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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْمَرْءُ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ

ibnhibban:761Aḥmad

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should say, 'I have forgotten a verse, but I remember part of it.' For indeed, he has not forgotten it, but rather, it has been made to be forgotten."  

ابن حبّان:٧٦١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ الصُّوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَقُولُ أَحَدُكُمْ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ نَسِيَ وَلَكِنَّهُ نُسِّيَ»  


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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
tabarani:10437ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Sāmī > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Muḥammad b. Juḥādah > ʿAbdah b. Abū Lubābah > Abū Wāʾil

[Machine] On the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, the Prophet ﷺ mentioned: "None of you should say, 'I have forgotten such and such a verse, but you know the gist of it.' Indeed, he has not forgotten it, but he has been made to forget it."  

الطبراني:١٠٤٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ

عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَذَكَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ؛ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ نَسِيَ وَلَكِنَّهُ نُسِّيَ  

nasai-kubra:10492ʿAbd al-Wārith b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith > Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Muḥammad b. Juḥādah > ʿAbdah > Abū Wāʾil > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ he said, "None of you should say, 'I have forgotten a verse from the Quran which I used to know.' For indeed, it is not that he has forgotten, but rather it has been taken away from him."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٤٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِنِّي نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ نَسِيَ وَلَكِنَّهُ نُسِّيَ