أَخْبَرَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أُبَيٍّ قَالَ مَا حَاکَ فِي صَدْرِي مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا أَنِّي قَرَأْتُ آيَةً وَقَرَأَهَا آخَرُ غَيْرَ قِرَائَتِي فَقُلْتُ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَقْرَأْتَنِي آيَةَ کَذَا وَکَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ أَلَمْ تُقْرِئْنِي آيَةَ کَذَا وَکَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيکَائِيلَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَام أَتَيَانِي فَقَعَدَ جِبْرِيلُ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَمِيکَائِيلُ عَنْ يَسَارِي فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام اقْرَأْ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَی حَرْفٍ قَالَ مِيکَائِيلُ اسْتَزِدْهُ اسْتَزِدْهُ حَتَّی بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ فَکُلُّ حَرْفٍ شَافٍ کَافٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 946
It was narrated that Ubayy said: “I had no confusion in my mind from that time I embraced Islam, except when I recited a verse and another man recited it differently. I said: ‘The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم taught me this.’ And the other man said: ‘The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم taught me too.’ So I went to the Prophet and said: ‘Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, did you not teach me such and such a verse?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ The other man said: ‘Did you not teach me such and such a verse?’ He said: ‘Yes. Jibril and Mika’il, peace be upon them, came to me, and Jibril sat on my right and Mika’ll sat on my left. Jibril, peace be upon him, said: ‘Recite the Qur’an with one way of recitation.’ Mika’il said: ‘Teach him more, teach him more — until there were seven modes of recitation, each of which is good and sound.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020