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.
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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…
He is responsible for him
It is befitting for a man to encourage his child in [seeking] knowledge, for he is indeed responsible for him
Seeking knowledge from students of knowledge
There are some students of knowledge who are keen to attend lessons given by [other] students of knowledge without giving importance to attending the lessons of the scholars who have managed to…
I narrated 50,000 hadeeth from memory
When Abu ‘Abdullaah ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Ahmad al-Khuttootee (d. 335AH) arrived in al-Basrah (Iraq), he had no books with him. He remained in al-Basrah for some months until his books arrived.
The result of the sins he used to do
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.