‘Abdul-A’laa said to me: Certainly he who has been given knowledge which does not cause him to weep, then it is feared he has not been given knowledge which benefits him.
Category: Knowledge
That which is befitting for a man
It is befitting for a man who hears something from the manner of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ, that he holds firm to it.
I also got cupped and gave the cupper a deenaar
There isn’t a hadeeth I have scribed except that I have acted in accordance to it; Even when I learnt that the Prophet ﷺ was cupped and gave Abu Taybah a deenaar [for cupping him], I also got cupped and gave the cupper a deenaar.
Knowledge which is not spoken with
Knowledge which is not spoken with, is like treasure which is not spent.
I do not know
I accompanied Ibn ‘Umar (radhi-yAllaahu ‘anhumaa) for 34 months, and [during this time] whenever he was asked a question, he would respond with: I do not know. He then turned to me and said: Do you know what these [people] wanted, they wanted to use our backs as a bridge for themselves to Hell.
Act according to what you have learnt
Learn, learn, and when you have learnt, then act [according to what you have learnt].
Until when will a man continue to seek knowledge
Until when will a man [continue to] write hadeeth? He said: Until he dies, and the remaining ink will [then] be poured into his grave.
A loaf of bread with pickles
We used to pass by [Imaam] al-Baghawee, and ad-Daaraqutnee [who at the time was only] a small boy, would walk behind us – in his hand was a loaf of bread with pickles on it.
Indeed I have memorised it all
I am not concerned if the book of Sufyaan was stolen from me, for indeed I have memorised it all.
Dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory
‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Mahdee dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory.