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tabarani:8724ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm

[Machine] "Read." So he began to read and he began to understand it.  

الطبراني:٨٧٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ §يُقْرِئُ رَجُلًا فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى شَاطِئِ الْفُرَاتِ فَبَالَ فَكَفَّ عَنْهُ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ «مَا لَكَ؟» قَالَ أَحْدَثْتَ قَالَ

«اقْرَأْ» فَجَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ وَجَعَلَ يَفْتَحُ عَلَيْهِ  


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tabarani:8723Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿAṭāʾ al-Khurāsānī

[Machine] "Read." So he opened it, while he was reading.  

الطبراني:٨٧٢٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ §يَفْتَحُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَبَالَ فَأَمْسَكَ الرَّجُلُ عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «اقْرَأْ» قَالَ إِنَّكَ بُلْتَ قَالَ

«اقْرَأْ» فَكَانَ يَفْتَحُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