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ahmad:6523 – Yaʿlá > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Masrūq

[Machine] "Verily, that is a man whom I still love forever. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Take the Qur'an from four: from Ibn Umm Abd, and he began with it, and from Mu'adh, and from Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfa.' Ya'la said, 'And I forgot the fourth.'"  

أحمد:٦٥٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَذُكِرَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ

إِنَّ ذَاكَ لَرَجُلٌ لَا أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ أَبَدًا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ خُذُوا الْقُرْآنَ عَنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ فَبَدَأَ بِهِ وَعَنْ مُعَاذٍ وَعَنْ سَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ يَعْلَى وَنَسِيتُ الرَّابِعَ  

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bukhari:3758 – Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Ibrāhīm > Masrūq > Dhukir ʿAbdullāh ʿInd ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr > Dhāk a man Lā Azāl Uḥibbuh Baʿd Mā

ʿAbdullah (bin Masʿud) was mentioned before ʿAbdullah bin ʿAmr. The latter said, "That is a man I continue to love because I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, ' Learn the recitation of the Qur'an from (any of these) four persons: ʿAbdullah bin Masud, Salim the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifa, Ubai bin Kaʿb, and Muʿadh bin Jabal." I do not remember whether he mentioned Ubai first or Muʿadh.  

البخاري:٣٧٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ ذُكِرَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَقَالَ

ذَاكَ رَجُلٌ لاَ أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ اسْتَقْرِئُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَبَدَأَ بِهِ وَسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَأُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي بَدَأَ بِأُبَىٍّ أَوْ بِمُعَاذٍ  

muslim:2464a – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Masrūq

We used to go to Abdullah b. 'Amr and talk to him, Ibn Numair said: One day we made a mention of Abdullah b. Mas'ud, whereupon he said: You have made mention of a person whom I love more than anything else. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Learn Qur'an from four persons: Ibn Umm 'Abd (i. e. 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud) he started from him-then Mu'adh b. Jabal and Ubayya b. Ka'b, then Salim the ally of Abu Hudhaifa.  

مسلم:٢٤٦٤a – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ كُنَّا نَأْتِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو فَنَتَحَدَّثُ إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عِنْدَهُ فَذَكَرْنَا يَوْمًا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ

لَقَدْ ذَكَرْتُمْ رَجُلاً لاَ أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ بَعْدَ شَىْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ خُذُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ فَبَدَأَ بِهِ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَأُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ  

ahmad:6786 – Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

We used to go to Abdullah b. 'Amr and talk to him, Ibn Numair said: One day we made a mention of Abdullah b. Mas'ud, whereupon he said: You have made mention of a person whom I love more than anything else. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Learn Qur'an from four persons: Ibn Umm 'Abd (i. e. 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud) he started from him-then Mu'adh b. Jabal and Ubayya b. Ka'b, then Salim the ally of Abu Hudhaifa. (Using translation from Muslim 2464a)   

أحمد:٦٧٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خُذُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَذَاكَ رَجُلٌ لَا أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ مُنْذُ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَدَأَ بِهِ  

ahmad:6795 – Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Masrūq

We used to go to Abdullah b. 'Amr and talk to him, Ibn Numair said: One day we made a mention of Abdullah b. Mas'ud, whereupon he said: You have made mention of a person whom I love more than anything else. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Learn Qur'an from four persons: Ibn Umm 'Abd (i. e. 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud) he started from him-then Mu'adh b. Jabal and Ubayya b. Ka'b, then Salim the ally of Abu Hudhaifa. (Using translation from Muslim 2464a)  

أحمد:٦٧٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ كُنَّا نَأْتِي عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو فَنَتَحَدَّثُ عِنْدَهُ فَذَكَرْنَا يَوْمًا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ

لَقَدْ ذَكَرْتُمْ رَجُلًا لَا أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ خُذُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنَ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ فَبَدَأَ بِهِ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ  

tabarani:8410 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Masrūq > Dhakranā ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd ʿInd ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

We used to go to Abdullah b. 'Amr and talk to him, Ibn Numair said: One day we made a mention of Abdullah b. Mas'ud, whereupon he said: You have made mention of a person whom I love more than anything else. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Learn Qur'an from four persons: Ibn Umm 'Abd (i. e. 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud) he started from him-then Mu'adh b. Jabal and Ubayya b. Ka'b, then Salim the ally of Abu Hudhaifa. (Using translation from Muslim 2464a)   

الطبراني:٨٤١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ ذَكْرَنَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَقَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو إِنَّ ذَلِكَ رَجُلٌ لَا أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ بَعْدَ شَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ مِنَ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ» فَبَدَأَ بِهِ «وَمِنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَمِنْ سَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَمِنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ»