land of Dus." And he said to Ka'b al-Ahbar: "You will either stop narrating from the First (i.e., the Torah) or I will send you to the land of the monkeys."

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Reference: Al-Bidaayah wa al-Nihaayah Book 11

Hadith No: 3
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq (History of Damascus) - Letter Qaf - 5817: Ka'b ibn Matta' ibn Haysayou
Volume: (50) - Page Number: (171/172)
- Abu al-Qasim ibn al-Samarqandi narrated to us, saying: Abu Muhammad al-Kattani narrated to us, saying: Tamam ibn Muhammad and Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr and Abu Nasr ibn al-Jundi and Abu Bakr al-Qattan and Abu al-Qasim ibn Abi al-Aqib narrated to us, saying: Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Zur'ah al-Ra'in narrated to us, and Abu Muhammad ibn al-Ukfani narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Aziz al-Kattani narrated to us, saying: Tamam ibn Muhammad and Abd al-Rahman ibn Uthman and Aqil ibn Ubaydullah narrated to us, and Abu Muhammad ibn al-Ukfani narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Hasan ibn Abi Hadid narrated to us, saying: Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Qasim narrated to us, saying: Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Zur'ah narrated to us, saying: Marwan narrated to us from Sa'id ibn Abd al-Aziz from Isma'il ibn Ubaydullah from al-Sa'ib ibn Yazid, who said: "I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab say to Abu Huraira, 'You will either stop narrating Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), or I will send you to the land of Dus.'" And a word meaning "Dus" was missing from Abu Bakr's book, and he said to Ka'b: "You will either stop narrating Hadith, or I will send you to the land of the monkeys."

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Reference: Tarikh e Damishq Book 50

Hadith No: 4
Ibn Shabah al-Namiri - Tarikh al-Madina
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (800)
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- .... Saeed said: And Umar said to Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him): "You will either stop narrating hadith from رسول الله (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), or I will send you to the land of al-Tufaykh" - meaning the land of his people - "And he said to Ka'b: You will either stop narrating hadith, or I will send you to the land of al-Qarya."

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Reference: Taareekh al-Madinah al-Munawwarah Book 3

Hadith No: 5
Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi - Kanz al-'Ummal fi Sunan al-Aqwal wal-Af'al
Volume: (10) - Page Number: (291)

29472 - From al-Sa'ib ibn Yazid, who said: I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab say to Abu Huraira: "You will either stop narrating hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), or I will send you to the land of Daws." And he said to Ka'b: "You will either stop narrating hadith, or I will send you to the land of the monkeys."

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Reference: Kanz al-Ummaal fi Sunan al-Aqwaal wa al-Af'aal Book 10