Allah Granted Imam al-Nasa'i Exceptional Memory

Allah Almighty blessed Imam al-Nasa'i with extraordinary memorization power. Al-Dhahabi even ranked him higher than Imam Muslim in terms of hadith memorization.

SB Ibn Yunus al-Misri: EB Ibn Yunus al-Misri said: «كان النسائي إماما فى الحديث ثقة ثبتا حافظا» [Al-Bidayah 123] — “Al-Nasa'i was an Imam in hadith, trustworthy, reliable, and a hadith memorizer.”

SB al-Subki: EB Al-Subki said: «سألت شيخنا أبا عبدالله الذهبي الحافظ وسألته أيهما أحفظ مسلم بن الحجاج صاحب الصحيح أو النسائي فقال : النسائي» [Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyyah 2/84] — “I asked my teacher, the hadith scholar al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi, ‘Who has a better memory of hadith, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (compiler of Sahih Muslim) or al-Nasa'i?’ He replied: Al-Nasa'i.”

SB Hafiz al-Suyuti: EB Hafiz al-Suyuti said: «الحافظ أحد الحفاظ المتقنين» [Husn al-Muhadara 1/147] — “Al-Nasa'i was one of the highly proficient hadith memorisers.”