Jami' at-Tirmidhi Chapters on Recitation

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2947

Chapter: In How Much Time May One Recite The Qur'an?

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2947

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي النَّضْرِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، هُوَ ابْنُ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُ ‏

"‏ اقْرَإِ الْقُرْآنَ فِي أَرْبَعِينَ ‏"

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Recite the Qur'an in forty (days)."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 2947).

Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ) هُوَ اِبْنُ شَقِيقٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ( عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ ) الْخَوْلَانِيِّ الْيَمَانِيِّ ثِقَةٌ مِنْ السَّادِسَةِ. قَوْلُهُ : ( قَالَ لَهُ اِقْرَأْ الْقُرْآنَ فِي أَرْبَعِينَ ) كَذَا رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ مُخْتَصَرًا , وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ بِلَفْظِ : أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فِي كَمْ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ ؟ قَالَ : " فِي أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا " , ثُمَّ قَالَ " فِي شَهْرٍ " , ثُمَّ قَالَ " فِي عِشْرِينَ " , ثُمَّ قَالَ " فِي خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ " ثُمَّ قَالَ " فِي عَشْرٍ " , ثُمَّ قَالَ " فِي سَبْعٍ " , لَمْ يَنْزِلْ مِنْ سَبْعٍ. قَالَ الْحَافِظُ فِي الْفَتْحِ بَعْدَ ذَكَرِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ : وَعَزَوْهُ…

Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 2947
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan	The chain only	No. 2947
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf	Good (hasan)Hasan	The hadith	No. 2947

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 5054

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "Recite the whole Qur'an in one month's time." I said, "But I have power (to do more than that)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Then finish the recitation of the Qur'an in seven days, and do not finish it in less than this period."

فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي سَبْعٍ وَلاَ تَزِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr + 2 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 5053

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

فِي كَمْ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr + 1 other version

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 1391

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 ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2947

Classical commentary

Scholars’ grades

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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "Recite the whole Qur'an in one month's time." I said, "But I have power (to do more than that)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Then finish the recitation of the Qur'an in seven days, and do not finish it in less than this period."

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

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…

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.

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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "Recite the whole Qur'an in one month's time." I said, "But I have power (to do more than that)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Then finish the recitation of the Qur'an in seven days, and do not finish it in less than this period."

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

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…

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.

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