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ذِكْرُ أَمْرِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ بَعْضَ أُمَّتِهِ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنَ

ibnhibban:735Abū Yaʿlá > ʿAbd al-Ghaffār b. ʿAbdullāh al-Zubayrī > ʿAlī b. Mushir > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "To me, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Recite upon me.' I said, 'Shall I recite upon you even though the Quran was revealed to you?' He said, 'Indeed, I love to hear it from someone other than myself.'"  

ابن حبّان:٧٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ» قَالَ قُلْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَإِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ «إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي»  


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bukhari:5049ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth from my father > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh

That the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Recite the Qur'an to me." ʿAbdullah said, "Shall I recite (the Qur'an) to you while it has been revealed to you?" He said, "I like to hear it from others."  

البخاري:٥٠٤٩حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اقْرَأْ عَلَىَّ الْقُرْآنَ قُلْتُ آقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ قَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي  

bukhari:5056Qays b. Ḥafṣ > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah al-Salmānī > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said to me, "Recite Qur'an to me." I said to him. "Shall I recite (it) to you while it has been revealed to you?" He said, "I like to hear it from another person."  

البخاري:٥٠٥٦حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اقْرَأْ عَلَىَّ قُلْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ قَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي  

tirmidhi:3025Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Muʿāwiyah b. Hishām > Sufyān al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh

from 'Abidah that 'Abdullah said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'Recite for me.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Shall I recite for you while it is to you whom it was revealed?' He said: 'I love to hear it from other than me.'" So I recited Surat An-Nisa until I reached: "...And We bring you (Muhammad) as a witness against these people? (4:41)" He said: "So I saw the eyes of the Prophet ﷺ overflowing with tears."  

الترمذي:٣٠٢٥حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اقْرَأْ عَلَىَّ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ قَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي فَقَرَأْتُ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ (جِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ شَهِيدًا ) قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ عَيْنَىِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَهْمِلاَنِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ
ahmad:18457Wakīʿ > ʿĪsá b. Dīnār from his father > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith b. al-Muṣṭaliq

Abu Bakr and 'Umar gave him the glad tidings that the Messenger of Allah had said: "Whoever would like to recite the Qur'an as fresh as when it was revealed, let him recite it like Ibn Umm 'Abd.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 138)  

أحمد:١٨٤٥٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُصْطَلِقِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْهُ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ  

hakim:5390Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Qurashī Bi-al-Kūfah > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. ʿAffān al-ʿĀmirī > Muṣʿab b. al-Miqdām > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿUmar

Abu Bakr and 'Umar gave him the glad tidings that the Messenger of Allah had said: "Whoever would like to recite the Qur'an as fresh as when it was revealed, let him recite it like Ibn Umm 'Abd.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 138)  

الحاكم:٥٣٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ الْعَامِرِيُّ ثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ ثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْهُ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم
suyuti:3921a

That the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Recite the Qur'an to me." ʿAbdullah said, "Shall I recite (the Qur'an) to you while it has been revealed to you?" He said, "I like to hear it from others." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5049)   

السيوطي:٣٩٢١a

"اقرأ عَلَيَّ القُرآن. قال: يا رسولَ الله أقْرَأ عَلَيكَ، وعليك أُنْزِل؟ ، قال: إني أشْتَهِى أنْ أسْمَعَهُ مِن غَيرِى ".  

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود عن ابن مسعود