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darimi:3382 – al-Muʿallá b. Asad > al-Ḥārith b. Nabhān > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd from his father

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The best of you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it.' " 'Then he (Mus'ab) took me (the narrator) by the hand and made me sit here, and I started to teach Qur'an.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 213)   

الدارمي:٣٣٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ نَبْهَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خِيَارُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ» قَالَ «فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وأَقْعَدَنِي هَذَا الْمَقْعَدَ أُقْرِئُ»  

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ibnmajah:213 – Azhar b. Marwān > al-Ḥārith b. Nabhān > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd from his father

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The best of you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it.' " 'Then he (Mus'ab) took me (the narrator) by the hand and made me sit here, and I started to teach Qur'an.'"  

ابن ماجة:٢١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ نَبْهَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خِيَارُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ قَالَ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَقْعَدَنِي مَقْعَدِي هَذَا أُقْرِئُ  

darimi:3380 – Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > al-Nuʿmān b. Saʿd > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The best of you are those who learn Qurʿan and teach it.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1318)  

الدارمي:٣٣٨٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَعلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ

ibnhibban:118 – al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ al-Ghudānī > Shuʿbah > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Saʿīd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > ʿUthmān

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The best of you are those who learn Qurʿan and teach it.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1318)  

ابن حبّان:١١٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ الْغُدَانِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ»  

عَامِرٌ الشَّعْبِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

tabarani:7988 – Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Tammār > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib al-Bazzāz > Mūsá b. ʿUmayr > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Umāmah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The best of you are those who learn Qurʿan and teach it.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1318)  

الطبراني:٧٩٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمَّارُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ الْبَزَّازُ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خِيَارُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ»