Arabic (Original)
أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ثنا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ تَعَاهَدُوا هَذِهِ الْمَصَاحِفَ فَلَهِيَ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ مِنْ عُقُلِهَا وَلَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِنِّي نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Hafiz informed us, from Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub, from al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Affan, from Ibn Numayr, from al-A'mash, from Shaqiq who said: Abdullah said: "Keep reviewing these scriptures, for they slip away from the hearts of men more easily than camels slip from their hobbles. And let none of you say, 'I have forgotten such and such a verse.'" The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Rather, he was made to forget." Muslim narrated it in his Sahih from Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr from his father.