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Sahih al-Bukhari 5053

Chapter: What is the proper period for reciting the whole Qur'an

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5053

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Amr

حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

فِي كَمْ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:

The Prophet (ﷺ) asked me, "How long does it take you to finish the recitation of the whole Qur'an?"

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5053) and Ahmad (No. 6727).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( عَنْ يَحْيَى ) هُوَ اِبْن أَبِي كَثِير , وَمُحَمَّد بْن عَبْد الرَّحْمَن وَقَعَ فِي الْإِسْنَاد الثَّانِي أَنَّهُ مَوْلَى زُهْرَة , وَهُوَ مُحَمَّد بْن عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن ثَوْبَانَ , فَقَدْ ذَكَرَ اِبْن حِبَّان فِي " الثِّقَات " أَنَّهُ مَوْلَى الْأَخْنَس بْن شَرِيق الثَّقَفِيّ , وَكَانَ الْأَخْنَس يُنْسَب زُهْرِيًّا لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ حُلَفَائِهِمْ , وَجَزَمَ جَمَاعَة بِأَنَّ اِبْن ثَوْبَانَ عَامِرِيّ , فَلَعَلَّهُ كَانَ يُنْسَب عَامِرِيًّا بِالْأَصَالَةِ وَزُهْرِيًّا بِالْحِلْفِ وَنَحْو ذَلِكَ. وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَم. ( تَنْبِيه ) : هَذَا التَّعْلِيق وَهُوَ قَوْله " وَقَالَ بَعْضهمْ إِلَخْ " ذَهِلْت عَنْ تَخْرِيجه فِي " تَعْلِيق التَّعْلِيق " وَقَدْ يَسَّرَ اللَّه تَعَالَى بِتَحْ…

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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…

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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…

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"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…

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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.

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

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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 ‏"‏…

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