حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ کُنْتُ بِحِمْصَ فَقَالَ لِي بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ اقْرَأْ عَلَيْنَا فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ سُورَةَ يُوسُفَ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ وَاللَّهِ مَا هَکَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَيْحَکَ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُهَا عَلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لِي أَحْسَنْتَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا أُکَلِّمُهُ إِذْ وَجَدْتُ مِنْهُ رِيحَ الْخَمْرِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَتَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ وَتُکَذِّبُ بِالْکِتَابِ لَا تَبْرَحُ حَتَّی أَجْلِدَکَ قَالَ فَجَلَدْتُهُ الْحَدَّ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 1870
Ibrahim reported that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) asked 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud to recite to him (the Qur'an). He said: Should I recite it to you while it has been sent down or revealed to you? He (the Holy Prophet) said: I love to hear it from someone else. So he ('Abdullah b. Mas'ud) recited to him (from the beginning of Surat al Nisa' up to the verse: How shall then it be when We bring from every people a witness and bring you as a witness against them? He (the Holy Prophet) wept (on listening to it). It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud through another chain of transmitters that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) also said that he had been a witness to his people as long as (said he): I lived among them or I had been among them.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020