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ahmad:21176 – ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakm > Mujāhid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Ubay b. Kaʿb

[Machine] Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ was visited by Gabriel, who said, "Verily, Allah commands you to recite the Quran to your Ummah (nation) in seven different dialects. So whichever dialect they recite from, they will have accomplished it correctly."  

أحمد:٢١١٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ الْحَكمِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَأَيُّمَا حَرْفٍ قَرَءُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَدْ أَصَابُوا  

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ahmad:21175 – ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Sulaymān al-Asadī Lūwayn > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Aʿyan > ʿUmar b. Sālim al-Afṭas from his father > Zubayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Ubay b. Kaʿb

[Machine] That Gabriel came to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ while he was with the tribe of Banu Ghifar and said, "O Muhammad, Allah commands you to recite the Quran with precision, and he continued to add to it until it reached seven recitations."  

أحمد:٢١١٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَسَدِيُّ لُوَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ الْأَفْطَسُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي أَضَاةِ بَنِي غِفَارٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَزِيدُهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