Quotes, Status on Listening: Listening to the known content and speech as if knowing it first time

 Ibn Jurayj, said ‘Ātā’a bin Rabah [may Allāh bestow mercy upon them] said:

“A person would narrate a hadeeth to me, I would remain silent and listen to him, as if I had not heard the hadeeth before. Whereas, I would know the hadeeth, before he was born.”

Siyar A’lām an-Nubalā’a, 5/86 | Al-Imām adh-Dhahabi [may Allāh have mercy on him]