He says that he has a desire to memorise the [well-known] texts in fiqh and hadeeth while he is young; he then plans to study them when he is older and apply [that knowledge].
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After he had read it only once
Regarding Abul-Ma’aadee Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Abil-‘Ashaa.ir al-Halabee (died 789A.H.), it has been narrated that he memorised Soorah al-An’aam in his youth, after he had read it only once.
Did not make a single mistake
Ishaaq ibn Raahawayh dictated 11,000 hadeeth to us from memory. He then read them (what he had dictated) to us and [found he] had not made a single mistake [in what he had dictated to us].
Memorised the Qur.aan
Abu Waa.il Shaqeeq ibn Salamah (died 82 A.H.) memorised the Qur.aan in 2 months.
A strong memory
I have never memorised anything and thereafter forgotten it.
How to teach our children the authentic ‘aqeedah
How do we teach our children the correct ‘aqeedah?
He did not make a single mistake
One of the teachers at the Jam’iyyah Tahfeeth al-Qur.aan al-Kareem in Madeenah recited from the beginning of Soorah al-Baqarah to the end of Soorah al-‘Israa; [he did so] from memory, without…
Indeed I have memorised it all
I am not concerned if the book of Sufyaan was stolen from me, for indeed I have memorised it all.
Dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory
‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Mahdee dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory.
Start by memorising the Qur.aan
Which of the two is better for the student of knowledge when he starts out seeking knowledge – memorising the Book of Allaah ﷻ or merely reciting it