al-Ḥasan ibn Sufyān said: I heard ʿAlī ibn Ḥujr recite:
Our fixed allotment is one hundred for the travelling seeker
every day—besides whatever else he may receive;
be they Sharikiyyāt or Hushaymiyyāt—
concise, first-rate hadiths of jurisprudence.⦗1⦘

He also recited on another occasion—after they had asked him to increase the number:
Each day I count out a hundred for you,
hadith by hadith; I shall not add a single letter.
If any report among them runs long,
I shall claim from you cash in proportion to its length.
If you are content, then listen to them straightaway;
otherwise, go and bring someone who will narrate you a thousand.

Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Daghūlī said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar ibn Khāqān narrated to us:
Some of the elders of Marw sent sugar, rice, and a garment to ʿAlī ibn Ḥujr. He returned the gift and wrote to him:
A messenger came to me from you with words
that bore a trace of coldness and reserve.
I was astonished, then said: Exalted is our Lord—
such things are surely among weighty matters.
My effort would be for naught were I to sell my honour
after ninety pilgrimages for mere trifles.
Through patience and forbearance toward my brothers
I hope to attain the Abode of Peace.
What you have proposed belittles a man like me
in the eyes of people of intellect and insight.

Al-Bukhārī said: ʿAlī ibn Ḥujr died in Jumādā al-Ūlā, the year 244 AH.
Al-Bāshānī added: It was on a Wednesday, midway through the month.

Aḥmad ibn Hibat Allāh informed us, ʿAbd al-Muʿizz ibn Muḥammad reported to us, Zāhir the copyist reported to us, Abū al-Qāsim ibn Abī al-Faḍl al-Harrās reported to us, Abū Ṭāhir Muḥammad ibn al-Faḍl ibn Khuzaymah narrated to us, my grandfather Abū Bakr narrated to us; ʿAlī ibn Ḥujr narrated to us, saying