مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 412
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، وَبَهْزٌ، وَحَجَّاجٌ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ مَرْثَدٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " إِنَّ خَيْرَكُمْ مَنْ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ أَوْ تَعَلَّمَهُ ". قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ: قال: فَقَالَ أَبُو، ، عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: فَذَاكَ الَّذِي أَقْعَدَنِي هَذَا الْمَقْعَدَ.، قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ: قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْ عُثْمَانَ وَلَا مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، وَلَكِنْ قَدْ سَمِعَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ.، قَالَ أَبِي: وَقَالَ بَهْزٌ: عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ: عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي، وَقَالَ: " خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ " (١) .، ،
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It was narrated from `Uthman bin `Affan (رضي الله عنه) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
`The best of you is the one who teaches Qur`an or learns it.” Muhammad bin Ja`far and Hajjaj said: Abu `AbdurRahman said: That is what made me sit in this place (i.e., become a teacher). Hajjaj said: Shu`bah said: Abu `Abdur-Rahman did not hear (it) from `Uthman (رضي الله عنه) or from ‘Abdullah, but he heard it from ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه). My father said and Bahz said: (It was narrated from) Shu`bah who said: `AIqamah bin Marthad told me. “The best of you is the one who learns Qur`an and teaches it.` `Affan told us: Shu`bah told us: `Alqamah bin Marthad told me... and he said in it: “Whoever learns the Qur`an or teaches it.”
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This is Hadith 412 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 3, Musnad Uthman ibn Affan, as in-book entry 14.
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Musnad Ahmad 412 Arabic/English book : Book 4, Hadith 412
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