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ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِلْمَرْءِ إِذَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ أَنْ يُرِيدَ بِقِرَاءَتِهِ اللَّهَ وَالدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ دُونَ تَعْجِيلِ الثَّوَابِ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:760ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith Wadhakar Ibn Salm Ākhar Maʿah > Bakr b. Sawādah > Wafāʾ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day came out to us while we were reciting the Qur’an. He said: Praise be to Allah. The Book of Allah is one, and among you are the red, and among you are the white and among you are the black. Recite it before there appear people who will recite it and straighten it as an arrow is straightened. They will get their reward for it in this world and will not get it in the Hereafter. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 831)  

ابن حبّان:٧٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ وَذَكَرَ ابْنُ سَلْمٍ آخَرَ مَعَهُ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ وَفَاءِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ الصَّدَفِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجَ

عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا وَنَحْنُ نَقْتَرِئُ فَقَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَاحِدٌ وَفِيكُمُ الْأَحْمَرُ وَفِيكُمُ الْأَسْوَدُ اقْرَؤُوهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْرَأَهُ أَقْوَامٌ يُقَوِّمُونَهُ كَمَا يُقَوَّمُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ يَتَعَجَّلُ أَجْرَه ُ وَلَا يَتَأَجَّلُهُ»  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:831Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > ʿAmr And Ibn Lahīʿah > Bakr b. Sawādah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day came out to us while we were reciting the Qur’an. He said: Praise be to Allah. The Book of Allah is one, and among you are the red, and among you are the white and among you are the black. Recite it before there appear people who will recite it and straighten it as an arrow is straightened. They will get their reward for it in this world and will not get it in the Hereafter.  

أبو داود:٨٣١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو وَابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ وَفَاءِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ الصَّدَفِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا وَنَحْنُ نَقْتَرِئُ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَاحِدٌ وَفِيكُمُ الأَحْمَرُ وَفِيكُمُ الأَبْيَضُ وَفِيكُمُ الأَسْوَدُ اقْرَءُوهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْرَأَهُ أَقْوَامٌ يُقِيمُونَهُ كَمَا يُقَوَّمُ السَّهْمُ يَتَعَجَّلُ أَجْرَهُ وَلاَ يَتَأَجَّلُهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَظْهَرُ فِي النَّاسِ مِنْ حُسْنِ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ عَمَلٍ بِهِ

ibnhibban:6725Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bakr b. Sawādah > Wafāʾ b. Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Saʿd

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day came out to us while we were reciting the Qur’an. He said: Praise be to Allah. The Book of Allah is one, and among you are the red, and among you are the white and among you are the black. Recite it before there appear people who will recite it and straighten it as an arrow is straightened. They will get their reward for it in this world and will not get it in the Hereafter. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 831)   

ابن حبّان:٦٧٢٥حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ وَفَاءِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ نَقْتَرِئُ فَقَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَاحِدٌ وَفِيكُمُ الْأَحْمَرُ وَالْأَبْيَضُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ اقْرَؤُوهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْرَأَهُ أَقْوَامٌ يُقَوِّمُونَهُ كَمَا يُقَوَّمُ السَّهْمُ»  

tabarani:6021Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar al-Raqqī > Qabīṣah > Sufyān > Mūsá b. ʿUbaydah > Akhīh ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbaydah > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us while we were reading the Quran and reciting it to one another. He said, "Praise be to Allah, the Book of Allah is one, but the recitation styles differ among you. The black and the red (styles of recitation) should recite the Quran, recite the Quran, recite the Quran, before a people come who will recite it and establish its letters, similar to how an arrow is shot piercing through its target. They will rush to gain its reward and not delay it."  

الطبراني:٦٠٢١حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا قَبِيصَةُ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ نَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَيُقْرِئُهُ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا فَقَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَاحِدٌ فِيكُمُ الْأَسْوَدُ وَالْأَحْمَرُ اقْرَأُوا الْقُرْآنَ اقْرَأُوا الْقُرْآنَ اقْرَأُوا الْقُرْآنَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَقْوَامٌ يَقْرَأُونَ الْقُرْآنَ يُقِيمُونَ حُرُوفَهُ كَمَا يُقَامُ السَّهْمُ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَتَعَجَّلُونَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَا يَتَأَجَّلُونَهُ»  

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُبَيْدَةَ الرَّبَذِيُّ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

tabarani:6022al-Faḍl b. Abū Rawḥ al-Baṣrī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Abān > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Sulaymān > Mūsá b. ʿUbaydah > Akhīh ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbaydah > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us while we were reciting the Qur'an to each other. He said, "Praise be to Allah, there is one book among you, which is the red and the black. Recite the Qur'an, recite the Qur'an, recite it before there come people who establish it like an arrow, and they do not go beyond their limits, seeking its reward hastily and not delaying it."  

الطبراني:٦٠٢٢حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ أَبِي رَوْحٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ يُقْرِئُ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا فَقَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كِتَابٌ وَاحِدٌ فِيكُمُ الْأَحْمَرُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ اقْرَأُوا الْقُرْآنَ اقْرَأُوا الْقُرْآنَ اقْرَأُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَقْوَامٌ يُقِيمُونَهُ كَمَا يُقَامُ السَّهْمُ وَلَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَتَعَجَّلُونَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَا يَتَأَجَّلُونَهُ»  

وَفَاءُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

tabarani:6024Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Rishdīn al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bakr b. Sawādah > Wafāʾ b. Shurayḥ > Sahl b. Saʿd

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day came out to us while we were reciting the Qur’an. He said: Praise be to Allah. The Book of Allah is one, and among you are the red, and among you are the white and among you are the black. Recite it before there appear people who will recite it and straighten it as an arrow is straightened. They will get their reward for it in this world and will not get it in the Hereafter. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 831)  

الطبراني:٦٠٢٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ رِشْدِينَ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ وَفَاءِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا وَنَحْنُ نَقْتَرِئُ فَقَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَاحِدٌ وَفِيكُمُ الْأَبْيَضُ وَفِيكُمُ الْأَسْوَدُ اقْرَأُوهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْرَأَهُ أَقْوَامٌ يُقَوِّمُونَهُ كَمَا يُقَوَّمُ السَّهْمُ يَتَعَجَّلُ أَحَدُهُمْ أَجْرَهُ وَلَا يَتَأَجَّلُهُ»  

suyuti:10593aSahl b. Saʿd
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السيوطي:١٠٥٩٣aعن سهل بن سعد

"الْحمدُ لله كتَابُ اللهِ واحدٌ وفيكم الأحْمرُ وفيكم الأبْيَضُ وفيكم الأسْوَدُ اقْرأُوه قَبْلَ أنْ يَقْرَأَهُ أقْوامٌ يُقِيمُونَ حُروفَه كَمَا يَقومُ السَّهْمُ لا يجاوزُ تَراقِيَهم، يَتعجَّلُونَ أجْرَهُ ولا يَتَأجلونَهُ".  

[حم] أحمد وعبد بن حميد، [د] أبو داود [حب] ابن حبّان [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن سهل بن سعد