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ahmad:18509ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] A man read Surah Al-Kahf while he had a tied-up animal. The animal became restless, so the man looked up and saw a cloud covering him or a mist. He got scared and went to the Prophet ﷺ . I asked if the Prophet ﷺ mentioned that man. He said yes, and then I said, "Who is that man?" He replied, "That man is so-and-so." I said, "He was reading Surah Al-Kahf, and tranquility descended upon him, or it was found nearby him."  

أحمد:١٨٥٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ قَالَ

قَرَأَ رَجُلٌ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ وَلَهُ دَابَّةٌ مَرْبُوطَةٌ فَجَعَلَتِ الدَّابَّةُ تَنْفِرُ فَنَظَرَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى سَحَابَةٍ قَدْ غَشِيَتْهُ أَوْ ضَبَابَةٍ فَفَزِعَ فَذَهَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُلْتُ سَمَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَاكَ الرَّجُلَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ فُلَانُ فَإِنَّ السَّكِينَةَ نَزَلَتْ لِلْقُرْآنِ أَوْ عِنْدَ الْقُرْآنِ  


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muslim:795bIbn al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār And al-Lafẓ Ibn al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

I heard al-Bara' as saying that a man recited al-Kahf when an animal was there in the house and it began to take fright. And as he looked around, he found a cloud overshadowing it. He mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Upon this he said: O so and so, recite on (the surah) as- Sakina descends at the (recitation of the Qur'an) or on account (of the recitation) of the Qur'an.  

مسلم:٧٩٥bوَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَقُولُ قَرَأَ رَجُلٌ الْكَهْفَ وَفِي الدَّارِ دَابَّةٌ فَجَعَلَتْ تَنْفِرُ فَنَظَرَ فَإِذَا ضَبَابَةٌ أَوْ سَحَابَةٌ قَدْ غَشِيَتْهُ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ فُلاَنُ فَإِنَّهَا السَّكِينَةُ تَنَزَّلَتْ عِنْدَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ تَنَزَّلَتْ لِلْقُرْآنِ  

ahmad:18474Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

I heard al-Bara' as saying that a man recited al-Kahf when an animal was there in the house and it began to take fright. And as he looked around, he found a cloud overshadowing it. He mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Upon this he said: O so and so, recite on (the surah) as- Sakina descends at the (recitation of the Qur'an) or on account (of the recitation) of the Qur'an. (Using translation from Muslim 795b)  

أحمد:١٨٤٧٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَقُولُ قَرَأَ رَجُلٌ الْكَهْفَ وَفِي الدَّارِ دَابَّةٌ فَجَعَلَتْ تَنْفِرُ فَنَظَرَ فَإِذَا ضَبَابَةٌ أَوْ سَحَابَةٌ قَدْ غَشِيَتْهُ قَالَا فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ فُلَانُ فَإِنَّهَا السَّكِينَةُ تَنَزَّلَتْ عِنْدَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ تَنَزَّلَتْ لِلْقُرْآنِ