The Value of  Knowledge | Story of Imām Ahmad being burgled

AbduℓLāh the son of Imām Ahmad Ibn Hanbal narrates an incident where Imām Ahmad's belongings were stolen....

"We arrived in Makkah at a residence where a Shaikh by the name of Abū Bakr Ibn Samā'a was residing, he said: "Abū AbduℓLāh (Ahmad Ibn Hanbal came and resided in this residence, and I was a young boy (at the time) so my mother said to me: "Stick with this man and serve him, for indeed he is a righteous man, so I used to serve him (help, do chores etc) whilst he used to go out seeking knowledge of Hadīth.

(So one day) his possessions and his cloth were stolen. So when he came, my mother said to him, "Thieves entered upon you and stole your cloth". 

So he said, "what occurred to the slates?" 

So my mother said to him, "They are there on the arch". 

And he did not ask about anything else other than them".

تهذيب الكمال ٤٥٩/١q

Consider the example, his possessions have been stolen, yet the only item his mind is concerned with is his writing slates with knowledge upon them

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