66 - THE BOOK OF THE VIRTUES OF THE QUR'AN

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4978, 4979. Narrated 'Aishah and Ibn 'Abbās: رضي الله عنهم: The Prophet ﷺ remained in Makkah for ten years, during which the Qur'an used to be revealed to him; and he stayed in Al-Madīna for ten years.

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4978 - حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ شَيْبَانَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ، وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ، قَالاَ: «لَبِثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَكَّةَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، يُنْزَلُ عَلَيْهِ القُرْآنُ وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ»

English translation

4978, 4979. Narrated 'Aishah and Ibn 'Abbās: رضي الله عنهم: The Prophet ﷺ remained in Makkah for ten years, during which the Qur'an used to be revealed to him; and he stayed in Al-Madīna for ten years.

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4978 - حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ شَيْبَانَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ، وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ، قَالاَ: «لَبِثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَكَّةَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، يُنْزَلُ عَلَيْهِ القُرْآنُ وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ»

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4980. Narrated Abū 'Uthmān: I was informed that Jibrīl (Gabriel) came to the Prophet ﷺ while Umm Salama was with him. Jibrīl started talking (to the Prophet ﷺ). Then the Prophet ﷺ asked Umm Salama, 'Who is this?' She replied, "He is Dihya (Al-Kalabī)." When Jibrīl had left, Umm Salama said, "By Allāh, I did not take him for anybody other than him (i.e., Dihya) till I heard in the Khutba (religious talk) of the Prophet ﷺ wherein he informed about the news of Jibrīl." The subnarrator asked Abū 'Uthmān, "From whom have you heard that?" Abū 'Uthmān said, "From Usāma bin Zaid."

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4980 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ: أُنْبِئْتُ أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعِنْدَهُ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ، فَجَعَلَ يَتَحَدَّثُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ: «مَنْ هَذَا؟» أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ، قَالَتْ: هَذَا دِحْيَةُ، فَلَمَّا قَامَ، قَالَتْ: وَاللَّهِ مَا حَسِبْتُهُ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ، حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ خُطْبَةَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُخْبِرُ خَبَرَ جِبْرِيلَ، أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ، قَالَ أَبِي: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عُثْمَانَ: مِمَّنْ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: مِنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ

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4981. Narrated Abū Hurairah: رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "There was no Prophet among the Prophets but was given miracles because of which people had security or had Belief, but what I have been given, is the Divine Revelation which Allāh has revealed to me. So I hope that my followers will be more than those of any other Prophet on the Day of Resurrection."

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4981 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ المَقْبُرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ نَبِيٌّ إِلَّا أُعْطِيَ مَا مِثْلهُ آمَنَ عَلَيْهِ البَشَرُ، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُ وَحْيًا أَوْحَاهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيَّ، فَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ تَابِعًا يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ»

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4982. Narrated Anas bin Mālik: رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Allāh sent down His Divine Revelation to His Messenger ﷺ continuously and abundantly during the period preceding his death till He took him unto Him. That was the period of the greatest part of revelation; and Allāh's Messenger ﷺ died after that.

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4982 - حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: «أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى تَابَعَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الوَحْيَ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ، حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ أَكْثَرَ مَا كَانَ الوَحْيُ، ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدُ»

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4983. Narrated Jundub: Once, the Prophet ﷺ fell ill and could not offer the night prayer (Tahajjud prayer) for a night or two. A woman (the wife of Abū Lahab) came to him and said, "O Muḥammad! I do not see but that your Satan has left you." Then Allāh revealed (Sūrat Ad-Duhā):

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4983 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ جُنْدَبًا، يَقُولُ: " اشْتَكَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمْ يَقُمْ لَيْلَةً - أَوْ لَيْلَتَيْنِ - فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا أُرَى شَيْطَانَكَ إِلَّا قَدْ تَرَكَكَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَالضُّحَى وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَى مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَى} [الضحى: 2] "

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4984. Narrated Anas bin Mālik: رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: The Caliph 'Uthmān ordered Zaid bin Thābit, Sa'īd bin Al-'Ās, 'Abdullāh bin Az-Zubair and 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Al-Hārīth bin Hishām to write the Qur'ān in the form of a book (Muṣḥaf) and said to them. "In case you disagree with Zaid bin Thābit (Al-Anṣārī) regarding any dialectic Arabic utterance of the Qur'ān, then write it in the dialect of Quraish, for the Qur'ān was revealed in their (Quraish) dialect." So they did it.

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4984 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو اليَمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: «فَأَمَرَ عُثْمَانُ، زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ، وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ العَاصِ، وَعَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، أَنْ يَنْسَخُوهَا فِي المَصَاحِفِ»، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فِي عَرَبِيَّةٍ مِنْ عَرَبِيَّةِ القُرْآنِ فَاكْتُبُوهَا بِلِسَانِ قُرَيْشٍ، فَإِنَّ القُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ بِلِسَانِهِمْ فَفَعَلُوا»

English translation

4985. Narrated Ṣafwān bin Ya'lā bin Umaiyya. Ya'lā used to say, "I wish I could see Allāh's Messenger ﷺ at the time he is being inspired Divinely." When the Prophet ﷺ was at Al-Jī'rāna and was shaded by a garment hanging over him and some of his Companions were with him, a man perfumed with scent came and said, "O Allāh's Messenger! What is your opinion regarding a man who assumes Iḥrām and puts on a cloak after perfuming his body with scent?" The Prophet ﷺ waited for a while, and then the Divine Revelation came to him. 'Umar pointed out to Ya'lā, telling him to come. Ya'lā came and pushed his head (underneath the screen which was covering the Prophet ﷺ) and behold! The Prophet's face was red and he was breathing heavily for a while and then he was relieved. Thereupon he said, "Where is the questioner who asked me about 'Umra a while ago?" The man was sought and then was brought before the Prophet ﷺ who said (to him), "As regards the scent which you perfumed your body with, you must wash it off thrice, and as for your cloak, you must take it off; and then perform in your 'Umra all those things which you perform in Hajj.”

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4985 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءٌ، وَقَالَ: مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَعْلَى بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ، أَنَّ يَعْلَى، كَانَ يَقُولُ: لَيْتَنِي أَرَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ يُنْزَلُ عَلَيْهِ الوَحْيُ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبٌ قَدْ أَظَلَّ عَلَيْهِ، وَمَعَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مُتَضَمِّخٌ بِطِيبٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، كَيْفَ تَرَى فِي رَجُلٍ أَحْرَمَ فِي جُبَّةٍ، بَعْدَ مَا تَضَمَّخَ بِطِيبٍ؟ فَنَظَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَاعَةً فَجَاءَهُ الوَحْيُ، فَأَشَارَ عُمَرُ إِلَى يَعْلَى: أَنْ تَعَالَ، فَجَاءَ يَعْلَى فَأَدْخَلَ رَأْسَهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ مُحْمَرُّ الوَجْهِ، يَغِطُّ كَذَلِكَ سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: «أَيْنَ الَّذِي يَسْأَلُنِي عَنِ العُمْرَةِ آنِفًا» فَالْتُمِسَ الرَّجُلُ فَجِيءَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «أَمَّا الطِّيبُ الَّذِي بِكَ فَاغْسِلْهُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَأَمَّا الجُبَّةُ فَانْزِعْهَا، ثُمَّ اصْنَعْ فِي عُمْرَتِكَ كَمَا تَصْنَعُ فِي حَجِّكَ»

English translation

4986. Narrated Zaid bin Thâbit رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Abû Bakr Aş-Siddîq sent for me when the people of Yamâma had been killed (i.e., a number of the Prophet's Companions who fought against Mûsailima). (I went to him) and found 'Umar bin Al-Khaţţâb sitting with him. Abû Bakr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ then said (to me), "Umar has come to me and said: 'Casualties were heavy among the Qurra' of the Qur'an (i.e., those who knew the Qur'an by heart) on the day of the battle of Yamâma, and I am afraid that more heavy casualties may take place among the Qurra' on other battlefields, whereby a large part of the Qur'an may be lost. Therefore I suggest you (Abû Bakr) order that the Qur'an be collected." I said to 'Umar, "How can you do something which Allâh's Messenger ﷺ did not do?" 'Umar said, "By Allâh, that is a good thing to be done." 'Umar kept on urging me to accept his proposal till Allâh opened my chest for it and I began to realise the good in the idea which 'Umar had realised." Then Abû Bakr said (to me), "You are a wise young man and we do not have any suspicion about you, and you used to write the Divine Revelation for Allâh's Messenger ﷺ. So you should search for (the fragmentary scripts of) the Qur'an and collect it (in one book)." By Allâh! If they had ordered me to shift one of the mountains, it would not have been heavier for me than this ordering me to collect the Qur'an. Then I said to Abû Bakr, "How will you do something which Allâh's Messenger ﷺ did not do?" Abû Bakr replied, "By Allāh, it is a good thing to be done.” Abū Bakr kept on urging me to accept his idea until Allāh opened my chest for what He had opened the chests of Abū Bakr and ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما. So I started looking for the Qur’ān and collecting it from (what was written on) palm-leaf stalks, thin white stones and also from the men who knew it by heart, till I found the last Verse of Sūrat At-Tauba (Repentance) with Abī Khuzaima Al-Anṣārī, and I did not find it with anybody other than him. The Verse is: “Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger (Muḥammad ﷺ) from amongst yourselves (i.e., whom you know well). It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty...” (till the end of “Sūrat Barā’a (At-Tauba) (V.9:128,129). Then the complete manuscript of the Qur’ān remained with Abū Bakr till he died, then with ‘Umar till the end of his life, and then with Ḥafṣa, the daughter of ‘Umar رضي الله عنه.

