حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ کَيْسَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ احْشُدُوا فَإِنِّي سَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْکُمْ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ فَحَشَدَ مَنْ حَشَدَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَإِنِّي سَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْکُمْ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ إِنِّي لَأَرَی هَذَا خَبَرًا جَائَ مِنْ السَّمَائِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي قُلْتُ سَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْکُمْ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ أَلَا وَإِنَّهَا تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَأَبُو حَازِمٍ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ اسْمُهُ سَلْمَانُ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2900
Narrated Abu Hurairah: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Gather and I shall recite to you one third of the Qur'an. He said: So whoever was to gather did so, then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out and recited Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad. Then he went back in. Some of them said to each other: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'I shall recite to you one third of the Qur'an I thought that this was news from the Heavens. Allah's Prophet (ﷺ) came out and said: Indeed I said that I would recite to you one third of the Qur'an, and it is indeed equal to one third of the Qur'an.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020