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ذِكْرُ قِرَاءَةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ {لَوْ شِئْتَ لَاتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا}

ibnhibban:6325 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Muḥammad al-Nāqid > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Ubay b. Kaʿb

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "(If you wanted, you could have taken a reward for it) in a reduced form."  

ابن حبّان:٦٣٢٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «(لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَخِذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا) مُخَفَّفَةً»  

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Suyūṭī
ahmad:21115 – ʿAbdullāh > ʿAmr al-Nāqid > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Ubay b. Kaʿb

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ who said, "If I wished, I could have asked for a reward for it." [Al-Kahf 77].  

أحمد:٢١١١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ {لَوْ شِئْتَ لَاتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا} [الكهف 77]  

hakim:2958 – Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Nuṣayr al-Khawwāṣ > Abū ʿImrān Mūsá b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAmr b. Muḥammad al-Nāqid > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Ubay b. Kaʿb

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ recited, "If you wish, you could have taken a wage for it" [Surah Al-Kahf 77], abbreviated.  

الحاكم:٢٩٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ الْخَوَّاصُ ثنا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ مُوسَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ {لَوْ شِئْتَ لَاتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا} [الكهف 77] مُخَفَّفَةً  

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