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4986 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ السَّبَّاقِ، أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: «أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَقْتَلَ أَهْلِ اليَمَامَةِ، فَإِذَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الخَطَّابِ عِنْدَهُ»، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: إِنَّ عُمَرَ أَتَانِي فَقَالَ: إِنَّ القَتْلَ قَدْ اسْتَحَرَّ يَوْمَ اليَمَامَةِ بِقُرَّاءِ القُرْآنِ، وَإِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يَسْتَحِرَّ القَتْلُ بِالقُرَّاءِ بِالْمَوَاطِنِ، فَيَذْهَبَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ القُرْآنِ، وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَأْمُرَ بِجَمْعِ القُرْآنِ، قُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ: «كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟» قَالَ عُمَرُ: هَذَا وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ، «فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عُمَرُ يُرَاجِعُنِي حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللَّهُ صَدْرِي لِذَلِكَ، وَرَأَيْتُ فِي ذَلِكَ الَّذِي رَأَى عُمَرُ»، قَالَ زَيْدٌ: قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنَّكَ رَجُلٌ شَابٌّ عَاقِلٌ لاَ نَتَّهِمُكَ، وَقَدْ كُنْتَ تَكْتُبُ الوَحْيَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَتَتَبَّعِ القُرْآنَ فَاجْمَعْهُ، «فَوَاللَّهِ لَوْ كَلَّفُونِي نَقْلَ جَبَلٍ مِنَ الجِبَالِ مَا كَانَ أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ مِمَّا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ مِنْ جَمْعِ القُرْآنِ»، قُلْتُ: «كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟»، قَالَ: هُوَ وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ، " فَلَمْ يَزَلْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يُرَاجِعُنِي حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللَّهُ صَدْرِي لِلَّذِي شَرَحَ لَهُ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، فَتَتَبَّعْتُ القُرْآنَ أَجْمَعُهُ مِنَ العُسُبِ وَاللِّخَافِ، وَصُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ، حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ آخِرَ سُورَةِ التَّوْبَةِ مَعَ أَبِي خُزَيْمَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ لَمْ أَجِدْهَا مَعَ أَحَدٍ غَيْرِهِ، {لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ} [التوبة: 128] حَتَّى خَاتِمَةِ بَرَاءَةَ، فَكَانَتِ الصُّحُفُ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللَّهُ، ثُمَّ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ حَيَاتَهُ، ثُمَّ عِنْدَ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ "

English translation

4987. Narrated Anas bin Mālik رضي الله عنه: Ḥudhaifa bin Al-Yamān came to ‘Uthmān at the time when the people of Shām and the people of Irāq were waging war to conquer Armīniya and Adharbijān. Ḥudhaifa was afraid of their (the people of Shām and Irāq) differences in the recitation of the Qur’ān. So he said to ‘Uthmān, “O chief of the believers! Save this nation before they differ about the Book (the Qur’ān) as Jews and the Christians did before them.” So ‘Uthmān sent a message to Ḥafṣa saying, “Send us the manuscript of the Qur’ān so that we may compile the Qur’ānic materials in perfect copies and return the manuscript to you.” Ḥafṣa sent it to ‘Uthmān. ‘Uthmān then ordered Zaid bin Thābit, ‘Abdullāh bin Az-Zubair, Sa’īd bin Al-‘Āṣ and ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin Ḥārīṭ bin Hishām to copy the (original) manuscript perfectly. ‘Uthmān said to the three Quraishī men, "In case you disagree with Zaid bin Thābit on any point in the Qur'an, then write it in the dialect of Quraish as the Qur'an was revealed in their tongue." They did so, and when they had written many copies, 'Uthmān returned the original manuscripts to Hāfša. 'Uthmān sent to every Muslim province one copy of what they had copied, and ordered that all the other Qur'anic materials, whether written in fragmentary manuscripts or whole copies, be burnt.

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4987 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، حَدَّثَهُ: أَنَّ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ اليَمَانِ، قَدِمَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ وَكَانَ يُغَازِي أَهْلَ الشَّأْمِ فِي فَتْحِ أَرْمِينِيَةَ، وَأَذْرَبِيجَانَ مَعَ أَهْلِ العِرَاقِ، فَأَفْزَعَ حُذَيْفَةَ اخْتِلاَفُهُمْ فِي القِرَاءَةِ، فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ لِعُثْمَانَ: يَا أَمِيرَ المُؤْمِنِينَ، أَدْرِكْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةَ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْتَلِفُوا فِي الكِتَابِ اخْتِلاَفَ اليَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى، فَأَرْسَلَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ: «أَنْ أَرْسِلِي إِلَيْنَا بِالصُّحُفِ نَنْسَخُهَا فِي المَصَاحِفِ، ثُمَّ نَرُدُّهَا إِلَيْكِ»، فَأَرْسَلَتْ بِهَا حَفْصَةُ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَأَمَرَ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ، وَعَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ العَاصِ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ فَنَسَخُوهَا فِي المَصَاحِفِ "، وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ لِلرَّهْطِ القُرَشِيِّينَ الثَّلاَثَةِ: «إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ القُرْآنِ فَاكْتُبُوهُ بِلِسَانِ قُرَيْشٍ، فَإِنَّمَا نَزَلَ بِلِسَانِهِمْ» فَفَعَلُوا حَتَّى إِذَا نَسَخُوا الصُّحُفَ فِي المَصَاحِفِ، رَدَّ عُثْمَانُ الصُّحُفَ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ، وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى كُلِّ أُفُقٍ بِمُصْحَفٍ مِمَّا نَسَخُوا، وَأَمَرَ بِمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ القُرْآنِ فِي كُلِّ صَحِيفَةٍ أَوْ مُصْحَفٍ، أَنْ يُحْرَقَ

English translation

4988. Zaid bin Thābit added, "A Verse from Sūrat Al-Ahzāb was missed by me when we copied the Qur'an and I used to hear Allāh's Messenger ﷺ reciting it. So we searched for it and found it with Khuzaima bin Thābit Al-Anṣārī. (That Verse was): "Among the believers are men who have been true in their covenant with Allāh." (V.33:23)

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4988 - قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: وَأَخْبَرَنِي خَارِجَةُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، سَمِعَ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: " فَقَدْتُ آيَةً مِنَ الأَحْزَابِ حِينَ نَسَخْنَا المُصْحَفَ، قَدْ كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ بِهَا، فَالْتَمَسْنَاهَا فَوَجَدْنَاهَا مَعَ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ: {مِنَ المُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ} [الأحزاب: 23] فَأَلْحَقْنَاهَا فِي سُورَتِهَا فِي المُصْحَفِ "

English translation

4989. Narrated Zaid bin Thābit: Abū Bakr sent for me and said, "You used to write the Divine Revelations for Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. So you should search for (the Qur'an and collect) it." I started searching for the Qur'an till I found the last two Verses of Sūrat At-Tauba with Abī Khuzaima Al-Anṣārī and I could not find these Verses with anybody other than him. (They were): "Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger (Muhammad ﷺ) from amongst yourselves. (i.e., whom you know well.) It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty..." (V.9:128,129)

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4989 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ ابْنَ السَّبَّاقِ، قَالَ: إِنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ، قَالَ: أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: إِنَّكَ كُنْتَ تَكْتُبُ الوَحْيَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَاتَّبِعِ القُرْآنَ، " فَتَتَبَّعْتُ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ آخِرَ سُورَةِ التَّوْبَةِ آيَتَيْنِ مَعَ أَبِي خُزَيْمَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، لَمْ أَجِدْهُمَا مَعَ أَحَدٍ غَيْرِهِ، {لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ} [التوبة: 128] إِلَى آخِرِهِ "

English translation

4990. Narrated Al-Barā': There was revealed: "Not equal are those believers who sit (at home), and those who strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allāh..." (V.4:95) The Prophet ﷺ said, "Call Zaid for me and let him bring the board, the inkpot and the scapula bone (or the scapula bone and the inkpot)." Then he said, "Write: 'Not equal are those believers who sit...'" and at that time 'Amr bin Umm Maktūm, the blind man, was sitting behind the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "O Allāh's Messenger! What is your order for me (as regards the above Verse) as I am a blind man?" So, instead of the above Verse, the following Verse was revealed: "Not equal are those believers who sit (at home), except those who are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame, etc.) and those who strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allāh." (V.4:95)

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4990 - حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ البَرَاءِ، قَالَ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: {لاَ يَسْتَوِي} [النساء: 95] القَاعِدُونَ مِنَ المُؤْمِنِينَ {وَالمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ} [النساء: 95]، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «ادْعُ لِي زَيْدًا وَلْيَجِئْ بِاللَّوْحِ وَالدَّوَاةِ وَالكَتِفِ - أَوِ الكَتِفِ وَالدَّوَاةِ -» ثُمَّ قَالَ: " اكْتُبْ {لاَ يَسْتَوِي القَاعِدُونَ} [النساء: 95] " وَخَلْفَ ظَهْرِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَمْرُو بْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الأَعْمَى، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي، فَإِنِّي رَجُلٌ ضَرِيرُ البَصَرِ؟ فَنَزَلَتْ مَكَانَهَا: {لاَ يَسْتَوِي القَاعِدُونَ مِنَ المُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء: 95] {وَالمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ} [النساء: 95] {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء: 95]

English translation

4991. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Jibrīl (Gabriel) recited the Qur'an to me in one (1) (Ch. 5) This does not mean that everything in it can be recited in seven different ways, but it means that some of its words can be read in seven different ways which is the maximum number of variations. way. Then I requested him (to read it in another way), and continued asking him to recite it in other ways, and he recited it in several ways till he ultimately recited it in seven different ways."

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4991 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، حَدَّثَهُ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «أَقْرَأَنِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَرَاجَعْتُهُ، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَسْتَزِيدُهُ وَيَزِيدُنِي حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ»

English translation

4992. Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭab: رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ I heard Hishām bin Hākīm reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān during the lifetime of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and I listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited it in several different ways which Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had not taught me. I was about to jump over him during his Ṣalāt (prayer), but I controlled my temper, and when he had completed his Ṣalāt (prayer), I put his upper garment around his neck and seized him by it and said, "Who taught you this Sūrah which I heard you reciting?" He replied, "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ taught it to me." I said, "You have told a lie, for Allāh's Messenger ﷺ has taught it to me in a different way from yours." So, I dragged him to Allāh's Messenger and said (to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ), "I heard this person reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān in a way which you haven't taught me!" On that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Release him, (O 'Umar!) Recite, O Hishām!" Then he recited in the same way as I heard him reciting. Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "It was revealed in this way," and added, "Recite, O 'Umar!" I recited it as he had taught me. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ then said, "It was revealed in this way. This Qur'ān has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever (way) is easier for you (or read as much of it as may be easy for you)."

