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Jami' at-TirmidhiChapters on The Virtues of the Qur'an

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2885

Chapter: What Has Been Related About [The Virtue] Of Surat Al-Kahf

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2885

Narrator:Al-Barā' ibn ‘Āzib

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ يَقُولُ بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ إِذْ رَأَى دَابَّتَهُ تَرْكُضُ فَنَظَرَ فَإِذَا مِثْلُ الْغَمَامَةِ أَوِ السَّحَابَةِ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

"‏ تِلْكَ السَّكِينَةُ نَزَلَتْ مَعَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَى الْقُرْآنِ ‏"

Narrated Abu Ishaq:

hearing Al-Bara say: "There was a man reciting [Surat] Al-Kahf when he saw his riding animal stamping his feet, so he looked and there was something like a shadow or cloud, so he went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and mentioned that to him. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "That was the tranquility which descends with the Qur'an, or descends because of the Qur'an."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 2885).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ) هُوَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ( عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ) هُوَ السَّبِيعِيُّ. قَوْلُهُ : ( إِذْ رَأَى دَابَّتَهُ ) أَيْ فَرَسَهُ ( تَرْكُضُ ) مِنْ الرَّكْضِ وَهُوَ تَحْرِيكُ الرِّجْلِ , وَمِنْهُ اُرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِك ( فَنَظَرَ ) أَيْ الرَّجُلُ ( فَإِذَا مِثْلُ الْغَمَامَةِ أَوْ السَّحَابَةِ ) الظَّاهِرُ أَنَّ أَوْ لِلشَّكِّ مِنْ الرَّاوِي ( فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ ) وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الْبُخَارِيِّ : كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ وَإِلَى جَانِبِهِ حِصَانٌ مَرْبُوطٌ بِشَطَنَيْنِ فَتَغَشَّتْهُ سَحَابَةٌ فَجَعَلَتْ تَدْنُو وَتَدْنُو وَجَعَلَ فَرَسُهُ يَنْفِرُ , فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُول…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2885
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih - Agreed Upon The hadith No. 2885
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2885
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 2885

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  • غوامض الأسماء المبهمة لابن بشكوال (694)تِلْكَ السَّكِينَةُ نَزَلَتْ مَعَ الْقُرْآنِ

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Authentic Riyad as-Salihin 998

While a man was reciting Sūrat al-Kahf, with his horse tied with two ropes beside him

Al-Barā' ibn ‘Āzib (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: While a man was reciting Sūrat al-Kahf, with his horse tied with two ropes beside him, a cloud overshadowed him. As it began to come nearer and nearer, the horse began to trample violently. In the morning, the man came to the Prophet (may…

"‏ تلك السكينة تنزلت للقرآن‏"

Narrated by Al-Barā' ibn ‘Āzib + 2 other versions Explained

Authentic Sahih Muslim 796

While Usayd ibn Hudayr was reciting in his dates storehouse at night, his horse got startled and began to jump. He again recited, and the horse got startled and began to jump again. He again recited, and it got startled and began to jump as before. Usayd said: I was afraid that the horse may trample (my son) Yahya. I stood near it and saw something like a canopy over my head, with what looked like lamps in it, rising up in the sky until I could no longer see it

Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: While Usayd ibn Hudayr was reciting in his dates storehouse at night, his horse got startled and began to jump. He again recited, and the horse got startled and began to jump again. He again recited, and it got startled and began to jump…

تِلْكَ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ كَانَتْ تَسْتَمِعُ لَكَ وَلَوْ قَرَأْتَ لأَصْبَحَتْ يَرَاهَا النَّاسُ مَا تَسْتَتِرُ مِنْهُمْ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri + 1 other version Explained

Authentic Sahih Muslim 795b

I heard al-Bara' as saying that a man recited al-Kahf when an animal was there in the house and it began to take fright. And as he looked around, he found a cloud overshadowing it. He mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Upon this he said: O so and so, recite on (the surah) as- Sakina…

فَإِنَّهَا السَّكِينَةُ تَنَزَّلَتْ عِنْدَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ تَنَزَّلَتْ لِلْقُرْآنِ ‏"

Narrated by Al-Barā' ibn ‘Āzib + 2 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3614

A man recited Surat-al-Kahf (in his prayer) and in the house there was a (riding) animal which got frightened and started jumping. The man finished his prayer with Taslim, but behold! A mist or a cloud hovered over him. He informed the Prophet (ﷺ) of that and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O so-and-so!…

‏ اقْرَأْ فُلاَنُ، فَإِنَّهَا السَّكِينَةُ نَزَلَتْ لِلْقُرْآنِ، أَوْ تَنَزَّلَتْ لِلْقُرْآنِ ‏"

Narrated by Al-Barā' ibn ‘Āzib

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