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Muhammad ibn Salaam al-Baykandee’s pen broke whilst in the gathering of a Shaykh, so he announced a pen for a deenaar, whereby pens began to fall upon him [from all directions].

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 have in my house [something] I wrote 50 years [ago] and have not read it since I [first] wrote it. Certainly, I know which book it is in, [and] which page it is on [and] which line it is on

None of our companions were better at memorising hadeeth than him (Yahyaa ibn Yamaan); He would memorise 500 hadeeth in a single sitting.

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 have not heard a man narrate hadeeth except that I know more about it than him; [however] I had forgotten some knowledge if a man was to memorise that he would be an ‘aalim.

It is befitting for a man to encourage his child in [seeking] knowledge, for certainly he is responsible for him

I narrated 50,000 hadeeth from memory until my books arrived.

Certainly, I consider a man who has forgotten knowledge which he used to possess to be the result of the sins he used to do.