حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ قَال سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَرْفِ غَيْرِ آسِنٍ أَوْ يَاسِنٍ قَالَ کُلَّ الْقُرْآنِ قَرَأْتَ غَيْرَ هَذَا الْحَرْفِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ إِنَّ قَوْمًا يَقْرَئُونَهُ يَنْثُرُونَهُ نَثْرَ الدَّقَلِ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ السُّوَرَ النَّظَائِرَ الَّتِي کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرُنُ بَيْنَهُنَّ قَالَ فَأَمَرْنَا عَلْقَمَةَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ عِشْرُونَ سُورَةً مِنْ الْمُفَصَّلِ کَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرُنُ بَيْنَ کُلِّ سُورَتَيْنِ فِي رَکْعَةٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 602
Abu Wa'il said: A man asked Abdullah bin Mas'ud about this phrase: 'Ghairi asin' or is it Yasin? So he said: 'You can recite all of the Quran besides this [phrase]?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Indeed a people recite it, disbursing it like Ad-Daqqa are dispersed, without it passing their throats. Indeed I am aware of the surahs that are comparable which the Messenger of Allah would recite together.' He said: So we told Alqamah to ask him (what they were). He said: Twenty surahs from the Mufassal from which the Prophet would combine, reciting every two Surah in a Rak'ah.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020