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4992 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ المِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَبْدٍ القَارِيَّ، حَدَّثَاهُ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ، يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الفُرْقَانِ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَاسْتَمَعْتُ لِقِرَاءَتِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، لَمْ يُقْرِئْنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَكِدْتُ أُسَاوِرُهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ، فَتَصَبَّرْتُ حَتَّى سَلَّمَ، فَلَبَّبْتُهُ بِرِدَائِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُكَ تَقْرَأُ؟ قَالَ: أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: كَذَبْتَ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا قَرَأْتَ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ بِهِ أَقُودُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ بِسُورَةِ الفُرْقَانِ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ لَمْ تُقْرِئْنِيهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَرْسِلْهُ، اقْرَأْ يَا هِشَامُ» فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ القِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَأُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كَذَلِكَ أُنْزِلَتْ»، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «اقْرَأْ يَا عُمَرُ» فَقَرَأْتُ القِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي أَقْرَأَنِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كَذَلِكَ أُنْزِلَتْ إِنَّ هَذَا القُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ»

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4993. Narrated Yūsuf bin Māhāk: While I was with Āishah رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا the Mother of the believers, a person from 'Irāq came and asked, "What type of shroud is the best?" Āishah said, "May Allāh be Merciful to you! What does it matter?" He said, "O Mother of the believers! Show me (the copy of) your Qur'an." She said, "Why?" He said, "In order to compile and arrange the Qur'an according to it, for people recite it with its Sūrah not in proper order." Āishah said, "What does it matter which part of it you read first? (Be informed) that the first thing that was revealed thereof was a Sūrah from Al-Muṣaṣṣal, and in it was mentioned Paradise and the (Hell) Fire. When the people embraced Islām, the Verses regarding legal and illegal things were revealed. If the first thing to be revealed was: 'Do not drink alcoholic drinks,' people would have said: 'We will never leave alcoholic drinks'; and if there had been revealed: 'Do not commit illegal sexual intercourse,' they would have said, 'We will never give up illegal sexual intercourse.' While I was a young girl of playing age, the following Verse was revealed in Makkah to Muḥammad ﷺ: 'Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.' (V.54:46) "Sūrat Al-Baqarah (The Cow) and Sūrat An-Nisā' (The Women) were revealed while I was with him." Then 'Āishah took out the copy of the Qur'ān for the man and dictated to him the Verses of the Sūrah (in their proper order).

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4993 - حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَهُمْ، قَالَ: وَأَخْبَرَنِي يُوسُفُ بْنُ مَاهَكٍ، قَالَ: إِنِّي عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ المُؤْمِنِينَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، إِذْ جَاءَهَا عِرَاقِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّ الكَفَنِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَتْ: وَيْحَكَ، وَمَا يَضُرُّكَ؟ " قَالَ: يَا أُمَّ المُؤْمِنِينَ، أَرِينِي مُصْحَفَكِ؟ قَالَتْ: لِمَ؟ قَالَ: لَعَلِّي أُوَلِّفُ القُرْآنَ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُقْرَأُ غَيْرَ مُؤَلَّفٍ، قَالَتْ: وَمَا يَضُرُّكَ أَيَّهُ قَرَأْتَ قَبْلُ؟ " إِنَّمَا نَزَلَ أَوَّلَ مَا نَزَلَ مِنْهُ سُورَةٌ مِنَ المُفَصَّلِ، فِيهَا ذِكْرُ الجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ، حَتَّى إِذَا ثَابَ النَّاسُ إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ نَزَلَ الحَلاَلُ وَالحَرَامُ، وَلَوْ نَزَلَ أَوَّلَ شَيْءٍ: لاَ تَشْرَبُوا الخَمْرَ، لَقَالُوا: لاَ نَدَعُ الخَمْرَ أَبَدًا، وَلَوْ نَزَلَ: لاَ تَزْنُوا، لَقَالُوا: لاَ نَدَعُ الزِّنَا أَبَدًا، لَقَدْ نَزَلَ بِمَكَّةَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَإِنِّي لَجَارِيَةٌ أَلْعَبُ: {بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَى وَأَمَرُّ} [القمر: 46] وَمَا نَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِلَّا وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ "، قَالَ: فَأَخْرَجَتْ لَهُ المُصْحَفَ، فَأَمْلَتْ عَلَيْهِ آيَ السُّوَرِ

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4994. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd: Sūrat Banī Isrāēl, Al-Kahf (The Cave), Maryam, Tāhā, Al-Anbiyā (The Prophets) are amongst my first earnings and (in fact) they are my old property. (Meaning that they were the earliest Sūrah to be revealed).

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4994 - حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، يَقُولُ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَالكَهْفِ، وَمَرْيَمَ، وَطه، وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ: «إِنَّهُنَّ مِنَ العِتَاقِ الأُوَلِ، وَهُنَّ مِنْ تِلاَدِي»

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4995. Narrated Al-Barā': رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: I learnt, 'Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High' (Sūrat Al-A'lā No.87), before the Prophet ﷺ came (to Al-Madīna).

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4995 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ، سَمِعَ البَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: «تَعَلَّمْتُ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْدَمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ»

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4996. Narrated Shaqīq: 'Abdullāh said, "I learnt An-Nazā'ir(1) which the Prophet ﷺ used to recite in pairs in each Rak'a." Then 'Abdullāh got up and 'Alqama accompanied him to his house, and when 'Alqama came out, we asked him (about those Sūrah). He said, "They are twenty Sūrah that start from the beginning of Al-Mufāṣṣal, according to the arrangement done by Ibn Mas'ūd, and end with the Sūrah starting with Hā Mīm.

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4996 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: «لَقَدْ تَعَلَّمْتُ النَّظَائِرَ الَّتِي كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَؤُهُنَّ اثْنَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ، فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ»، فَقَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ عَلْقَمَةُ، وَخَرَجَ عَلْقَمَةُ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ، فَقَالَ: عِشْرُونَ سُورَةً مِنْ أَوَّلِ المُفَصَّلِ عَلَى تَأْلِيفِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، آخِرُهُنَّ الحَوَامِيمُ: حم الدُّخَانِ وَعَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

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4997. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما: The Prophet ﷺ was the most generous person, and he used to become more so (generous) particularly in the month of Ramaḍān because Jibrīl (Gabriel) used to meet him every night of the month of Ramaḍān till it elapsed. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ used to recite the Qur'ān for him. When Jibrīl met him, he used to become more generous than the fair winds sent (by Allāh) with glad tidings (of rain) (in doing good).

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4997 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَزَعَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ بِالخَيْرِ، وَأَجْوَدُ مَا يَكُونُ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ، لِأَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ، حَتَّى يَنْسَلِخَ يَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ القُرْآنَ، فَإِذَا لَقِيَهُ جِبْرِيلُ كَانَ أَجْوَدَ بِالخَيْرِ مِنَ الرِّيحِ المُرْسَلَةِ»

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4998. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: Jibrīl (Gabriel) used to repeat the recitation of the Qur'ān with the Prophet ﷺ once a year, but he repeated it twice with him in the year he died. The Prophet ﷺ used to stay in I'tikāf for ten days every year (in the month of Ramaḍān), but in the year of his death, he stayed in I'tikāf for twenty days.

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4998 - حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: «كَانَ يَعْرِضُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ القُرْآنَ كُلَّ عَامٍ مَرَّةً، فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ فِي العَامِ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ، وَكَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ كُلَّ عَامٍ عَشْرًا، فَاعْتَكَفَ عِشْرِينَ فِي العَامِ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ»

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4999. Narrated Masrūq: 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr mentioned 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd and said, "I shall ever love that man, for I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, 'Take (learn) the Qur'ān from four: 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd, Sālim, Mu'ādḥ and Ubayy bin Ka'b'."

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4999 - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، ذَكَرَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ: لاَ أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ، سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «خُذُوا القُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، وَسَالِمٍ، وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ»

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5000. Narrated Shaqīq bin Salama: Once, 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd delivered a Khuṭba (religious talk) before us and said, "By Allāh, I learnt over seventy Sūrah direct from the mouth of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. By Allāh, the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ came to know that I am one of those who know Allāh's Book best of all of them, yet I am not the best of them." Shaqīq added: I sat in his religious gathering and I did not hear anybody opposing him (in his speech).

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5000 - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، حَدَّثَنَا شَقِيقُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: خَطَبَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ: «وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِضْعًا وَسَبْعِينَ سُورَةً، وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنِّي مِنْ أَعْلَمِهِمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ، وَمَا أَنَا بِخَيْرِهِمْ»، قَالَ شَقِيقٌ: فَجَلَسْتُ فِي الحِلَقِ أَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُونَ، فَمَا سَمِعْتُ رَادًّا يَقُولُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ

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5001. Narrated 'Alqama: While we were in city of Ḥimṣ (in Syria), Ibn Mas'ūd recited Sūrat Yūsuf. A man said (to him), "It was not revealed in this way." Then Ibn Mas'ūd said, "I recited it in this way before Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and he confirmed my recitation by saying, 'Well done!' " Ibn Mas'ūd detected the smell of wine from the man's mouth, so he said to him, "Aren't you ashamed of telling a lie about Allāh's Book and (along with this) you drink alcoholic liquors too?" Then he lashed him according to the Islāmic law.

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5001 - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، قَالَ: كُنَّا بِحِمْصَ فَقَرَأَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ سُورَةَ يُوسُفَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: مَا هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «أَحْسَنْتَ» وَوَجَدَ مِنْهُ رِيحَ الخَمْرِ، فَقَالَ: أَتَجْمَعُ أَنْ تُكَذِّبَ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَتَشْرَبَ الخَمْرَ فَضَرَبَهُ الحَدَّ

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5002. Narrated 'Abdullāh (bin Mas'ūd) By Allāh, other than Whom none has the right to be worshipped! There is no Sūrah revealed in Allāh's Book but I know at what place it was revealed; and there is no Verse revealed in Allāh's Book but I know about whom it was revealed. And if I know that there is somebody who knows Allāh's Book better than I, and he is at a place that camels can reach, I would go to him.

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5002 - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: «وَاللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ، مَا أُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَيْنَ أُنْزِلَتْ، وَلاَ أُنْزِلَتْ آيَةٌ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أَنَا أَعْلَمُ فِيمَ أُنْزِلَتْ، وَلَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمَ مِنِّي بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ، تُبَلِّغُهُ الإِبِلُ لَرَكِبْتُ إِلَيْهِ»

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5003. Narrated Qatāda: I asked Anas bin Mālik رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ, "Who collected the Qur'ān at the time of the Prophet ﷺ?" He replied, "Four, all of whom were from the Anṣār: Ubayy bin Ka'b, Mu'ādh bin Jabal, Zaid bin Thābit and Abū Zaid."

