حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا
حُسَيْنٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبَةُ ، أَخْبَرَنِي
عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ
ابْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ
زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا إِذَا جِئْنَاهُ ، قُلْنَا : حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : إِنَّا قَدْ
كَبُرْنَا وَنَسِينَا ، وَالْحَدِيثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَدِيدٌ .
Ibn Abi Layla says that when we would go to Hazrat Zaid bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) and request him to narrate a hadith, he would say that we have grown old and have forgotten, and narrating a hadith from the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is a very difficult task.