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].
Category: Words of Wisdom
The Jamaa’ah is what accords to the truth
The Jamaa’ah is what accords to the truth, even if you are alone.
You do not know what has been destined for him
You hope for Allaah’s Mercy for him and you fear for him because of his sins.
They used to forbid from accompanying the people of innovation
I met the best of people, all of them people of the Sunnah and they used to forbid from accompanying the people of innovation.
In search of knowledge
I heard Mak.hool say ‘I have travelled the entire earth in search of knowledge.’
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.
A servant who fasts a day in the way of Allaah
There is not a servant who fasts a day in the way of Allaah, except that Allaah removes his face from the Fire by the distance of seventy years because of that.
Fasting is a shield
Fasting is a shield with which a servant protects himself from the Fire.