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ahmad:21153ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Warakānī > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > Sulaymān > Ubay b. Kaʿb

[Machine] He raised it to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Two angels came to me, and one of them said to the other, 'Teach him'. The other angel asked, 'How much?' He said, 'One letter.' He said, 'Increase it.' He said, 'Until it reached seven letters'."  

أحمد:٢١١٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْوَرَكَانِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَتَانِي مَلَكَانِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ أَقْرِئْهُ قَالَ عَلَى كَمْ؟ قَالَ حَرْفٍ قَالَ زِدْهُ قَالَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