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سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1478

Read the original Arabic and English translation of this hadith from Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr, with its chapter, grading, and reference kept together.

In-book entry
63

Chapter 22

Chapter context: 'Allah Revealed The Qur'an According To Seven Ahruf'

باب أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ عِنْدَ أَضَاةِ بَنِي غِفَارٍ فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏

‏ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ مُعَافَاتَهُ وَمَغْفِرَتَهُ إِنَّ أُمَّتِي لاَ تُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ ‏

‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ ثَانِيَةً فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ هَذَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَأَيُّمَا حَرْفٍ قَرَءُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَدْ أَصَابُوا ‏.‏

Translation

English translation

Ubayy b. Ka'b said:

The Prophet (ﷺ) was present at the pool of Banu Ghifar, Gabriel came to him and said: "Allah has commanded you to make your community read (the Qur'an) in one harf. He (the Prophet) said: 'I beg Allah His pardon and forgiveness; my community has not strength to do so'. He then came for the second time and told him the same thing till he reached up to seven harfs. Finally, he said: 'Allah has commanded you to make your community read (the Qur'an) in seven harfs; in whichever mode they read, that will be correct.

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 1478 in Sunan Abi Dawud. It appears in Book 8, Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr, as in-book entry 63 under the chapter “'Allah Revealed The Qur'an According To Seven Ahruf'.”

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Source and grading notes

Sunan Abi Dawud 1478 In-book : Book 8, Hadith 63 English translation : Book 8, Hadith 1473

Al-Albani:
Sahih
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid:
Sahih
Shuaib Al Arnaut:
Sahih
Zubair Ali Zai:
Sahih Muslim (821)

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