I found a particular aspect of Arabic grammar difficult, so I spent 80,000 dirhams in order to become proficient in it.
Tag: knowledge
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).
Allaah is Most-Giving
He used to ask about my children and encourage his [own] children to visit me, may Allaah have Mercy upon Abu ‘Abdullaah.
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.
Nothing I have ever memorised
There is nothing I have [ever] memorised and then [later] forgotten.
I have never revised a hadeeth
I have never revised a hadeeth, and nor have I ever had any doubt in [the memorisation of] a hadeeth, except one hadeeth; and when I questioned my colleague about it, [I found] it was [exactly] as I had memorised [it].
The issue is one of desire
I am more knowledgeable about the extent of the importance of this book, and Allaah knows best.
I am a historian
I am a historian. I have not visited a country/city in this world except that I have written its history, and Allaah knows best.