Abu Waa.il Shaqeeq ibn Salamah (died 82 A.H.) memorised the Qur.aan in 2 months.
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Giving that which you love in charity
A man came asking [for charity] at the door of ar-Rabee’ ibn Khuthaym رحمه الله. So he (ar-Rabee’) said [to his family]:
‘Feed this man with sugar.’ So his family said
Dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory
‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Mahdee dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory.
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.