حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ سَالِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَی ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي شَبَابٍ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ فَقُلْنَا لِشَابٍّ مِنَّا سَلْ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَکَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فَقَالَ لَا لَا فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَلَعَلَّهُ کَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ خَمْشًا هَذِهِ شَرٌّ مِنْ الْأُولَی کَانَ عَبْدًا مَأْمُورًا بَلَّغَ مَا أُرْسِلَ بِهِ وَمَا اخْتَصَّنَا دُونَ النَّاسِ بِشَيْئٍ إِلَّا بِثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُسْبِغَ الْوُضُوئَ وَأَنْ لَا نَأْکُلَ الصَّدَقَةَ وَأَنْ لَا نُنْزِيَ الْحِمَارَ عَلَی الْفَرَسِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 808
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Abdullah ibn Ubaydullah said: I went to Ibn Abbas accompanying some youths of Banu Hashim. We said to one of them: Ask Ibn Abbas: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite (the Quran) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: No. People said to him: Perhaps he might recite the Quran quietly. He said: May your face be scratched (a kind of curse)! This (statement) is worse than the former. He was only a servant (of Allah) receiving Commands from Him. He preached (the divine) message which he brought with him. He did not command anything to us (Banu Hashim) specially excluding other people except three points: he commanded us to perform ablution perfectly, and not to accept charity (sadaqah) and not to make pairing of donkey with horse.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020