English translation
[1904] 273 - (820) It wasnarrated that Ubayy bin Ka'bsaid: "I was in the Masjid, and aman came in and offered prayers,
and (in it) he recited in a manner which I found strange. Then another man came in and recited in a manner different from his companion. When we had finished the prayer, we all entered upon the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and I said: 'This man recited in a manner which I found strange, then another man came in and recited in a manner different from his companion.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ told them to recite, and they did so, and the Prophet ﷺ expressed his approval. I felt in my heart a kind of doubt such as I had never felt even during the Jâhiliyyah. When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ saw that I was affected and had broken into a sweat, as if I was looking at Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, with fear, he said to me: 'O Ubayy, it was conveyed to me that I should recite the Qur'an in one mode of recitation, and I replied: Make it easy for my Ummah. It was conveyed to me the second time that I should recite it in two modes of recitation. I replied: Make it easy for my Ummah. It was conveyed to me the third time that I should recite it in seven modes of recitation, and: For each time you replied, you may ask Me for something. I said: O Allâh, forgive my Ummah; O Allâh, forgive my Ummah, and I have delayed the third one for the Day
when all of mankind will turn to me, even Ibrâhîm, peace be upon him.”
Arabic text
273 - (820) حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَدَخَلَ رَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً أَنْكَرْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ آخَرُ فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً سِوَى قَرَاءَةِ صَاحِبِهِ، فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا الصَّلَاةَ دَخَلْنَا جَمِيعًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ هَذَا قَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً أَنْكَرْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ، وَدَخَلَ آخَرُ فَقَرَأَ سِوَى قِرَاءَةِ صَاحِبِهِ، فَأَمَرَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَرَآ، فَحَسَّنَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَأْنَهُمَا، فَسَقَطَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنَ التَّكْذِيبِ، وَلَا إِذْ كُنْتُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا قَدْ غَشِيَنِي، ضَرَبَ فِي صَدْرِي، فَفِضْتُ عَرَقًا وَكَأَنَّمَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَرَقًا، فَقَالَ لِي: " يَا أُبَيُّ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيَّ أَنِ اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ، فَرَدَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ هَوِّنْ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، فَرَدَّ إِلَيَّ الثَّانِيَةَ اقْرَأْهُ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ، فَرَدَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ هَوِّنْ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، فَرَدَّ إِلَيَّ الثَّالِثَةَ اقْرَأْهُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَلَكَ بِكُلِّ رَدَّةٍ رَدَدْتُكَهَا مَسْأَلَةٌ تَسْأَلُنِيهَا، فَقُلْتُ: اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأُمَّتِي، اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأُمَّتِي، وَأَخَّرْتُ الثَّالِثَةَ لِيَوْمٍ يَرْغَبُ إِلَيَّ الْخَلْقُ كُلُّهُمْ، حَتَّى إِبْرَاهِيمُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ".
