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Darussalam · Volume 2

11. The Book Of TheCommencement Of ThePrayer

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الحديث: 938 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 151

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939. 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair narrated that Al-Miswar bin Makhramah and 'Abdur-Rahmân bin 'Abdul-Qâri' told him that they heard 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭâb say: "I heard Hishâm bin Hâkim reciting Sûrat Al-Furqân during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, so I listened to his recitation and he was reciting it in a way that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ had not taught me. I was about to jump on him while he was still praying, but I waited patiently until he said the Salâm (at the end of the prayer). When he had said the Salâm I grabbed him by his garment and said: 'Who taught you this Sûrah that I heard you reciting?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ taught me it.' I said: 'You are lying, by Allāh! the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ is the one who taught me this Sūrah that I heard you reciting.' I took him to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, I heard this man reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān in a way that you did not teach me, but you taught me Sūrat Al-Furqān.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Let him go, O 'Umar. Recite, O Hishām.' So he recited it to him in the way that I had heard him recite. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'It was revealed like this.' Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Recite, O 'Umar.' So I recited it in the way that he had taught me. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'It was revealed like this.' Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'This Qur'ān has been revealed to be recited in seven different modes, so recite as much of the Qur'ān as may be easy for you.'" (Sahih)

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938 - أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنْ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ الْمِسْوَرَ بْنُ مَخْرَمَةَ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيَّ أَخْبَرَاهُ، أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمٍ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاسْتَمَعْتُ لِقِرَاءَتِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقْرَؤُهَا عَلَى حُرُوفٍ كَثِيرَةٍ لَمْ يُقْرِئْنِيهَا رَسُولِ اللَّهُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَكِدْتُ أُسَاوِرُهُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَتَصَبَّرْتُ حَتَّى سَلَّمَ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ لَبَّبْتُهُ بِرِدَائِهِ فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُكَ تَقْرَؤُهَا؟ فَقَالَ: أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. فَقُلْتُ: كَذَبْتَ، فَوَاللَّهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هُوَ أَقْرَأَنِي هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُكَ تَقْرَؤُهَا، فَانْطَلَقْتُ بِهِ أَقُودُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولِ اللَّهُ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ لَمْ تُقْرِئْنِيهَا، وَأَنْتَ أَقْرَأْتَنِي سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَرْسِلْهُ يَا عُمَرُ، اقْرَأْ يَا هِشَامُ». فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ الْقِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَؤُهَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ». ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اقْرَأْ يَا عُمَرُ». فَقَرَأْتُ الْقِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي أَقْرَأَنِي، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ». ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ»

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The seven dialects do not signify those seven modes of recitation which the reciters teach as part of the science of proper recitation (Qir'at). Those are the different styles of reciting the Qurayshite dialect. All the rest of dialects other than the Qurayshite dialect have altogether been eradicated.