حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ فِي الصُّفَّةِ فَقَالَ أَيُّکُمْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَغْدُوَ إِلَی بُطْحَانَ أَوْ الْعَقِيقِ فَيَأْخُذَ نَاقَتَيْنِ کَوْمَاوَيْنِ زَهْرَاوَيْنِ بِغَيْرِ إِثْمٍ بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَا قَطْعِ رَحِمٍ قَالُوا کُلُّنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَلَأَنْ يَغْدُوَ أَحَدُکُمْ کُلَّ يَوْمٍ إِلَی الْمَسْجِدِ فَيَتَعَلَّمَ آيَتَيْنِ مِنْ کِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ نَاقَتَيْنِ وَإِنْ ثَلَاثٌ فَثَلَاثٌ مِثْلُ أَعْدَادِهِنَّ مِنْ الْإِبِلِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1456
Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani said: When we were in the Suffah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked: Which of you would like to go out every morning to Buthan or Al-'Aqiq and bring two large humped and fat she-camels without being guilty of sin and severing ties of relationship ? They (the people) said: Messenger of Allah, we would all like that. He said: If any one of you goes out in the morning to the mosque and learns two verses of the Book of Allah, the Exalted, it is better for him than two she-camels, and three verses are better for him than three she-camels, and so on than their numbers in camels.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020