Sahih al-Bukhari 7550

Translation

I heard Hisham bin Hakim reciting Surat-al-Furqan during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I listened to his recitation and noticed that he was reciting in a way that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had not taught me. I was about to jump over him while He was still in prayer, but I waited patiently and when he finished his prayer, I put my sheet round his neck (and pulled him) and said, "Who has taught you this Sura which I have heard you reciting?" Hisham said, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught it to me." I said, "You are telling a lie, for he taught it to me in a way different from the way you have recited it!" Then I started leading (dragged) him to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said (to the Prophet), " I have heard this man reciting Surat-al- Furqan in a way that you have not taught me." The Prophet ﷺ said: "(O ʿUmar) release him! Recite, O Hisham." Hisham recited in the way I heard him reciting. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It was revealed like this." Then Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Recite, O ʿUmar!" I recited in the way he had taught me, whereupon he said, "It was revealed like this," and added, "The Qur'an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever is easy for you." (See Hadith No. 514, Vol. 6)

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 821bSunan Abi Dawud 1478Musnad Ahmad 21172al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1046al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 4059

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AH
   عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقب
   سمعا
2. 2
   al-Miswar b. Makhramah

   He and his father were Companions (ṣuḥbah).d. 64 AH, or: 65 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 71 AH, also said: 72 AH, also said: 73 AH, also said: 74 AH
   الْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَله ولأبيه صحبة
   حدثاه
3. 3
   ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 91 AH, or 92, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH
   عُرْوَةُثقة فقيه مشهور
   حدثني
4. 4
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   ابْنِ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   عن
5. 5
   ʿUqayl

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 141 AH, or: 142 AH, or: 144 AH
   عُقَيْلٍثقة ثبت
   عن
6. 6
   al-Layth b. Saʿd

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh), a well-known imamd. 175 AH, or 176 AH, or 177 AH
   اللَّيْثُثقة ثبت ، فقيه إمام مشهور
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Yaḥyā b. Bukayr

   Trustworthy (thiqah) in narrating from al-Layth, but they spoke critically about his hearing from Mālikd. 231 AH or 232 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍثقة في الليث ، وتكلموا في سماعه من مالك
   حدثنا
8. 8
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.