I have not heard anything except that I have memorised it, and I have not memorised anything and then forgotten it.
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The prayer for need and memorising the Qur.aan
I have heard about the prayer of need and the prayer for memorising the Qur.aan; So are these two prayers [legislated] or not?
Knowledge
Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorised.
Qataadah was the best at memorising
From amongst the people of al-Basrah, Qataadah was the best at memorising; whatever he heard, he would memorise. The book ‘Saheefatu-Jaabir’ was read to him [only] once and he memorised it [all].
So I asked him about the remedy for memorising
I have never seen Wakee’ with a book in his hands, rather, he memorised. So I asked him about the remedy for memorising and he said: ‘If I taught you the remedy would you use it?’ I said
Not considered knowledge
Any knowledge which cannot accompany its possessor to the toilet is not considered knowledge.
I did not make a single mistake
I was ill for 2 years, and when I got better, I read the Qur.aan [from memory] and I did not make a single mistake.
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…