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...
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The way to seek knowledge
Briefly, what is the way to seek knowledge, and may Allaah reward you with good?
The ruling regarding Sayyid Saabiq's "Fiqh as-Sunnah"
What is your opinion regarding the book "Fiqh as-Sunnah" of Sayyid Saabiq?
When his house burnt down
Abu 'Amr al-'Alaa's home was full of books. So when his house burnt down, all that we took from him (in terms of knowledge) thereafter until he died was from his memory.
Concern for his students
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen provided free accommodation and support to foreign students, easing the hardships they faced while seeking knowledge.
The Shaykh grieves upon hearing about the death of Shaykh Ibn Baaz
Shaykh al-Albaanee's reaction on being told, the very same day, of the death of Shaykh Ibn Baaz.
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].
Do not waste this knowledge
Do not waste this knowledge [over] which we have laboured.
I know more
For 20 years I have not heard from any man who narrates hadeeth except that I know more about it than him.
So I asked Allaah for more than that
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.