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5003 - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: مَنْ جَمَعَ القُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: " أَرْبَعَةٌ، كُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ: أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ، وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ، وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ، وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ " تَابَعَهُ الفَضْلُ، عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ

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5004. Narrated Anas (bin Mālik) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: When the Prophet ﷺ died, none had collected the Qur'ān but four persons: Abū Ad-Dardā', Mu'ādh bin Jabal, Zaid bin Thābit and Abū Zaid. We were the inheritors (of Abū Zaid) as he had no offspring.

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5004 - حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ المُثَنَّى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتٌ البُنَانِيُّ، وَثُمَامَةُ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: " مَاتَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَمْ يَجْمَعِ القُرْآنَ غَيْرُ أَرْبَعَةٍ: أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ، وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ، وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ، وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ " قَالَ: «وَنَحْنُ وَرِثْنَاهُ»

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5005. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ said, "Ubayy was the best of us in the recitation (of the Qur'an), yet we leave some of what he recites." Ubayy says, "I have taken it from the mouth of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and will not leave for anything whatever." But Allāh said: "Whatever a Verse (revelation) do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring a better one or similar to it..." (V.2:106)

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5005 - حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الفَضْلِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ: أُبَيٌّ أَقْرَؤُنَا، وَإِنَّا لَنَدَعُ مِنْ لَحَنِ أُبَيٍّ، وَأُبَيٌّ يَقُولُ: «أَخَذْتُهُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلاَ أَتْرُكُهُ لِشَيْءٍ»، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: {مَا نَنْسَخْ مِنْ آيَةٍ أَوْ نُنْسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْهَا أَوْ مِثْلِهَا} [البقرة: 106]

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5006. Narrated Abū Sa'īd Al-Mu'allā: While I was offering Ṣalāt (prayer), the Prophet ﷺ called me but I did not respond to his call. Later I said, "O Allāh's Messenger! I was offering Ṣalāt (prayer)." He said, "Didn't Allāh say: 'Answer Allāh (by obeying Him) and (His) Messenger when he (ﷺ) calls you?" (V.8:24) He then said, "Shall I not teach you the greatest Sūrah in the Qur'an?" He said, "(It is), 'All the praises and thanks be to Allāh, the Lord of Ālamīn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).' (i.e., Sūrat Al-Fātiha As-Saba' Al-Mathānī (the seven repeatedly recited Verses) and the Grand Qur'an which has been given to me."

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5006 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي خُبَيْبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ المُعَلَّى، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي، فَدَعَانِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ أُجِبْهُ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي، قَالَ: " أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللَّهُ: اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ؟ "، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَلاَ أُعَلِّمُكَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ فِي القُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنَ المَسْجِدِ»، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي، فَلَمَّا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّكَ قُلْتَ: «لَأُعَلِّمَنَّكَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ مِنَ القُرْآنِ» قَالَ: «الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ، هِيَ السَّبْعُ المَثَانِي، وَالقُرْآنُ العَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُهُ»

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5007. Narrated Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī: While we were on one of our journeys, we dismounted at a place where a slave-girl came and said, "The chief of this tribe has been stung by a scorpion and our men are not present; is there anybody among you who can treat him by reciting something (Rāq)?" Then one of our men went along with her, though we did not think that he knew any such treatment. But he treated the chief by Ruqyah (reciting something from the Verses of the Qur'an), and the sick man was cured whereupon he gave him thirty sheep and gave us milk to drink (as a reward). When he returned, we asked our friend, "Did you know how to treat with Ruqyah?" He said, "No, but I treated him only with the recitation of the "Umm-ul-Kitāb (i.e., Surat Al-Fātiḥa)."1 We said, "Do not say anything (about it) till we reach or ask the Prophet ﷺ." So when we reached Al-Madīna, we mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ (in order to know whether the sheep which we had taken were lawful to take or not). The Prophet ﷺ said, "How did he come to know that it (Surat Al-Fātiḥa) could be used for treatment? Distribute your reward and assign for me one share thereof as well."

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5007 - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ المُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ مَعْبَدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: كُنَّا فِي مَسِيرٍ لَنَا فَنَزَلْنَا، فَجَاءَتْ جَارِيَةٌ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ سَيِّدَ الحَيِّ سَلِيمٌ، وَإِنَّ نَفَرَنَا غَيْبٌ، فَهَلْ مِنْكُمْ رَاقٍ؟ فَقَامَ مَعَهَا رَجُلٌ مَا كُنَّا نَأْبُنُهُ بِرُقْيَةٍ، فَرَقَاهُ فَبَرَأَ، فَأَمَرَ لَهُ بِثَلاَثِينَ شَاةً، وَسَقَانَا لَبَنًا، فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ قُلْنَا لَهُ: أَكُنْتَ تُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً - أَوْ كُنْتَ تَرْقِي؟ - قَالَ: لاَ، مَا رَقَيْتُ إِلَّا بِأُمِّ الكِتَابِ، قُلْنَا: لاَ تُحْدِثُوا شَيْئًا حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ - أَوْ نَسْأَلَ - النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا المَدِينَةَ ذَكَرْنَاهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «وَمَا كَانَ يُدْرِيهِ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ؟ اقْسِمُوا وَاضْرِبُوا لِي بِسَهْمٍ» وَقَالَ أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ، حَدَّثَنِي مَعْبَدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيِّ بِهَذَا

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5008. Narrated Abu Mas'ud: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whosoever recited the (last) two verses (of Surat Al-Baqarah at night, that will be sufficient for him." (See H.4008)

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5008 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ بِالْآيَتَيْنِ،

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5009. Narrated Abū Mas'ūd: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whosoever recited the last two Verses of Sūrat Al-Baqarah at night, that will be sufficient for him."

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5009 - وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ قَرَأَ بِالْآيَتَيْنِ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ البَقَرَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاهُ»،

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5010. Narrated Abū Hurairah: رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ ordered me to guard the Zakāt revenue of Ramaḍān. Then somebody came to me and started stealing of the foodstuff. I caught him and said, "I will take you to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ!" Then Abū Hurairah described the whole narration and said: That person said (to me), "(Please don't take me to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and I will tell you a few words by which Allāh will benefit you.) When you go to your bed, recite Āyat Al-Kursī (V.2:255), for then there will be a guard appointed from Allāh who will protect you all night long, and Satan will not be able to come near you till dawn." (When the Prophet ﷺ heard the story) he said (to me), "He (who came to you at night) told you the truth although he is a liar; and it was Satan."

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5010 - وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ الهَيْثَمِ: حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: وَكَّلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِحِفْظِ زَكَاةِ رَمَضَانَ، فَأَتَانِي آتٍ، فَجَعَلَ يَحْثُو مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَأَخَذْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: لَأَرْفَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَصَّ الحَدِيثَ، فَقَالَ: إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَاقْرَأْ آيَةَ الكُرْسِيِّ، لَنْ يَزَالَ مَعَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ حَافِظٌ، وَلاَ يَقْرَبُكَ شَيْطَانٌ حَتَّى تُصْبِحَ، وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «صَدَقَكَ وَهُوَ كَذُوبٌ، ذَاكَ شَيْطَانٌ»

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5011. Narrated Al-Barā': A man was reciting Sūrat Al-Kahf and his horse was tied with two ropes beside him. A cloud came down and spread over that man, and it kept on coming closer and closer to him till his horse started jumping (as if afraid of something). When it was morning, the man came to the Prophet ﷺ and told him of that experience. The Prophet ﷺ said, "That was As-Sakinah (tranquillity or peace and reassurance along with angels) which descended because of (the recitation of) the Qur'an."

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5011 - حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ البَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الكَهْفِ، وَإِلَى جَانِبِهِ حِصَانٌ مَرْبُوطٌ بِشَطَنَيْنِ، فَتَغَشَّتْهُ سَحَابَةٌ، فَجَعَلَتْ تَدْنُو وَتَدْنُو وَجَعَلَ فَرَسُهُ يَنْفِرُ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ: «تِلْكَ السَّكِينَةُ تَنَزَّلَتْ بِالقُرْآنِ»

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5012. Narrated Aslam : Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was travelling on one of his journeys, and 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb was travelling along with him at night. 'Umar asked him about something, but Allāh's Messenger ﷺ did not answer him. He asked again, but he did not answer. He asked for the third time, but he did not answer. On that, 'Umar said to himself, "May your mother lose you! You have asked Allāh's Messenger ﷺ three times, but he did not answer at all!" 'Umar said, "So I made my camel go fast till I was ahead of the people, and I was afraid that something might be revealed about me. After a little while I heard a call-maker calling me, I said, 'I was afraid that some Qur'ānic Verse might be revealed about me.' So I went to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and greeted him." He said, "Tonight there has been revealed to me a Sūrah which is dearer to me than that on which the sun shines (i.e., the world)." Then he recited : 'Verily! We have given you (O Muḥammad ﷺ) a manifest Victory.' " (Sūrat Al-Fath) (V.48:1)

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5012 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَسِيرُ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ، وَعُمَرُ بْنُ الخَطَّابِ يَسِيرُ مَعَهُ لَيْلًا، فَسَأَلَهُ عُمَرُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ، فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ، نَزَرْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، كُلَّ ذَلِكَ لاَ يُجِيبُكَ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: فَحَرَّكْتُ بَعِيرِي حَتَّى كُنْتُ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ، وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ فِيَّ قُرْآنٌ، فَمَا نَشِبْتُ أَنْ سَمِعْتُ صَارِخًا يَصْرُخُ بِي، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ نَزَلَ فِيَّ قُرْآنٌ، قَالَ: فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: " لَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيَّ اللَّيْلَةَ سُورَةٌ لَهِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: {إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُبِينًا} [الفتح: 1] "

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5013. Narrated Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī رضي الله عنه: A man heard another man reciting (Sūrat Al-Ikhlas): "Say (O Muhammad ﷺ): He is Allāh, (the) One" (V.112:1) repeatedly. The next morning he came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and informed him about it as if he thought that it was not enough to recite. On that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, this Sūrah is equal to one-third of the Qur'an!"

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5013 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ: قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ يُرَدِّدُهَا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، وَكَأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَتَقَالُّهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ القُرْآنِ»

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5014. Narrated Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī رضي الله عنه: My brother, Qatāda bin An-Nu'mān said, "A man performed the night Ṣalāt (prayer) late at night in the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ and he read: 'Say: (O Muhammad ﷺ) He is Allāh, (the) One' (V.112:1), and read nothing besides that." The next morning a man went to the Prophet ﷺ and told him about that. (The Prophet ﷺ replied the same as above in Hadīth 5013).

