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ahmad:10318Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Ukaymah al-Junduʿī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , performed a prayer in which he recited aloud. When he finished, he said, "Did anyone recite along with me?" A man from the people said, "I did." He said, "I say, what disagreement do I have regarding the Qur'an?"  

أحمد:١٠٣١٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ الْجُنْدُعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةً فَجَهَرَ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ هَلْ قَرَأَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مَعِي آنِفًا؟ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَنَا قَالَ إِنِّي أَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ  


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nasai:919Qutaybah > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Ukaymah al-Laythī > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished a prayer in which he recited out loud, then he said: 'Did any one of you recite with me just now?' A man said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'I was wondering what was distracting me in reciting Quran.'" So the people stopped reciting in prayers in which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited out loud when they heard that.  

النسائي:٩١٩أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلاَةٍ جَهَرَ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَقَالَ هَلْ قَرَأَ مَعِي أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ آنِفًا قَالَ رَجُلٌ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنِّي أَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ فَانْتَهَى النَّاسُ عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِيمَا جَهَرَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ حِينَ سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ  

abudawud:826al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Ukaymah al-Laythī > Abū Hurayrah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished a prayer in which he had recited (the Qur'an) loudly, he asked: Did any of you recite along with me just now? A man replied: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He said: I am wondering what is the matter with me that I have been contended with reciting the Qur'an. He said: When the people heard that from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ they ceased reciting (the Qur'an) along with him at the prayers in which he recited aloud. Abu Dawud said: This tradition reported by Ibn Ukaimah has also been narrated by Ma'mar, Yunus, and Usamah b. Zaid on the authority of al-Zuhri similar to the tradition of Malik.  

أبو داود:٨٢٦حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلاَةٍ جَهَرَ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَقَالَ هَلْ قَرَأَ مَعِي أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ آنِفًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنِّي أَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ فَانْتَهَى النَّاسُ عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيمَا جَهَرَ فِيهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ حِينَ سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَى حَدِيثَ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ هَذَا مَعْمَرٌ وَيُونُسُ وَأُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَلَى مَعْنَى مَالِكٍ
ibnmajah:848Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Ukaymah > Abū Hurayrah

“I heard Abu Hurairah say: ‘The Prophet ﷺ led his Companions in a prayer; we think it was the Subh. He said: “Did anyone among you recite?” A man said: “I did.” He said: “I was saying to myself, what is wrong with me that someone is fighting to wrest the Qur’an from me?”  

ابن ماجة:٨٤٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَهِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِأَصْحَابِهِ صَلاَةً نَظُنُّ أَنَّهَا الصُّبْحُ فَقَالَ هَلْ قَرَأَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ قَالَ رَجُلٌ أَنَا قَالَ إِنِّي أَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ  

ahmad:8007ʿAbd al-Raḥman Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Ukaymah al-Laythī > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished a prayer in which he recited out loud, then he said: 'Did any one of you recite with me just now?' A man said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'I was wondering what was distracting me in reciting Quran.'" So the people stopped reciting in prayers in which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited out loud when they heard that. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 919)  

أحمد:٨٠٠٧قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ جَهَرَ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَقَالَ هَلْ قَرَأَ مَعِي أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ آنِفًا؟ قَالَ رَجُلٌ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ إِنِّي أَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ قَالَ فَانْتَهَى النَّاسُ عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِيمَا جَهَرَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصَّلَواتِ حِينَ سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:7819ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Ukaymah Yuḥaddithuʿan Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished a prayer in which he recited out loud, then he said: 'Did any one of you recite with me just now?' A man said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'I was wondering what was distracting me in reciting Quran.'" So the people stopped reciting in prayers in which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited out loud when they heard that. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 919)   

أحمد:٧٨١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أُكَيْمَةَ يُحَدِّثُعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى صَلَاةً جَهَرَ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بَعْدَمَا سَلَّمَ فَقَالَ هَلْ قَرَأَ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ مَعِي آنِفًا؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ إِنِّي أَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ فَانْتَهَى النَّاسُ عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِيمَا يَجْهَرُ بِهِ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ حِينَ سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ رَفْعِ الصَّوْتِ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ لِلْمَأْمُومِ خَلْفَ إِمَامِهِ

ibnhibban:1843Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Ukaymah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Heﷺ said to us, the messenger of Allahﷺ led us in prayer in which he recited aloud. When he finished, he turned to the people and said, "Did anyone among you recite before me?" They said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "I would never argue with the Quran."  

