I drank some [Zam Zam water] once, whilst I was [just] beginning my studies in hadeeth, and asked Allaah to bless me with [strength of memory of] the calibre of ath-Thahabee in memorising hadeeth.
Tag: hadeeth
Take to fasting, there is nothing like it
‘O Messenger of Allaah tell me of an action by which I may enter Paradise?’ He ﷺ said:
Take to fasting, there is nothing like it.
This would affirm his deceit
If I saw a man leaving his home without an inkwell or pen to seek [knowledge of] hadeeth, [then] this would affirm his deceit.
He would memorise 500 hadeeth in a single sitting
None of our companions were better at memorising hadeeth than him (Yahyaa ibn Yamaan); He would memorise 500 hadeeth in a single sitting.
There is nothing I have except that I recall its isnaad
I have written [ahaadeeth] from more than 1,000 Shaykhs, and from each one I have [taken] 10,000 ahaadeeth; There is nothing I have except that I recall its isnaad.
I know more about it than him
For 20 years, I have not heard a man narrate hadeeth except that I know more about it than him; [however] I had forgotten some knowledge [the extent of which] if a man was to memorise that [which I…
I narrated 50,000 hadeeth from memory
When Abu ‘Abdullaah ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Ahmad al-Khuttootee (d. 335AH) arrived in al-Basrah (Iraq), he had no books with him. He remained in al-Basrah for some months until his books arrived.
al-Haafidh
Asked whether their own Shaykh had reached the rank of al-Haafidh, Shaykh al-Albaanee firmly redirected the question elsewhere.
Glad tidings for the believer
Moved to tears on hearing of a dream in which the Prophet ﷺ named him as a reference in matters of hadeeth, Shaykh al-Albaanee prayed Allaah would make him better than people thought of him.
I declare war against those who reject the hadeeth
By Allaah, that I [declare] war against those who reject the hadeeth of the Messenger ﷺ is more beloved to me than that I should war against the same number of Non-Muslims.