English translation
2666. Abū Hurairah said: "There was a man among the Anṣār who would sit with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and he would listen to the Aḥādīth of the Prophet ﷺ and he was amazed with them but he could not remember them. So he complained about that to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. He said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! I listen to your Aḥādīth and I am amazed but I can not remember them.' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Help yourself with your right hand' and he motioned with his hand as if writing." (Ḍa'if) There is something on this topic from 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr. [Abū 'Eīsā said:] The chain for this Hadīth is not that strong. I heard Muḥammad bin Ismā'īl saying: "Al-Khalīl bin Murrah (a narrator in the chain) is Munkar in Hadīth."
