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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
nasai-kubra:10496 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Manṣūr And ʿĀṣim > Abū Wāʾil > Ibn Masʿūd > Biʾsamā Liʾaḥadihim

[Machine] To say "I forgot the verse of Kit and Kat, rather, it was forgotten."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٤٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَعَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ §بِئْسَمَا لِأَحَدِهِمْ

أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:5039 – Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Why does anyone of the people say, 'I have forgotten such-and-such Verses (of the Qur'an)?' He, in fact, is caused (by Allah) to forget."  

البخاري:٥٠٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا لأَحَدِهِمْ يَقُولُ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ  

ahmad:4085 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān And Shuʿbah > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , "How bad it is for one of you to say, 'I have forgotten such and such verse,' while in fact, he has been made to forget."  

أحمد:٤٠٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَشُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِئْسَمَا لِأَحَدِكُمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ  

nasai-kubra:7988 – Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Nuʿaym And Muʿāwyah > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Why does anyone of the people say, 'I have forgotten such-and-such Verses (of the Qur'an)?' He, in fact, is caused (by Allah) to forget." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5039)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٩٨٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَنْصُورًا وَأَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ وَمُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِئْسَمَا لَأَحَدِهِمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ  

nasai-kubra:10494 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Shuʿbah > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "How bad it is for one of you to say, 'I have forgotten a verse, but it has been abandoned and forgotten."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٤٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ بِئْسَمَا لِأَحَدِكُمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ  

nasai-kubra:10495 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Nuʿaym And Muʿāwyah > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Why does anyone of the people say, 'I have forgotten such-and-such Verses (of the Qur'an)?' He, in fact, is caused (by Allah) to forget." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5039)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٤٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ وَمُعَاوِيَةُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِئْسَمَا لَأَحَدِهِمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