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nasai-kubra:7983 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah And Sufyān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUthmān

“The best of you are those who learn Qurʿan and teach it.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 500)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٩٨٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ وَسُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ «خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ» وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ «أَفْضَلُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ»  

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ibnmajah:211 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > Shuʿbah And Sufyān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān

The Messenger of Allah said: (According to one of the narrators) Shu'bah (he) said: 'The best of you' (and according to) Sufyan (he) said: "The most excellent of you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it."  

ابن ماجة:٢١١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَسُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ خَيْرُكُمْ وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ أَفْضَلُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ  

ahmad:500 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān And Shuʿbah > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmaniʿan ʿUthmān

“The best of you are those who learn Qurʿan and teach it.ʿ  

أحمد:٥٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَشُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِعَنْ عُثْمَانَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ؛ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ أَفْضَلُكُمْ وَقَالَ شُعْبَةُ خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ  

suyuti:3-340b – ʿUthmān > Qāl Rasūl
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السيوطي:٣-٣٤٠b –

" عَنْ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : خِيارُكم أَو أبْرَارُكُمْ أو أفَاضِلُكم مَن تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرآنَ وَعَلَّمه ".  

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