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bayhaqi:4060Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Zaʿfarānī > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ayyūb > Abū Ḥamzah

[Machine] I said to Ibn Abbas, "I am a fast reader. I read the Quran in three nights." He said, "I would prefer that you read Surah Al-Baqarah in one night, contemplating its meaning and reciting it slowly, as it is dearer to me."  

البيهقي:٤٠٦٠وَأنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنِّي سَرِيعُ الْقِرَاءَةِ إِنِّي أَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ قَالَ لَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَأَتَدَّبَّرَهَا وَأُرَتِّلَهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَقَرَأَهَا كَمَا تَقْرَأُ  


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bayhaqi:4714Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Zaʿfarānī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād > Abū Jamrah

[Machine] I said to Ibn Abbas, "I am a fast reader, I quickly memorize the Quran." So Ibn Abbas said, "I encourage you to recite Surah Al-Baqarah and memorize it, as I love reciting it more than reciting the entire Quran in a hurrying manner."  

البيهقي:٤٧١٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَبِي جَمْرَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنِّي سَرِيعُ الْقِرَاءَةِ إِنِّي أَهُذُّ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فَأُرَتِّلُهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّهُ هَذْرَمَةً  

bayhaqi:2430ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > al-Ḥasan al-Zaʿfarānī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād > Abū Jamrah

[Machine] I said to Ibn Abbas, "I am a fast reader. I quickly recite the Quran." Ibn Abbas replied, "Because I recite Surah Al-Baqarah and I prefer to recite it more than reciting the entire Quran hastily."  

البيهقي:٢٤٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَبِي جَمْرَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنِّي سَرِيعُ الْقِرَاءَةِ إِنِّي أَهُذُّ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لِأَنْ أَقْرَأَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فَأُرَتِّلُهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّهُ هَذْرَمَةً