I used to attend the lessons of Qataadah when I was 14 years old, and there is nothing which I heard in those years except that it is as if it has been written (etched) in (on) my heart.
Category: Knowledge
What prevented you from travelling to az-Zuhree?
He said: I did not have any (enough) dirhams (money).
The good of hadeeth
Indeed, [knowledge of] hadeeth is the best of [all] the knowledge of this world.
From where did you come by this knowledge?
And certainly, when I drunk [it] I asked Allaah for beneficial knowledge.
Adhere to the Ahlul-Hadeeth
I heard ash-Shaafi’ee say: Adhere to the Ahlul-Hadeeth, for certainly they are the most correct people.
I found a particular aspect of Arabic grammar difficult
I found a particular aspect of Arabic grammar difficult, so I spent 80,000 dirhams in order to become proficient in it.
I left having benefited with knowledge
Never did I meet Hamzah ibn Muhammad, except that I left [his presence] having benefited with knowledge
A means to all excellence
Knowledge is a means to all excellence.
The most amazing of those who memorised in our time
From amongst the most amazing of those who memorised [knowledge] in our time was Ibn Taymiyyah; He would read a book only once and it would be etched in his mind (i.e. he would have memorised it).
Out of fear that it may rest upon my heart
Whilst I would walk through the market of Baghdad, I could hear the sound of female singers from the rooms, so I would put my fingers in my ears.