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Manaaqib al-Imaam Ahmad – v1, p184
Abu Daawood (rahima-hullaah) said:
I met 200 scholars of knowledge, and I have not seen anyone like Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
He would not delve into anything like what the people delve into.
So when [anything related to] knowledge was mentioned, [it was] then [that] he would speak.