Musnad Ahmad 21171
✧ Abdul Rahman bin Abi Layla, from Abu bin Ka'b
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ
كُنْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَدَخَلَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً أَنْكَرْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ آخَرُ، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً سِوَى قِرَاءَةِ صَاحِبِهِ، فَقُمْنَا جَمِيعًا، فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ هَذَا قَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً أَنْكَرْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ هَذَا، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً غَيْرَ قِرَاءَةِ صَاحِبِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: " اقْرَآ " فَقَرَآ، قَالَ: " أَصَبْتُمَا " فَلَمَّا قَالَ لَهُمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الَّذِي قَالَ، كَبُرَ عَلَيَّ، وَلَا إِذْ كُنْتُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى الَّذِي غَشِيَنِي، ضَرَبَ فِي صَدْرِي، فَفِضْتُ عَرَقًا، وَكَأَنَّمَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى اللهِ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] فَرَقًا، فَقَالَ: يَا أُبَيُّ، إِنَّ رَبِّي [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ: أَنِ اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ، فَرَدَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ: أَنْ هَوِّنْ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ: أَنِ اقْرَأْهُ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ، فَرَدَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ: أَنْ هَوِّنْ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ: أَنِ اقْرَأْهُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، وَلَكَ بِكُلِّ رَدَّةٍ مَسْأَلَةٌ تَسْأَلُنِيهَا قَالَ: قُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأُمَّتِي، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأُمَّتِي، وَأَخَّرْتُ الثَّالِثَةَ لِيَوْمٍ يَرْغَبُ إِلَيَّ فِيهِ الْخَلْقُ، حَتَّى إِبْرَاهِيمُ [عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ السَّلَامُ].
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Chain of narrators
- Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd
- Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĪsá
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá
- Ubay b. Kaʿb
✧ I was in the mosque when a man entered and recited a recitation I disapproved of. Then another entered and recited a recitation different from his companion's. We all stood and went in to the Messenger of God ﷺ. I said: O Messenger of God, this one recited a recitation I disapproved of, then this one entered and recited a recitation different from his companion's. The Prophet ﷺ said to the two of them: "Recite." They recited. He said: "You have both done well." When the Prophet ﷺ said what he said, it weighed heavily on me, more than when I was in the pre-Islamic ignorance. When he saw what came over me, he struck my chest, and I broke out in sweat, as if I were looking at God [Blessed and Exalted] in fear. He said: O Ubayy, my Lord [Blessed and Exalted] sent to me: Recite the Quran according to one recension. I replied to Him: Make it easy for my community. He sent to me: Recite it according to two recensions. I replied to Him: Make it easy for my community. He sent to me: Recite it according to seven recensions, and for every reply you have one request to ask of Me. He said: I said: O God, forgive my community. O God, forgive my community. I postponed the third for a day when all creation will turn to me, even Abraham ﷺ.
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