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5014 - وَزَادَ أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَخِي قَتَادَةُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ: أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَامَ فِي زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ مِنَ السَّحَرِ: قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ لاَ يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا أَتَى الرَّجُلُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ

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5015. Narrated Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said to his Companions, "Is it difficult for any of you to recite one-third of the Qur'an in one night?" This suggestion was difficult for them so they said, "Who among us has the power to do so, O Allāh's Messenger?" Allāh's Messenger ﷺ replied, "'Allāh (the) One, the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need.' [Sūrat Al-Ikhlas (V.112:1-4)] is equal to one-third of the Qur'an."

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5015 - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، وَالضَّحَّاكُ المَشْرِقِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: «أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ ثُلُثَ القُرْآنِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ؟» فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَالُوا: أَيُّنَا يُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَ: «اللَّهُ الوَاحِدُ الصَّمَدُ ثُلُثُ القُرْآنِ»

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5016. Narrated 'Aishah رضي الله عنها: Whenever Allāh's Messenger ﷺ became sick, he would recite Mu'awwidhāt (Sūrat Al-Falaq and Sūrat An-Nās) and then blow his breath over his body. When he became seriously ill, I used to recite (these two Sūrah) and rub his hands over his body, hoping for its blessings.

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5016 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا: «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا اشْتَكَى يَقْرَأُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ وَيَنْفُثُ، فَلَمَّا اشْتَدَّ وَجَعُهُ كُنْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَمْسَحُ بِيَدِهِ رَجَاءَ بَرَكَتِهَا»

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5017. Narrated 'Aishah رضي الله عنها: Whenever the Prophet ﷺ went to bed every night, he used to cup his hands together and blow over it after reciting Sūrat Al-Ikhhlās, Sūrat Al-Falaq and Sūrat An-Nās, and then rub his hands over whatever parts of his body he was able to rub, starting with his head, face and front of his body. He used to do that three times. (See H. 5748)

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5017 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا المُفَضَّلُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ: " أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ، ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا فَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا: قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الفَلَقِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ، ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ، يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ "

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5018. Narrated Usaid bin Ḥudair that while he was reciting Sūrat Al-Baqarah (The Cow) at night, and his horse was tied beside him, the horse was suddenly startled, and troubled. When he stopped reciting, the horse became quiet, and when he started again, the horse was startled again. Then he stopped reciting and the horse became quiet, too. He started reciting again and the horse was startled and troubled once again. Then he stopped reciting and his son, Yahyā was beside the horse. He was afraid that the horse might trample him. When he took the boy away and looked towards the sky, he could not see it. The next morning he informed the Prophet ﷺ who said, "Recite, O Ibn Ḥudair! Recite, O Ibn Ḥudair!" Ibn Ḥudair replied, "O Allāh's Messenger! My son, Yahyā was near the horse and I was afraid that it might trample him, so I raised my head, and went to him. When I looked up towards the sky, I saw something like a cloud containing what looked like lamps, so I went out in order not to see it." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you know what that was?" Ibn Ḥudair replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ said "Those were angels who came near to you for your voice, and if you had kept on reciting till dawn, it would have remained there till morning when, people would have seen it as it would not have disappeared."

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5018 - وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ: حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ الهَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ حُضَيْرٍ، قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَقْرَأُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ سُورَةَ البَقَرَةِ، وَفَرَسُهُ مَرْبُوطَةٌ عِنْدَهُ، إِذْ جَالَتِ الفَرَسُ فَسَكَتَ فَسَكَتَتْ، فَقَرَأَ فَجَالَتِ الفَرَسُ، فَسَكَتَ وَسَكَتَتِ الفَرَسُ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ فَجَالَتِ الفَرَسُ فَانْصَرَفَ، وَكَانَ ابْنُهُ يَحْيَى قَرِيبًا مِنْهَا، فَأَشْفَقَ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُ فَلَمَّا اجْتَرَّهُ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، حَتَّى مَا يَرَاهَا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ حَدَّثَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: اقْرَأْ يَا ابْنَ حُضَيْرٍ، اقْرَأْ يَا ابْنَ حُضَيْرٍ، قَالَ: فَأَشْفَقْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ تَطَأَ يَحْيَى، وَكَانَ مِنْهَا قَرِيبًا، فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَانْصَرَفْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَإِذَا مِثْلُ الظُّلَّةِ فِيهَا أَمْثَالُ المَصَابِيحِ، فَخَرَجَتْ حَتَّى لاَ أَرَاهَا، قَالَ: «وَتَدْرِي مَا ذَاكَ؟»، قَالَ: لاَ، قَالَ: «تِلْكَ المَلاَئِكَةُ دَنَتْ لِصَوْتِكَ، وَلَوْ قَرَأْتَ لَأَصْبَحَتْ يَنْظُرُ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهَا، لاَ تَتَوَارَى مِنْهُمْ»، قَالَ ابْنُ الهَادِ: وَحَدَّثَنِي هَذَا الحَدِيثَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ خَبَّابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيِّ، عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ حُضَيْرٍ

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5019. Narrated 'Abdul-'Aziz bin Rufai': Shaddad bin Ma'quil and I entered upon Ibn Abbas. Shaddad bin Ma'quil asked him, "Did the Prophet ﷺ leave anything (besides the Qur'an)?" He replied, "He did not leave anything except what is between the two bindings (of the Qur'an)." Then we visited Muhammad bin Al-Ḥanafiyya and asked him (the same question). He replied, "The Prophet did not leave except what is between the two bindings (of the Qur'an)."

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5019 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ العَزِيزِ بْنِ رُفَيْعٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَشَدَّادُ بْنُ مَعْقِلٍ، عَلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ شَدَّادُ بْنُ مَعْقِلٍ: أَتَرَكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ؟ قَالَ: «مَا تَرَكَ إِلَّا مَا بَيْنَ الدَّفَّتَيْنِ» قَالَ: وَدَخَلْنَا عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الحَنَفِيَّةِ، فَسَأَلْنَاهُ، فَقَالَ: «مَا تَرَكَ إِلَّا مَا بَيْنَ الدَّفَّتَيْنِ»

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5020. Narrated Abū Mūsā Al-Ash'ari': The Prophet ﷺ said, "The example of him (a believer) who recites the Qur'an (and acts on its orders) is like that of a citron which tastes good and smells good. And he (a believer) who does not recite the Qur'an (but acts on its orders) is like a date-fruit which is good in taste but has no smell. And the example of a dissolute wicked person who recites the Qur'an (and does not act on its orders) is like the Raihāna (sweet basil) which smells good but tastes bitter. And the example of a dissolute wicked person who does not recite the Qur'an (not acts on its orders) is like the colocynth which tastes bitter and has no smell." (See Fath Al-Bari, for details)

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5020 - حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ أَبُو خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ: كَالأُتْرُجَّةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَرِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَالَّذِي لاَ يَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ: كَالتَّمْرَةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَلاَ رِيحَ لَهَا، وَمَثَلُ الفَاجِرِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ: كَمَثَلِ الرَّيْحَانَةِ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ، وَمَثَلُ الفَاجِرِ الَّذِي لاَ يَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ: كَمَثَلِ الحَنْظَلَةِ طَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ، وَلاَ رِيحَ لَهَا "

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رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: 5021. Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Your life in comparison to the lifetime of the past nations is like the period between the time of 'Aṣr prayer and sunset. Your example and the example of the Jews and Christians is that of person who employed labourers and said to them, "Who will work for me till the middle of the day for one Qirāt (a special weight)?" The Jews did. He then said, "Who will work for me from the middle of the day till the 'Aṣr prayer for one Qirāt each?" The Christians worked accordingly. Then you (Muslims) are working from the 'Aṣr prayer till the Maghrib prayer for two Qirāt each. They (the Jews and the Christians) said, 'We did more labour but took less wages.' He (Allāh) said, 'Have I wronged you in your rights?' They replied, 'No.' Then He said, 'This is My Blessing which I give to whom I wish.'

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5021 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " إِنَّمَا أَجَلُكُمْ فِي أَجَلِ مَنْ خَلاَ مِنَ الأُمَمِ، كَمَا بَيْنَ صَلاَةِ العَصْرِ، وَمَغْرِبِ الشَّمْسِ، وَمَثَلُكُمْ وَمَثَلُ اليَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتَعْمَلَ عُمَّالًا، فَقَالَ: مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي إِلَى نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ، فَعَمِلَتِ اليَهُودُ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنْ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ إِلَى العَصْرِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ، فَعَمِلَتِ النَّصَارَى، ثُمَّ أَنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ مِنَ العَصْرِ إِلَى المَغْرِبِ بِقِيرَاطَيْنِ قِيرَاطَيْنِ، قَالُوا: نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ عَمَلًا وَأَقَلُّ عَطَاءً، قَالَ: «هَلْ ظَلَمْتُكُمْ مِنْ حَقِّكُمْ؟» قَالُوا: لاَ، قَالَ: «فَذَاكَ فَضْلِي أُوتِيهِ مَنْ شِئْتُ»

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5022. Narrated Ṭalḥa: I asked 'Abdullāh bin Abī Aufa, "Did the Prophet ﷺ make a will (to appoint his successor or bequeath wealth)?" He replied, "No." I said, "How is it prescribed then for the people to make wills, and they are ordered to do so while the Prophet ﷺ did not make any will?" He said, "He made a will wherein he recommended Allāh's Book (the Qur'an)."

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5022 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى: آوْصَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ فَقَالَ: لاَ، فَقُلْتُ: كَيْفَ كُتِبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ الوَصِيَّةُ أُمِرُوا بِهَا وَلَمْ يُوصِ؟ قَالَ: «أَوْصَى بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ»

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5023. Narrated Abü Hurairah Allah's Messenger ; said, "Allah does not listen to anything as He listens to the Prophet reciting the Qur'ãn in a nice, loud and pleasant tone." The companion of the subnarrator (AbU Salama) said, "It means, reciting it aloud." (See H. 7482 and 7544, Vol. 9)

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5023 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَمْ يَأْذَنِ اللَّهُ لِشَيْءٍ مَا أَذِنَ لِلنَّبِيِّ أَنْ يَتَغَنَّى بِالقُرْآنِ»، وَقَالَ صَاحِبٌ لَهُ: يُرِيدُ يَجْهَرُ بِهِ

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5024. Narrated Abu Hurairah The Prophet1ij said, "Allah does not alisten to anything as He listens to the Prophet reciting the Qur'an in a nice, loud and, pleasant tone Sufyan said: This means, the Prophet who regards the Qur'an as something that makes him dispense with much worldly pleasures, etc. (See H. 7482 and 7544, Vol. 9)

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5024 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَا أَذِنَ اللَّهُ لِشَيْءٍ مَا أَذِنَ لِلنَّبِيِّ أَنْ يَتَغَنَّى بِالقُرْآنِ» قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: تَفْسِيرُهُ يَسْتَغْنِي بِهِ

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5025. Narrated 'Abdullãh bin 'Umar ; i: Allah's Messenger 4& said, "Not to wish to be the like except of two men: A man whom Allah has given the knowledge of the Book (the Qur'an) and he stands up [in Salat (prayer) and] recites it during the hours of the night, and a man whom Allah has given wealth, and he spends it in charity during the hours of the night and the hours of the day."

