أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ غُنْدَرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ الْحَکَمِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَی عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ کَعْبٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ عِنْدَ أَضَاةِ بَنِي غِفَارٍ فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَأْمُرُکَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَکَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَی حَرْفٍ قَالَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ مُعَافَاتَهُ وَمَغْفِرَتَهُ وَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي لَا تُطِيقُ ذَلِکَ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَأْمُرُکَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَکَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَی حَرْفَيْنِ قَالَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ مُعَافَاتَهُ وَمَغْفِرَتَهُ وَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي لَا تُطِيقُ ذَلِکَ ثُمَّ جَائَهُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَأْمُرُکَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَکَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَی ثَلَاثَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَقَالَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ مُعَافَاتَهُ وَمَغْفِرَتَهُ وَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي لَا تُطِيقُ ذَلِکَ ثُمَّ جَائَهُ الرَّابِعَةَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَأْمُرُکَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَکَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَی سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَأَيُّمَا حَرْفٍ قَرَئُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَدْ أَصَابُوا قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ خُولِفَ فِيهِ الْحَکَمُ خَالَفَهُ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ رَوَاهُ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ مُرْسَلًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 944
It was narrated from Ubayy bin Ka’b that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم was by a pond belonging to Banu Ghifar when Jibril, peace be upon him, came to him and said: “Allah commands you to teach your Ummah the Qur’an with one way of recitation.” He said: “I ask my Lord for protection and forgiveness, my Ummah cannot bear that.” Then he came to him a second time and said: “Allah commands you to teach your Ummah the Qur’an with two ways of recitation.” He said: “I ask my Lord for protection and forgiveness, my Ummah cannot bear that.” Then he came to him a third time and said: “Allah commands you to teach your Ummah the Qur’an with three ways of recitation.” He said: “I ask my Lord for protection and forgiveness, my Ummah cannot bear that.” Then he came to him a fourth time and said: “Allah commands you to teach your Ummah the Qur’an with seven ways of recitation, and whichever way they recite it will be correct.” (Sahih)Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman said: Al Hakam was contradicted in this narration; Mansur bin Al-Mu’tamir contradicted him. He reported it from Mujahid, from ‘Ubaid bin ‘Umair in Mursal form.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020