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ibnmajah:1354Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Burd b. Sinān > ʿUbādah b. Nusa > Ghuḍayf b. al-Ḥārith

“I came to ‘Aishah and asked: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite Qur’an loudly or softly?’ She said: ‘Sometimes he would recite loud and sometimes softly.’ I said, ‘Allahu Akbar! Praise is to Allah Who has made this matter one of broad scope.’”  

ابن ماجة:١٣٥٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ بُرْدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَىٍّ عَنْ غُضَيْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ فَقُلْتُ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَجْهَرُ بِالْقُرْآنِ أَوْ يُخَافِتُ بِهِ قَالَتْ رُبَّمَا جَهَرَ وَرُبَّمَا خَافَتَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ سَعَةً  


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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَجْهَرُ فِي صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ بِقِرَاءَتِهِ كُلِّهَا

ibnhibban:2582al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād > Wuhayb > Burd Abū al-ʿAlāʾ > ʿUbādah b. Nusay > Ghuḍayf b. al-Ḥārith

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "Did you see the Prophet ﷺ praying loudly or softly?" She replied, "Sometimes he would pray loudly, and sometimes he would pray softly." I said, "Praise be to Allah who has made flexibility in matters."  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ بُرْدٍ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَيٍّ عَنْ غُضَيْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَرَأَيْتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَجْهَرُ بِصَلَاتِهِ أَوْ يُخَافِتُ بِهَا؟ قَالَتْ «رُبَّمَا جَهَرَ بِصَلَاتِهِ وَرُبَّمَا خَافَتَ بِهَا» قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الْأَمْرِ سَعَةً