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ahmad:20685ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Ayyūb > ʿAmr b. Salimah

[Machine] "On the day of victory, people started passing by us. They came from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I was a young boy reading (the Quran). Then my father brought his people to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to embrace Islam. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever among you knows the most Quran should lead you in prayer.' They looked at me, knowing that I knew the most Quran. A woman said, 'Cover your reciter.' So they bought him a garment. I have never been happier than I was on that day."  

أحمد:٢٠٦٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ سَلِمَةَ قَالَ

لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْفَتْحِ جَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْنَا قَدْ جَاءُوا مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكُنْتُ أَقْرَأُ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ فَجَاءَ أَبِي بِإِسْلَامِ قَوْمِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَؤُمُّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا فَنَظَرُوا فَكُنْتُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ قُرْآنًا قَالَ فَقَالَتْ امْرَأَةٌ غَطُّوا اسْتَ قَارِئِكُمْ قَالَ فَاشْتَرَوْا لَهُ بُرْدَةً قَالَ فَمَا فَرِحْتُ أَشَدَّ مِنْ فَرَحِي بِذَلِكَ