'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.
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 رضي الله عنهما 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
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.
Narrating hadeeth and not adopting it
It was said to ash-Shaafi'ee رحمه الله: 'Do you take this hadeeth O Abaa 'Abdillaah?' So he said
I have not memorised anything and then forgotten it
I have not heard anything except that I have memorised it, and I have not memorised anything and then forgotten it.
Seek benefit from them
I heard a talk from 'Ali ibn al-Madeenee which amazed me. He read to us the hadeeth of al-ghaar, then said
The importance of the chain of narration
Do not look at the [text of the] hadeeth, rather look at the isnaad [to see] if it is authentic [then look at the text of the hadeeth], otherwise do not.