حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدَةُ بْنُ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ أَنَّ شَقِيقَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ بِئْسَمَا لِلرَّجُلِ أَوْ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ سُورَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ أَوْ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4288
Abdah bin Abi Lubabah narrated that Shaqeeq bin Salamah said: I heard Ibn Mas'ood say: I heard the Prophet (PBUH) say: "What a bad thing for a man - or a person - to say, I forgot such and such a soorah, or such and such a verse. Rather he was caused to forget."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020