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2946. ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! In how much time may I recite the Qur’ān?’ He said: ‘Complete it in one month.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ He said: ‘Then
complete it in twenty (days).’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ He said: ‘Then finish it in fifteen (days).’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ He said: ‘Finish it in ten (days).’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ He said: ‘Finish it in five (days).’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’” He (‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr) said: “But he did not permit me.” (Da’if)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb [from this route], it is considered Gharīb as a narration of Abū Burdah from ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr.
This Hadīth has been reported through other routes from ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr. And it has been reported from ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr from the Prophet ﷺ that he said: “He who recites the Qur’ān in less than three (days), he does not understand it.”
And it has been reported from ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Recite the Qur’ān in forty (days).” Ishaq bin Ibrāhīm said: “We do not like more than forty days to pass upon a man and he has not recited the Qur’ān due to this Hadīth.” Some of the people of knowledge said that the Qur’ān is not to be recited in less than three (days), due to the Hadīth reported from the Prophet ﷺ, and some of the people of knowledge permitted it. It has been related that ‘Uthmān bin ‘Affān would recite the Qur’ān in the Rak’ah which he performed in Witr. And it has been reported that Sa’eed bin Jubair would recite
the Qur'an in a Rak'ah in the Ka'bah. And reciting the Qur'an with Tartil (a slow and pleasant style) is more recommended to the people of knowledge.
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Footnotes
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[1] See nos. 1425, 2646.
Commentary
Islamic teachings and laws have been defined taking the majority of the people into consideration, and no such deed or task has been legislated that the majority of people cannot perform easily and flexibly. Therefore, taking care for the people's worldly and religious needs, no minimal period is specified to complete the reading of the whole Qur'an; because a large number of people would not be able to do so due to their struggle for their livelihood.
