Az-Zuhri brought a hadith, and I met him on some road, so I took hold of his rein and said, 'O Abu Bakr, repeat to me the hadith which you told us.' He said, 'Do you want me to repeat the hadith?' I said, 'Would you not have the hadith repeated?' He said, 'No.' I said, 'And do you not write it down?' He said, 'No.'
جَاءَ الزُّهْرِيُّ بِحَدِيثٍ فَلَقِيتُهُ فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ فَأَخَذْتُ بِلِجَامِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ «أَعِدْ عَلَيَّ الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي حَدَّثْتَنَا بِهِ» قَالَ وَتَسْتَعِيدُ الْحَدِيثَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ «وَمَا كُنْتَ تَسْتَعِيدُ الْحَدِيثَ؟» قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ «وَلَا تَكْتُبُ؟» قَالَ لَا
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