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5025 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو اليَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " لاَ حَسَدَ إِلَّا عَلَى اثْنَتَيْنِ: رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ الكِتَابَ، وَقَامَ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ، وَرَجُلٌ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا، فَهُوَ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ "

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5026. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Not to wish to be the like of except the like of two men : A man whom Allāh has taught the Qur'an and he recites it during the hours of the night and during the hours of the day, and his neighbour listens to him and says, 'I wish I had been given what has been given to so-and-so, so that I might do what he does'; and a man whom Allāh has given wealth and he spends it on what is just and right, whereupon another person may say, 'I wish I had been given what so-and-so has been given, for then I would do what he does.'" (See H. 7528)

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5026 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، سَمِعْتُ ذَكْوَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " لاَ حَسَدَ إِلَّا فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ: رَجُلٌ عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ القُرْآنَ، فَهُوَ يَتْلُوهُ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ، وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ، فَسَمِعَهُ جَارٌ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: لَيْتَنِي أُوتِيتُ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ فُلاَنٌ، فَعَمِلْتُ مِثْلَ مَا يَعْمَلُ، وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا فَهُوَ يُهْلِكُهُ فِي الحَقِّ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: لَيْتَنِي أُوتِيتُ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ فُلاَنٌ، فَعَمِلْتُ مِثْلَ مَا يَعْمَلُ "

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5027. Narrated 'Uthmān رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it (to others)."

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5027 - حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ، سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ القُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ»، قَالَ: وَأَقْرَأَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي إِمْرَةِ عُثْمَانَ، حَتَّى كَانَ الحَجَّاجُ قَالَ: وَذَاكَ الَّذِي أَقْعَدَنِي مَقْعَدِي هَذَا

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5028. Narrated 'Uthmān bin 'Affān رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: The Prophet ﷺ said, "The most superior among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it (to others)."

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5028 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ أَفْضَلَكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ القُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ»

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5029. Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd: A lady came to the Prophet ﷺ and declared that she had decided to offer herself to Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I am not in need of women." A man said (to the Prophet ﷺ), "Please marry her to me." The Prophet ﷺ said (to him), "Give her a garment (as Mahr)." The man said, "I cannot afford it." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give her anything, even if it were an iron ring." The man apologised again. The Prophet ﷺ then asked him, "What do you know by heart of the Qur'an?" He replied, "I know such and such portion of the Qur'an (by heart)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then I marry her to you for that much of the Qur'an which you know by heart."

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5029 - حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ: أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ امْرَأَةٌ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّهَا قَدْ وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «مَا لِي فِي النِّسَاءِ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ»، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: زَوِّجْنِيهَا، قَالَ: «أَعْطِهَا ثَوْبًا»، قَالَ: لاَ أَجِدُ، قَالَ: «أَعْطِهَا وَلَوْ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ»، فَاعْتَلَّ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: «مَا مَعَكَ مِنَ القُرْآنِ؟» قَالَ: كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: «فَقَدْ زَوَّجْتُكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ القُرْآنِ»

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5030. Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd: A lady came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and said, "O Allāh's Messenger! I have come to you to offer myself to you." He raised his eyes and looked at her and then lowered his head. When the lady saw that he did not make any decision, she sat down. On that, a man from his Companions got up and said, "O Allāh's Messenger! If you are not in need of this woman, then marry her to me." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Do you have anything to offer her (as Mahr)?" He replied, "No, by Allāh, O Allāh's Messenger!" The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Go to your family and see if you can find something." The man went and returned, saying, "No, by Allāh, O Allāh's Messenger! I have not found anything." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Try to find something, even if it is an iron ring." He went again and returned, saying, "No, by Allāh, O Allāh's Messenger, not even an iron ring, but I have this waist-sheet of mine." The man had no upper garment, so he intended to give her half his waist-sheet. So, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "What would she do with your waist-sheet? If you wear it, she will have nothing of it over her body, and if she wears it, you will have nothing over your body." So that man sat for a long period and then got up, and Allāh's Messenger ﷺ saw him going away, so he ordered somebody to call him. When he came, the Prophet ﷺ asked him, "How much of the Qur'an do you know?" He replied, "I know such Sūrah and such Sūrah and such Sūrah," and went on counting them. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Can you recite them by heart?" He replied, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said "Go, I have married this lady to you for the part of the Qur'an which you know by heart."

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5030 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جِئْتُ لِأَهَبَ لَكَ نَفْسِي، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَصَعَّدَ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْهَا وَصَوَّبَهُ، ثُمَّ طَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتِ المَرْأَةُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْضِ فِيهَا شَيْئًا جَلَسَتْ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ بِهَا حَاجَةٌ فَزَوِّجْنِيهَا، فَقَالَ: «هَلْ عِنْدَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ؟» فَقَالَ: لاَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «اذْهَبْ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ فَانْظُرْ هَلْ تَجِدُ شَيْئًا؟» فَذَهَبَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ: لاَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا وَجَدْتُ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: «انْظُرْ وَلَوْ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ» فَذَهَبَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ، فَقَالَ: لاَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلاَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَلَكِنْ هَذَا إِزَارِي - قَالَ سَهْلٌ: مَا لَهُ رِدَاءٌ - فَلَهَا نِصْفُهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا تَصْنَعُ بِإِزَارِكَ، إِنْ لَبِسْتَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهَا مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ، وَإِنْ لَبِسَتْهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْكَ شَيْءٌ» فَجَلَسَ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى طَالَ مَجْلِسُهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَرَآهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُوَلِّيًا، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَدُعِيَ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قَالَ: «مَاذَا مَعَكَ مِنَ القُرْآنِ؟» قَالَ: مَعِي سُورَةُ كَذَا، وَسُورَةُ كَذَا، وَسُورَةُ كَذَا - عَدَّهَا - قَالَ: «أَتَقْرَؤُهُنَّ عَنْ ظَهْرِ قَلْبِكَ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «اذْهَبْ فَقَدْ مَلَّكْتُكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ القُرْآنِ»

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روى الله عنهم 5031. Narrated Ibn 'Umar Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "The example of the person who knows the Qur'ān by heart is like the owner of tied camels. If he keeps them tied, he will control them, but if he releases them, they will run away."

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5031 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ صَاحِبِ القُرْآنِ، كَمَثَلِ صَاحِبِ الإِبِلِ المُعَقَّلَةِ، إِنْ عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهَا أَمْسَكَهَا، وَإِنْ أَطْلَقَهَا ذَهَبَتْ»

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5032. Narrated 'Abdullāh: The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is a bad thing that some of you say, 'I have forgotten such and such Verse of the Qur'ān,' for indeed, he has been caused (by Allāh) to forget it.(1) So you must keep on reciting the Qur'ān because it escapes from the hearts of men faster than camels do when they are released from their tying ropes."

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5032 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَرْعَرَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «بِئْسَ مَا لِأَحَدِهِمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ، بَلْ نُسِّيَ وَاسْتَذْكِرُوا القُرْآنَ، فَإِنَّهُ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ» حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ مِثْلَهُ، تَابَعَهُ بِشْرٌ، عَنْ ابْنِ المُبَارَكِ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، وَتَابَعَهُ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَبْدَةَ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

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5033. Narrated Abū Mūsā: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Keep on reciting the Qur'ān, for, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, the Qur'ān runs away (is forgotten) faster than camels that are released from their tying ropes."

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5033 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ العَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «تَعَاهَدُوا القُرْآنَ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَهُوَ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنَ الإِبِلِ فِي عُقُلِهَا»

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5034. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin Mughaffal: I saw Allāh's Messenger ﷺ reciting Sūrat Al-Fath on his she-camel on the day of the conquest of Makkah.

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5034 - حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو إِيَاسٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مُغَفَّلٍ، قَالَ: «رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ سُورَةَ الفَتْحِ»

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5035. Narrated Sa'id bin Jubair: Those Sūrah which you people call the Muṣaṣṣal,(1) are the Muhkam.(2) And Ibn 'Abbās said, "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ died when I was a boy of ten years, and I had learnt the Muhkam (of the Qur'an)."

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5035 - حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ: إِنَّ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ المُفَصَّلَ هُوَ المُحْكَمُ، قَالَ: وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: «تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا ابْنُ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ، وَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ المُحْكَمَ»

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5036. Narrated Sa'id bin Jubair: Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما said, "I have learnt all the Muhkam Sūrah during the lifetime of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ." I said to him, "What is meant by the Muhkam?" He replied, "The Muṣaṣṣal." (from Sūrah No. 49 to 114)

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5036 - حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، «جَمَعْتُ المُحْكَمَ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ»، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: وَمَا المُحْكَمُ؟ قَالَ: «المُفَصَّلُ»

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5037. Narrated 'Aishah رضي الله عنها: The Prophet ﷺ heard a man reciting the Qur'an in the mosque and said, "May Allāh bestow His Mercy on him, as he has reminded me of such and such Verses of such a Sūrah." Narrated Hishām: (The same Hadīth, adding): which I missed from such and such Sūrah.

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5037 - حَدَّثَنَا رَبِيعُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، قَالَتْ: سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ فِي المَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ: «يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ لَقَدْ أَذْكَرَنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا، آيَةً مِنْ سُورَةِ كَذَا» حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، وَقَالَ: أَسْقَطْتُهُنَّ مِنْ سُورَةِ كَذَا، تَابَعَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، وَعَبْدَةُ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ

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5038. Narrated 'ishah 4i$ i Allah's Messenger heard a man reciting the Qur'an at night, and said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on him, as he has reminded me of such and such Verses of such and such Sarah, which I was caused to forget."

