hafiz Abū Zur‘a是一位著名的伊玛目，也是人名学（asma’ al-rijjal，即传述人传记学）领域的杰出学者。伊本·阿比·哈提姆记载了关于他的这样一个故事：

Hafiz Abñ Zur‘a was a famous imam and a distinguished scholar in the science of the biographies of narrators [asma’ al-rijjal]. Ibn Abõ ûótim has narrated this story about him:

有一次,名叫穆罕默德·伊本·穆斯林的伊本·瓦拉和绰号为“Fadluk al-Saigh”的法德勒·伊本·阿拔斯来到哈菲兹·阿布·祖尔阿(Abū Zur‘a)处。两人就某条伊斯兰教法裁决展开争论。伊本·瓦拉引用一段圣训来支持自己的立场,但法德鲁克拒绝接受这段圣训,并坚持认为这不是该圣训的正确措辞。伊本·瓦拉问道:“那么这段圣训的正确措辞是什么?”

Once Ibn Wara, whose name was Muúammud ibn Muslim, and Fadl ibn ‘Abbas, whose nickname was Fadluk al-Saigh, came to Hafiz Abñ Zur‘a. Both of them began to argue about some Shari‘a ruling. Ibn Wara quoted a Hadīth to support his position, but Fadluk rejected the Hadīth and insisted that it was not the correct wording of the Hadīth. Ibn Wara asked, “Then what are the proper words of this Hadīth?”.

法都克按照他认为正确的方式引述了这段圣训。辩论继续进行时,艾布·祖尔阿静静地听着。伊本·瓦拉随后转向艾布·祖尔阿,问道:“这段圣训的确切原文是什么?”

Fadluk quoted the Hadīth in the way he thought was correct. As the debate continued, Abñ Zur‘a quietly listened. Ibn Wara then turned to Abñ Zur‘a and asked, “What are the actual words of the Hadīth?”.

艾布·祖尔阿避而不答,但伊本·瓦拉坚持追问,艾布·祖尔阿说:"去叫我的侄子艾布·卡西姆来。"

Abñ Zur‘a avoided answering, but when Ibn Wara insisted Abñ Zur‘a said, “Go call my nephew, Abñ al-Qósim.”.

当艾布·库瑟姆（Abū al-Qāsim）到来时，哈菲兹·艾布·祖尔阿（Ḥāfiẓ Abū Zur‘a）对他说："你去图书馆，别动第一、第二和第三层书架。在之后的那层书架上，你会找到一册书。除了第十七册，不要拿其他任何一册，把它拿给我。"

When Abñ al-Qósim arrived, ûófiþ Abñ Zur‘a said to him, “Go to the library, leave the first, second and third shelf. In the shelf after, you will find a volume of books. Do not pick any other except the seventeenth volume and bring it to me.”.

Abū al-Qāsim 去了一趟，带着书回来了。Ḥāfiẓ Abū Zur‘a 翻阅书页，直到找到记载该圣训的那一页。他把打开的书递给 Ibn Wāra。Ibn Wāra 读完了这段圣训，然后承认了自己的错误。

Abñ al-Qósim went and returned with the book. ûófiþ Abñ Zur‘a flipped through the pages until he reached the page on which the úadīth was written. He handed the open book over to Ibn Wara. Ibn Wóra read through the úadīth and then acknowledged his mistake.

在这件事之后，我们应当思考艾卜·祖尔阿（Abū Zur‘a）的说法。伊本·哈哲尔（Ibn Ḥajar）在其《教法精华》（al-Tahdhīb）中转述了艾卜·贾法尔·塔斯塔里（Abū Ja‘far Tastarī）的记载，称艾卜·祖尔阿说："我抄写圣训已有五十年，所有的书都在我家里。自我抄写以来，我从未再翻阅过那些圣训，但我知道每一段圣训在哪本书中、哪一页、哪一行。"11

After this incident, we should contemplate the claim of Abñ Zur‘a, which has been narrated by Ibn ûajar with reference from Abñ Ja‘far Tastarõ in his book al-Tahþõb. Abñ Zur‘a claimed, “Fifty years have passed since I have written aúódõth, and all the books are in my house. From the time I wrote them, I have never read those aúódõth, but I know which Hadīth is in what book, on what page and on what line.”11

同样,伊玛目沙尔比说:“我从未动笔写过(即从未记录圣训),也从未因为忘记了某段圣训而要求传述人重复。”12

Similarly, Imam Sha‘ba says, “I have never put pen to paper [i.e. never wrote Ahadith] and never did I have to request a narrator to repeat a Hadith because I have forgotten it.”12

类似的事例还有很多,多到大概需要另一本书才能将它们全部叙述完毕。不过,上面提到的这几个事例,已足以让人窥见这些学者非凡的记忆力。

There are numerous incidents of this kind, so many in fact that it would take perhaps another book to attempt to narrate them all. These few incidents which have been mentioned; however, should suffice to gauge the extraordinary memories of these scholars.

Shid ibn Ismā'īl 是 Imam Bukhārī 的同学。他本人亲眼目睹了以下事件。他叙述道：

ûóshid ibn Ismó’õl was a classmate of Imam Bukhórõ. He himself was an eyewitness to the following incident. He narrates:

当伊玛目布哈里还是个小男孩时，他来到我们的课堂学习圣训。一般来说，学生们会记下老师讲述的圣训。然而，我们注意到伊玛目布哈里静静地坐着，听老师讲课，却什么也不记。我们默默观察了几天，但当他仍然这样时，我们开始责备他在课堂上浪费时间，不记任何东西。伊玛目布哈里对这些指责置之不理，也没有反驳。

Imam Bukhari was still a young boy when he came to our class to learn aúódõth with us. Generally, students noted down the aúódõth of the teacher as he narrated them. However, we would notice Imam Bukhórõ sitting quietly, listening to the teacher without writing anything down. For some days we observed this with silence, but when he continued to behave in this manner, we started to chide him for wasting time in the class and not writing anything down. Imam Bukhórõ ignored these objections and did not rebut them.

有一天，人们对他说教太多，他便生气了。他说："你们想说什么？去把你们的笔记拿来，坐在我周围，我会凭记忆把你们所写的一切都背诵出来。"

One day, people lectured him too much, and he became angry. He said, “What are you trying to say? Go bring your notes, sit here around me and I will, by memory, say everything you have written.”.

Rashid 终于承认:“他凭记忆背诵了超过一万五千条圣训。”

ûóshid finally admits, “He recited over fifteen thousand aúódõth from memory.”