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Sunan Abu Dawud 1391

Chapter: In How Many Days Should The Qur'an Be Recited ?

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 1391

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Amr

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقَطَّانُ، خَالُ عِيسَى بْنِ شَاذَانَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَرِيشُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ، عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

اقْرَإِ الْقُرْآنَ فِي شَهْرٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ إِنَّ بِي قُوَّةً ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ اقْرَأْهُ فِي ثَلاَثٍ ‏"

Khaithamah reported that 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: Recite the Qur'an in one month. I said: I have (more) energy. He said: Recite it in three days

Abu 'Ali said: I heard Abu Dawud say: I heard Ahmad b. Hanbal say: The narrator 'Isa b. Shadhan is a sane person.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 1391).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( قَالَ أَبُو عَلِيّ ) : مُحَمَّد اللُّؤْلُؤِيُّ رَاوِي السُّنَن ( كَيِّسٌ ) : بِالتَّثْقِيلِ عَلَى وَزْنِ جَيِّدٍ بِمَعْنَى الْفِطْنَة وَالْعَقْل أَيْ عَاقِلٍ فَطِينٍ وَهَذَا تَوْثِيق لِعِيسَى مِنْ أَحْمَدَ بْن حَنْبَل. وَقَالَ اِبْن حِبَّانَ كَانَ مِنْ الْحُفَّاظ.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticHasan Sahih حسن صحيح The hadith No. 1391
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 1391
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1391
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 1391

On the same subject

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 1388

The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying to him: Complete the recitation of the Qu'ran in one month. He said: I have more strength. He (the Prophet) said: Complete the recitation in twenty days. He again said: I have more energy. He said : Recite in fifteen days. He again said: I have more energy. He said: Recite…

اقْرَإِ الْقُرْآنَ فِي شَهْرٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ إِنِّي أَجِدُ قُوَّةً ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ اقْرَأْ فِي عِشْرِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ إِنِّي أَجِدُ قُوَّةً ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ اقْرَأْ فِي خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ إِنِّي أَجِدُ قُوَّةً ‏.‏…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 1390

Yazid ibn Abdullah said that Abdullah ibn Amr asked the Prophet (ﷺ): In how many days should I complete the recitation of the whole Qur'an, Messenger of Allah? He replied: In one month. He said: I am more energetic to complete it in a period less than this. He kept on repeating these words and…

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فِي كَمْ أَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ ‏"‏ فِي شَهْرٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ إِنِّي أَقْوَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ - يُرَدِّدُ الْكَلاَمَ أَبُو مُوسَى - وَتَنَاقَصَهُ حَتَّى قَالَ ‏"‏ اقْرَأْهُ فِي سَبْعٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr

Good (hasan) Sunan an-Nasa'i 2400

"The Messenger of Allah said to me: 'Read the Qur'an in a month.' I said: 'I am able to do more than that. ' And I kept asking him until he said: 'In five days.' And he said: 'Fast three days a month.' I said: 'I am able to do more than that.' And 'Observe thhe most beloved of fasting to Allah, the…

"‏ اقْرَإِ الْقُرْآنَ فِي شَهْرٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَطْلُبُ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى قَالَ ‏"‏ فِي خَمْسَةِ أَيَّامٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ صُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr + 1 other version

Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 1395

Wahb ibn Munabbih said: Abdullah ibn Amr asked the Prophet (ﷺ); In how many days should one complete the recitation of the Qur'an? He said: In forty days. He then said: In one month. He again said: In twenty days. He then said: In fifteen days. He then said: In ten days. Finally he said: In seven…

"‏ فِي أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ فِي شَهْرٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ فِي عِشْرِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ فِي خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ فِي عَشْرٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ فِي سَبْعٍ ‏"‏…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr

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