ابن حبّان:١٨٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةً فَجَهَرَ فِيهَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ اسْتَقْبَلَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ «هَلْ قَرَأَ آنِفًا مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ؟ » قَالُوا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ «لَأَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ! »  

ذِكْرُ كَرَاهِيَةِ رَفْعِ الصَّوْتِ لِلْمَأْمُومِ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ لِئَلَّا يُنَازِعُ الْإِمَامُ مَا يَقْرَؤُهُ

ibnhibban:1849ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Ukaymah al-Laythī > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished a prayer in which he recited out loud, then he said: 'Did any one of you recite with me just now?' A man said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'I was wondering what was distracting me in reciting Quran.'" So the people stopped reciting in prayers in which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited out loud when they heard that. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 919)   

ابن حبّان:١٨٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ جَهَرَ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَقَالَ «هَلْ قَرَأَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ آنِفًا؟ » فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ نَعَمْ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي أَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ » فَانْتَهَى النَّاسُ عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِيمَا جَهَرَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْقَوْمَ كَانُوا يَقْرَءُونَ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَعَ الصَّوْتِ حَيْثُ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ، لَا أَنَّ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا كَانَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ وَحْدَهُ

ibnhibban:1850Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Yūnus b. Abū Shaykh Bikufr Tūthā from Diyār Rabīʿah > Isḥāq b. Zurayq al-Rasʿanī > al-Firyābī > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed a prayer and recited aloud. Some people read along with him. After he finished, he asked, "Has anyone among you recited?" They replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "I do not compete in recitation of the Quran." He said, "Therefore, let the Muslims take a lesson from this, and they should not recite aloud."  

ابن حبّان:١٨٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يُونُسَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْخٌ بِكُفْرِ تُوثَا مِنْ دِيَارِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ زُرَيْقٍ الرَّسْعَنِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةً فَجَهَرَ فِيهَا فَقَرَأَ أُنَاسٌ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَالَ «قَرَأَ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ؟ » قَالُوا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَأَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ » قَالَ «فَاتَّعَظَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِذَلِكَ فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يَقْرَءُونَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذَا الْكَلَامَ الْأَخِيرَ فَانْتَهَى النَّاسُ عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَاتَّعَظَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِذَلِكَ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ قَوْلُ الزُّهْرِيِّ لَا مِنْ كَلَامِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

ibnhibban:1851ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Man > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Abu Huraira heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ leading us in prayer and he recited loudly. When he finished the prayer, he said, "Did any one of you recite with me?" They replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Why did I not hear anyone arguing with me in the recitation of the Qur'an?"  

ابن حبّان:١٨٥١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَنْ

سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةً فَجَهَرَ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَالَ «هَلْ قَرَأَ مَعِي مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ آنِفًا؟ » قَالُوا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنِّي أَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ »  

nasai-kubra:993Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Ukaymah al-Laythī > Abū Hurayrah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished a prayer in which he had recited (the Qur'an) loudly, he asked: Did any of you recite along with me just now? A man replied: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He said: I am wondering what is the matter with me that I have been contended with reciting the Qur'an. He said: When the people heard that from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ they ceased reciting (the Qur'an) along with him at the prayers in which he recited aloud. Abu Dawud said: This tradition reported by Ibn Ukaimah has also been narrated by Ma'mar, Yunus, and Usamah b. Zaid on the authority of al-Zuhri similar to the tradition of Malik. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 826)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ جَهَرَ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَقَالَ «هَلْ قَرَأَ مَعِي أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ آنِفًا؟» قَالَ رَجُلٌ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «إِنِّي أَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ؟» قَالَ فَانْتَهَى النَّاسُ عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِيمَا جَهَرَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ حِينَ سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