关于伊本·拉胡韦（Ibn Rahwai）的故事，即他作为伊玛目布哈里（Imam Bukhari）的老师，以及他所拥有的记忆天赋，这一故事一直流传于他的名下。关于伊本·拉胡韦记忆力的这则故事，在学界广为传述。有一次，他在阿卜杜拉·伊本·塔希尔（‘Abd Allah ibn Tahir）的私人书房里，与另一位学者讨论一些教法问题。两人对某部书中的一段文字产生了分歧。伊本·拉胡韦请阿卜杜拉·伊本·塔希尔从他的图书馆中取来这部书，并将书呈到两位学者面前。伊本·阿希尔（Ibn Asakir）在《大马士革史》（The History of Damascus）中记载，在这次分歧之后，伊本·拉胡韦对阿卜杜拉·伊本·塔希尔说：“打开这本书的第十一页，在第七行，你就会找到我一直所说的内容。”

The story of Ibn Róhwai, the teacher of Imam Bukhórõ, and his gift of memory is a story that has stuck to his name. The story about the memory of Ibn Rahwai is widely narrated in scholarly circles. Once he was discussing some juridical issues with another scholar in the private chambers of ‘Abd Allah ibn Tahir. They disagreed on the text of a certain book. Ibn Rahwai asked ‘Abd Allah ibn Tahir to have the book checked out from his library. The book was brought before the two scholars. Ibn Asókir writes in The History of Damascus that after this disagreement, Ibn Róhwai said to ‘Abd Allóh ibn ùóhir, “Open to the eleventh page of the book, on the seventh line you will find what I have been saying.”.

‘Abd Allah ibn Tahir翻到第十一页，发现内容与伊本·拉赫瓦伊所引的完全一致。此时，‘Abd Allah ibn Tahir顺势对伊本·拉赫瓦伊说：“我知道你记住了大量的伊斯兰教法条文，但你这种前所未有的过人记忆力，确实让我惊叹不已。”

‘Abd Allah ibn Tahir flipped to the eleventh page and found it exactly as Ibn Rahwai had quoted. At this point, ‘Abd Allah ibn Tahir rose to the occasion and said to Ibn Rahwai, “I knew you had a lot of Shari‘a rulings put to memory, but this unprecedented revelation of your sharp memory has indeed left me wonderstruck.”.

这一事件无疑表明伊本·拉胡韦的记忆非常敏锐。然而,难道我们不是在几乎每个地区、每座城市和每个村庄都能找到能够背诵《古兰经》经文、并能立即指出其在《古兰经》中位置的哈菲兹吗?事实是,在学者中,伊本·拉胡韦并不是唯一一位背诵先知ﷺ圣训的人。

This incident leaves no doubt about the sharpness of Ibn Rahwai’s memory, but is it not true that we find Huffaz in almost every area, city and village who recite ayas of the Qur’an and can instantly locate its place in the Qur’an? The reality is that Ibn Rahwai is not the only example amongst the scholars who memorized Ahadith of the Blessed Prophet (PBUH).