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5038 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ ابْنُ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ فِي سُورَةٍ بِاللَّيْلِ، فَقَالَ: «يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ لَقَدْ أَذْكَرَنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا، آيَةً كُنْتُ أُنْسِيتُهَا مِنْ سُورَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا»

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5039. Narrated 'Abdullāh رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Why does anyone of the people say, 'I have forgotten such and such Verses (of the Qur'an)?' He, in fact, is caused (by Allāh) to forget."

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5039 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " بِئْسَ مَا لِأَحَدِهِمْ يَقُولُ: نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ، بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ "

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5040. Narrated Abū Mas'ūd Al-Anṣārī: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whosoever recited the last two Verses of Sūrat Al-Baqarah at night, that will be sufficient for him (for that night)."

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5040 - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الآيَتَانِ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ البَقَرَةِ مَنْ قَرَأَ بِهِمَا فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاهُ»

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5041. Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه: I heard Hishām bin Hakīm bin Hizām reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān during the lifetime of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, and I listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited it in several different ways which Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had not taught me. So I was on the point of attacking him in the Ṣalāt (prayer), but I waited till he finished his Ṣalāt (prayer), and then I seized him by the collar and said, "Who taught you this Sūrah which I have heard you reciting?" He replied, "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ taught it to me." I said, "You have told a lie; By Allāh! Allāh's Messenger ﷺ taught me (in a different way) this very Sūrah which I have heard you reciting." So I took him, leading him to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and said, "O Allāh's Messenger! I heard this person reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān in a way which you have't taught me, and you have taught me Sūrat Al-Furqān." The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Hishām, recite!" So he recited in the same way as I heard him recite it before. On that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "It was revealed to be recited in this way." Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Recite, O 'Umar!" So I recited it as he had taught me. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ then said, "It was revealed to be recited in this way." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ added, "The Qur'ān has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it that which is easier for you."

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5041 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو اليَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ حَدِيثِ المِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ، وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدٍ القَارِيِّ، أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ، يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الفُرْقَانِ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَاسْتَمَعْتُ لِقِرَاءَتِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقْرَؤُهَا عَلَى حُرُوفٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، لَمْ يُقْرِئْنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَكِدْتُ أُسَاوِرُهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ، فَانْتَظَرْتُهُ حَتَّى سَلَّمَ، فَلَبَبْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُكَ تَقْرَأُ؟ قَالَ: أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: كَذَبْتَ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَهُوَ أَقْرَأَنِي هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ، الَّتِي سَمِعْتُكَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَقُودُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الفُرْقَانِ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ لَمْ تُقْرِئْنِيهَا، وَإِنَّكَ أَقْرَأْتَنِي سُورَةَ الفُرْقَانِ، فَقَالَ: «يَا هِشَامُ اقْرَأْهَا» فَقَرَأَهَا القِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ: «اقْرَأْ يَا عُمَرُ» فَقَرَأْتُهَا الَّتِي أَقْرَأَنِيهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ القُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ»

English translation

5042. Narrated 'Aishah رضي الله عنها: The Prophet ﷺ heard a reciter reciting the Qur'an in the mosque at night. The Prophet ﷺ said, "May Allāh bestow His Mercy on him, as he has reminded me of such and such Verses of such and such Sūrah, which I missed!"

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5042 - حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ آدَمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، قَالَتْ: سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَارِئًا يَقْرَأُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فِي المَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ: «يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ لَقَدْ أَذْكَرَنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا آيَةً أَسْقَطْتُهَا مِنْ سُورَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا»

English translation

5043. Narrated Abū Wā'il: We went to 'Abdullāh in the morning and a man said, "Yesterday I recited all the Muṣṣal Sūrah." On that 'Abdullāh said, "That is very quick, and we have the (Prophet's) recitation, and I remember very well the recitation of those Sūrah which the Prophet ﷺ used to recite, and they were eighteen Sūrah from the Muṣṣal, and two Sūrah from the Sūrah that start with Hā Mīm."

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5043 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلٌ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: غَدَوْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: قَرَأْتُ المُفَصَّلَ البَارِحَةَ، فَقَالَ: «هَذًّا كَهَذِّ الشِّعْرِ إِنَّا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا القِرَاءَةَ، وَإِنِّي لَأَحْفَظُ القُرَنَاءَ الَّتِي كَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِهِنَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ سُورَةً مِنَ المُفَصَّلِ، وَسُورَتَيْنِ مِنْ آلِ حم»

English translation

5044. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما regarding His (Allāh's) Statement: "Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muḥammad ﷺ) to make haste therewith." (V.75:16) And whenever Jibrīl (Gabriel) descended to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ with the Divine Revelation, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ used to move his tongue and lips, and that used to be hard for him, and one could easily recognise that he was being inspired Divinely. So Allāh revealed the Verse which occurs in the Sūrah starting with: "I swear by the Day of Resurrection." (V.75:1) i.e., "Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muḥammad ﷺ) to make haste therewith. It is for Us to collect it and to give you (O Muḥammad ﷺ) the ability to recite it (the Qur'an)." (V.75:16,17) which means: It is for Us to collect it (in your mind) and give you the ability to recite it by heart. "And when We have recited it to you [(O Muḥammad ﷺ) through Jibrīl (Gabriel)], then follow you its (the Qur'an's) recital." (V.75:18) means: When We reveal it (the Qur'an) to you, listen to it, for then: "It is for Us (Allāh) to make it clear to you" (V.75:19) i.e., it is up to Us to explain it through your tongue. So, when Jibrīl came to him, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ would listen to him attentively, and as soon as Jibrīl left, he would recite the Revelations, as Allāh had promised him.

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5044 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، فِي قَوْلِهِ: {لاَ تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ} [القيامة: 16]، قَالَ: " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ بِالوَحْيِ، وَكَانَ مِمَّا يُحَرِّكُ بِهِ لِسَانَهُ وَشَفَتَيْهِ، فَيَشْتَدُّ عَلَيْهِ، وَكَانَ يُعْرَفُ مِنْهُ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ الآيَةَ الَّتِي فِي: {لاَ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ} [القيامة: 1]، {لاَ تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ، إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ} [القيامة: 17] فَإِنَّ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَجْمَعَهُ فِي صَدْرِكَ {وَقُرْآنَهُ فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ} [القيامة: 17] فَإِذَا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فَاسْتَمِعْ {ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ} [القيامة: 19] " قَالَ: «إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نُبَيِّنَهُ بِلِسَانِكَ»، قَالَ: «وَكَانَ إِذَا أَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ أَطْرَقَ، فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ قَرَأَهُ كَمَا وَعَدَهُ اللَّهُ»

English translation

5045. Narrated Qatāda: I asked Anas bin Mālik about the recitation of the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "He used to prolong (certain sounds) very much."

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5045 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ الأَزْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «كَانَ يَمُدُّ مَدًّا»

English translation

5046. Narrated Qatāda: Anas was asked, "How was the recitation (of the Qur'ān) of the Prophet ﷺ?" He replied, "It was characterised by the prolongation of certain sounds." He then recited: "In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful," prolonging the pronunciation of "In the Name of Allāh," 'the Most Gracious,' and 'the Most Merciful'.

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5046 - حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ قِرَاءَةُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ فَقَالَ: «كَانَتْ مَدًّا»، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة: 1] يَمُدُّ بِبِسْمِ اللَّهِ، وَيَمُدُّ بِالرَّحْمَنِ، وَيَمُدُّ بِالرَّحِيمِ

English translation

5047. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin Mughaffal: I saw the Prophet ﷺ reciting (the Qur'ān) while he was riding on his she-camel, or camel which was moving, carrying him. He was reciting Sūrat Al-Fath, or part of Sūrat Al-Fath very softly and in an attractive vibrating tone.

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5047 - حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِيَاسٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مُغَفَّلٍ، قَالَ: «رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ وَهُوَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ أَوْ جَمَلِهِ، وَهِيَ تَسِيرُ بِهِ، وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الفَتْحِ - أَوْ مِنْ سُورَةِ الفَتْحِ - قِرَاءَةً لَيِّنَةً يَقْرَأُ وَهُوَ يُرَجِّعُ»

English translation

5048. Narrated Abū Mūsā رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ that the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "O Abū Mūsā! You have been given one of the musical wind instruments of the family of Dāwūd (David).(1)

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5048 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى الحِمَّانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَهُ: «يَا أَبَا مُوسَى لَقَدْ أُوتِيتَ مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ»

English translation

5049. Narrated 'Abdullāh that the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Recite the Qur'an to me." 'Abdullāh said, "Shall I recite (the Qur'an) to you while it has been revealed to you?" He said, "I like to hear it from others."

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5049 - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ القُرْآنَ»، قُلْتُ: آقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ، وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ، قَالَ: «إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي»

English translation

5050. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd: The Prophet ﷺ said to me, "Recite (the Qur'an) to me." I said, "O Allāh's Messenger! Shall I recite (the Qur'an) to you while it has been revealed to you?" He said, "Yes." So I recited Sūrat An-Nisā (The Women), till I reached the Verse: "How (will it be) then, when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muḥammad ﷺ) as a witness against these people?" (V.4:41) He said, "Enough for the present." I looked at him and behold! His eyes were overflowing with tears.

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5050 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ»، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، آقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ، وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ، قَالَ: «نَعَمْ» فَقَرَأْتُ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ إِلَى هَذِهِ الآيَةِ: {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ، وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ شَهِيدًا} [النساء: 41]، قَالَ: «حَسْبُكَ الآنَ» فَالْتَفَتُّ إِلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا عَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ

English translation

5051. Narrated Sufyān: Ibn Shubruma said, “I wanted to see how much of the Qur'an can be enough [to recite in Ṣalāt (prayer)] and I could not find a Sūrah containing less than three Verses, therefore I said (to myself), “One ought not to recite less than three (Qur'anic) Verses (in Ṣalāt).” Narrated Abū Mas'ūd: The Prophet ﷺ said, “If somebody recites the last two Verses of Sūrat Al-Baqarah at night, it will be sufficient for him.”

