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tabarani:8460ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Firyābī > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said to me, "Recite (the Qur'an) to me." I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ Shall I recite (the Qur'an) to you while it has been revealed to you?" He said, "Yes." So I recited Surat-An-Nisa' (The Women), but when I recited the Verse: 'How (will it be) then when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these people.' (4.41) He said, "Enough for the present," I looked at him and behold! His eyes were overflowing with tears (Using translation from Bukhārī 5050)  

الطبراني:٨٤٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» فَقَرَأْتُ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} قَالَ «حَسْبُكَ الْآنَ» فَالْتَفَتُّ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا عَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ  


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bukhari:4582Ṣadaqah > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Sulaymān > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh > Yaḥyá Baʿḍ al-Ḥadīth > ʿAmr b. Murrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "Recite (of the Qur'an) for me," I said, "Shall I recite it to you although it had been revealed to you?" He said, "I like to hear (the Qur'an) from others." So I recited Surat-an- Nisa' till I reached: "How (will it be) then when We bring from each nation a witness, and We bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these people?" (4.41) Then he said, "Stop!" And behold, his eyes were overflowing with tears."  

البخاري:٤٥٨٢حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ يَحْيَى بَعْضُ الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اقْرَأْ عَلَىَّ قُلْتُ آقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى بَلَغْتُ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ شَهِيدًا} قَالَ أَمْسِكْ فَإِذَا عَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ  

bukhari:5050Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

The Prophet ﷺ said to me, "Recite (the Qur'an) to me." I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ Shall I recite (the Qur'an) to you while it has been revealed to you?" He said, "Yes." So I recited Surat-An-Nisa' (The Women), but when I recited the Verse: 'How (will it be) then when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these people.' (4.41) He said, "Enough for the present," I looked at him and behold! His eyes were overflowing with tears  

البخاري:٥٠٥٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اقْرَأْ عَلَىَّ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ آقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَرَأْتُ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ إِلَى هَذِهِ الآيَةِ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ شَهِيدًا} قَالَ حَسْبُكَ الآنَ فَالْتَفَتُّ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا عَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ  

abudawud:3668ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: recite Surat al-Nisa’. I asked: Shall I recite to you what was sent down to you? He replied: I like to here it from someone else. So I recited (it) until I reached this verse “How then shall it be when We bring from every people a witness?”. Then I raised my head and saw tears falling from his eyes.  

أبو داود:٣٦٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اقْرَأْ عَلَىَّ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ قَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي قَالَ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ { فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ } الآيَةَ فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَإِذَا عَيْنَاهُ تَهْمِلاَنِ  

ibnmajah:4194Hannād b. al-Sarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

“The Prophet ﷺ said to me: ‘Recite Qur’an to me,’ so I recited Surat An-Nisa’ to him, and when I reached (the Verse): “How (will it be) then, when We bring forth from each nation a witness and We bring you as a witness against these people?” [4:41] I looked at him, and his eyes were filled with tears.”  

ابن ماجة:٤١٩٤حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اقْرَأْ عَلَىَّ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِسُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ شَهِيدًا} فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا عَيْنَاهُ تَدْمَعَانِ  

ahmad:3606Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Sulaymān > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān And Baʿḍ al-Ḥadīth > ʿAmr b. Murrah from my father > Abū al-Ḍuḥá > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said to me, "Recite Qur'an to me." I said to him. "Shall I recite (it) to you while it has been revealed to you?" He said, "I like to hear it from another person." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5056)  

أحمد:٣٦٠٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَبَعْضُ الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّنِي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي فَقَرَأْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَابِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} [النساء 41] قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَيْنَيْهِ تَذْرِفَانِ دُمُوعًا  

ahmad:4118Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "To me, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Recite the Quran to me.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, how can I recite it to you when it was revealed upon you?' He said, 'I desire to hear it from someone other than myself.' So I began reciting Surah An-Nisa to him, and when I reached the verse 'So how [will it be] when We bring from every nation a witness and we bring you, [O Muhammad] against these [people] as a witness?' [Quran 4:41] He looked at me and his eyes were filled with tears."  

أحمد:٤١١٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ الْقُرْآنَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَإِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي أَشْتَهِي أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي قَالَ فَافْتَتَحْتُ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} [النساء 41] قَالَ نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ  

ذِكْرُ اسْتِمَاعِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِقِرَاءَةِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

ibnhibban:7065Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "Read Surah An-Nisa' to me." So I read until I reached the verse, "So how [will it be] when We bring from every nation a witness and we bring you, [O Muhammad], against these as a witness?" He either winked at me or turned his face, and when his eyes filled with tears. ﷺ  

ابن حبّان:٧٠٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ» فَقَرَأْتُ حَتَّى بَلَغْتُ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} قَالَ إِمَّا غَمَزَنِي وَإِمَّا الْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا عَيْنَاهُ تَسِيلَانِ ﷺ  

tabarani:8459al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah said to him, "Read." So he began Surah An-Nisa' until he reached the verse, "So how [will it be] when We bring from every nation a witness and we bring you, [O Muhammad], against these as a witness?" His eyes filled with tears and he said, "Enough for us."  

الطبراني:٨٤٥٩حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجُعْفِيُّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ «اقْرَأْ» فَافْتَتَحَ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَى {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} الْآيَةُ دَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَقَالَ «حَسْبُنَا»  

tabarani:8467Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Hannād b. al-Sarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

"'Abdullah said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to recite for him while he was on the Minbar. So I recited from Surat An-Nisa for him, until I reached: How then (will it be) when We bring from each nation a witness, and We bring you (Muhammad) as a witness against these people? (4:41) The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was beckoning me (to stop) with his hand, and I looked at him and his eyes were flowing with tears." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3024)   

الطبراني:٨٤٦٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ قَالَا ثنا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِ اقْرَأَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} غَمَزَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَدْمَعَانِ تَدْمَعَانِ  

bayhaqi:21057Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Maymūn al-Raqqī > al-Firyābī > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbīdah > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah (may ﷺ ) said: "Recite upon me." So I said: "Shall I recite upon you while it is revealed upon you?" He said: "Yes, recite." So I recited Surah An-Nisa until I reached the verse: "So how [will it be] when We bring from every nation a witness and we bring you, [O Muhammad] against these [people] as a witness?" (Quran 4:41) He said: "That is enough." Then he turned away and tears were flowing from his eyes.  

البيهقي:٢١٠٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ؟ قَالَ فَقَرَأْتُ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} [النساء 41] قَالَ حَسْبُكَ فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا عَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْفِرْيَابِيِّ وَأَخْرَجَاهُ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