حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَی بْنِ حَکِيمِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ جَمَعْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَرَأْتُهُ کُلَّهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنِّي أَخْشَی أَنْ يَطُولَ عَلَيْکَ الزَّمَانُ وَأَنْ تَمَلَّ فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي شَهْرٍ فَقُلْتُ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي قَالَ فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي عَشْرَةٍ قُلْتُ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي قَالَ فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي سَبْعٍ قُلْتُ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي فَأَبَی
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1346
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr said: “I memorized the Qura’an and recited it all in one night. The Messenger of Allah said :’I am afraid that you may live a long life and that you may get bored. Recite it over the period of a month.’ I said: ‘Let me benefit from my strength and my youth.’ He said: ‘Recite it in ten days.’ I said let me benefit from my strength and my youth.’ He said: “recite it in seven days.’ I said: 'Let me benefit from my strength and my youth,' but he refused (to alter it any further)." (Da'if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020