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5051 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ لِي ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ: نَظَرْتُ كَمْ يَكْفِي الرَّجُلَ مِنَ القُرْآنِ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ سُورَةً أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ آيَاتٍ، فَقُلْتُ: لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ آيَاتٍ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَنْصُورٌ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، أَخْبَرَهُ عَلْقَمَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ - وَلَقِيتُهُ وَهُوَ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ - فَذَكَرَ قَوْلَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَرَأَ بِالْآيَتَيْنِ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ البَقَرَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاهُ»

English translation

5052. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr bin Al-'Āṣ: My father got me married to a lady of a noble family, and often used to ask my wife about me, and she used to reply, “What a wonderful man he is! He never comes to my bed, nor has he approached me since he married me.” When this state continued for a long period, my father told the story to the Prophet ﷺ who said to my father, “Let me meet him.” Then I met him and he asked me, “How do you observe Saum (fast)?” I replied, “I observe Saum daily.” He asked, “How long does it take you to finish the recitation of the whole Qur'an?” I replied, “I finish it every night." On that he said, "Observe Saum for three days every month and recite the Qur'an (and finish it) in one month." I said, "But I have strength to do more than that." He said, "Then observe Saum for three days per week." I said, "I have the power to do more than that." He said, "Then observe Saum for one day and leave for two days. I said, I have the strength to do more than that. He said, then, fast the most superior type of fasting, (that is), the fasting of (Prophet) Dāwūd (David) عليه السلام, who used to observe Saum every alternate day; and finish the recitation of the whole Qur'an in seven days." I wish I had accepted the permission of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ as I have become a weak old man. It is said that 'Abdullāh used to recite one-seventh of the Qur'an during the daytime to some of his family members for he used to check his memorization of what he would recite at night, so that it would be easier for him to recite at night. And whenever he wanted to gain some strength, he used to give up observing Saum (for some days and count those days to observe Saum) for a similar period, for he disliked to leave those things which he used to do during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ.

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5052 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: أَنْكَحَنِي أَبِي امْرَأَةً ذَاتَ حَسَبٍ، فَكَانَ يَتَعَاهَدُ كَنَّتَهُ، فَيَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ بَعْلِهَا، فَتَقُولُ: نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ رَجُلٍ لَمْ يَطَأْ لَنَا فِرَاشًا، وَلَمْ يُفَتِّشْ لَنَا كَنَفًا مُنْذُ أَتَيْنَاهُ، فَلَمَّا طَالَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ ذَكَرَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «القَنِي بِهِ»، فَلَقِيتُهُ بَعْدُ، فَقَالَ: «كَيْفَ تَصُومُ؟» قَالَ: كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، قَالَ: «وَكَيْفَ تَخْتِمُ؟»، قَالَ: كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ، قَالَ: «صُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلاَثَةً، وَاقْرَإِ القُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ»، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أُطِيقُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «صُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي الجُمُعَةِ»، قُلْتُ: أُطِيقُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «أَفْطِرْ يَوْمَيْنِ وَصُمْ يَوْمًا» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أُطِيقُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «صُمْ أَفْضَلَ الصَّوْمِ صَوْمَ دَاوُدَ صِيَامَ يَوْمٍ وَإِفْطَارَ يَوْمٍ، وَاقْرَأْ فِي كُلِّ سَبْعِ لَيَالٍ مَرَّةً» فَلَيْتَنِي قَبِلْتُ رُخْصَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَذَاكَ أَنِّي كَبِرْتُ وَضَعُفْتُ، فَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَى بَعْضِ أَهْلِهِ السُّبْعَ مِنَ القُرْآنِ بِالنَّهَارِ، وَالَّذِي يَقْرَؤُهُ يَعْرِضُهُ مِنَ النَّهَارِ، لِيَكُونَ أَخَفَّ عَلَيْهِ بِاللَّيْلِ، وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَقَوَّى أَفْطَرَ أَيَّامًا وَأَحْصَى، وَصَامَ مِثْلَهُنَّ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَتْرُكَ شَيْئًا، فَارَقَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ "، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: " وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: فِي ثَلاَثٍ وَفِي خَمْسٍ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ عَلَى سَبْعٍ "

English translation

5053. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr: The Prophet ﷺ asked me, "How long does it take you to finish the recitation of the whole Qur'an?"

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5053 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «فِي كَمْ تَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ؟»

English translation

5054. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said to me, "Recite the whole Qur'ān in one month's time." I said, "But I have strength (to do more than that)." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Then finish the recitation of the Qur'ān in seven days, and do not finish it in less than this period."

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5054 - حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ شَيْبَانَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، مَوْلَى بَنِي زُهْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: وَأَحْسِبُنِي، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَنَا مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «اقْرَإِ القُرْآنَ فِي شَهْرٍ» قُلْتُ: إِنِّي أَجِدُ قُوَّةً حَتَّى قَالَ: «فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي سَبْعٍ وَلاَ تَزِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ»

English translation

5055. Narrated 'Abdullāh (bin Mas'ūd): Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said (to me), "Recite the Qur'ān to me." I said, "Shall I recite (it) to you while it has been revealed to you?" He said, "I like to hear it from another person." So I recited Sūrat An-Nisā' (The Women) till I reached the Verse: "How (will it be) then, when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muḥammad ﷺ) as a witness against these people?" (V.4:41) Then he said to me, "Stop!" or said, "Enough!" Thereupon I saw his eyes overflowing with tears.

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5055 - حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ يَحْيَى: بَعْضُ الحَدِيثِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ الأَعْمَشُ: وَبَعْضُ الحَدِيثِ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ قَالَ: «إِنِّي أَشْتَهِي أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي» قَالَ: فَقَرَأْتُ النِّسَاءَ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ: {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ، وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ شَهِيدًا} [النساء: 41] قَالَ لِي: «كُفَّ - أَوْ أَمْسِكْ -» فَرَأَيْتُ عَيْنَيْهِ تَذْرِفَانِ

English translation

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ 5056. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd: The Prophet ﷺ said to me, "Recite the Qur'an to me." I said to him, "Shall I recite (it) to you while it has been revealed to you?" He said, "I like to hear it from another person."

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5056 - حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الوَاحِدِ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ» قُلْتُ: أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ، قَالَ: «إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي»

English translation

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ 5057. Narrated 'Ali: I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "In the last days (of the world) there will appear young people with foolish thoughts and ideas. They will give good talks, but they will go out of Islām as an arrow goes out through the game, their faith will not exceed their throats (i.e., they will not have Faith). So, wherever you find them, kill them, for there will be a reward for their killers on the Day of Resurrection."

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5057 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «يَأْتِي فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ حُدَثَاءُ الأَسْنَانِ، سُفَهَاءُ الأَحْلاَمِ، يَقُولُونَ مِنْ خَيْرِ قَوْلِ البَرِيَّةِ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الإِسْلاَمِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، لاَ يُجَاوِزُ إِيمَانُهُمْ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، فَأَيْنَمَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ، فَإِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ»

English translation

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ 5058. Narrated Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī: I heard Allāh's Messenger ﷺ saying, "There will appear some people among you whose Salāt (prayer) will make you look down upon yours, and whose Saum (fasting) will make you look down upon yours, and whose (good) deeds will make you look down upon yours, but they will recite the Qur'an which will not exceed their throats (they will not act on it) and they will go out of Islām (i.e. discard Islām) as an arrow goes out through the game whereupon the archer would examine the arrowhead but see nothing, and look at the unfeathered part of arrow but see nothing, and look at its feathers but see nothing, and finally he suspects to find something in its lower part."

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5058 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «يَخْرُجُ فِيكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَحْقِرُونَ صَلاَتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلاَتِهِمْ، وَصِيَامَكُمْ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ، وَعَمَلَكُمْ مَعَ عَمَلِهِمْ، وَيَقْرَءُونَ القُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يَنْظُرُ فِي النَّصْلِ فَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا، وَيَنْظُرُ فِي القِدْحِ فَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا، وَيَنْظُرُ فِي الرِّيشِ فَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا، وَيَتَمَارَى فِي الفُوقِ»

English translation

5059. Narrated Abū Mūsā: The Prophet ﷺ said, "The example of a believer who recites the Qur'an and acts on it, is like a citron which tastes nice and smells nice. And the example of a believer who does not recite the Qur'an but acts on it, is like a date-fruit which tastes good but has no smell. And the example of a hypocrite who recites the Qur'an is like a Raihāna (sweet basil) which smells good but tastes bitter. And the example of a hypocrite who does not recite the Qur'an is like a colocynth which tastes bitter or bad and has a bitter bad smell."

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5059 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " المُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ وَيَعْمَلُ بِهِ: كَالأُتْرُجَّةِ، طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَرِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَالمُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي لاَ يَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ، وَيَعْمَلُ بِهِ: كَالتَّمْرَةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَلاَ رِيحَ لَهَا، وَمَثَلُ المُنَافِقِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ: كَالرَّيْحَانَةِ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ، وَمَثَلُ المُنَافِقِ الَّذِي لاَ يَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ: كَالحَنْظَلَةِ، طَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ - أَوْ خَبِيثٌ - وَرِيحُهَا مُرٌّ "

English translation

5060. Narrated 'Abdullāh: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Recite (and study) the Qur'an as long as you agree about its interpretation, but if you have any difference of opinion (as regards its interpretation and meaning) then you should stop reciting it (for the time being)."

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5060 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الجَوْنِيِّ، عَنْ جُنْدَبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «اقْرَءُوا القُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ، فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فَقُومُوا عَنْهُ»

English translation

5061. Narrated Jundub (bin Abdullah): The Prophet ﷺ said, "Recite (and study) the Qur'an as long as you agree about its interpretation, but when you have any difference of opinion (as regards its interpretation and meaning) then you should stop reciting it (for the time being)."

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5061 - حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَّامُ بْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الجَوْنِيِّ، عَنْ جُنْدَبٍ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اقْرَءُوا القُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ، فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فَقُومُوا عَنْهُ» تَابَعَهُ الحَارِثُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ، وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، وَأَبَانُ، وَقَالَ غُنْدَرٌ: عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ، سَمِعْتُ جُنْدَبًا، قَوْلَهُ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ: عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، عَنْ عُمَرَ قَوْلَهُ وَجُنْدَبٌ أَصَحُّ وَأَكْثَرُ

English translation

5062. Narrated 'Abdullah that he heard a man reciting a Verse of the Qur'an which he had heard the Prophet reciting in a different way. So he took that man to the Prophet ﷺ (and told him the story). The Prophet ﷺ said, "Both of you are reciting in a correct way, so carry on reciting." The Prophet ﷺ further added, "The nations which were before you were destroyed (by Allāh) because they differed."

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5062 - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ المَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنِ النَّزَّالِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ آيَةً سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خِلاَفَهَا، فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «كِلاَكُمَا مُحْسِنٌ فَاقْرَآ» أَكْبَرُ عِلْمِي، قَالَ: «فَإِنَّ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمُ اخْتَلَفُوا فَأُهْلِكُوا»