Sahih Ibn Hibban 779
✧ The reading of the Quran
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أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ حُضَيْرٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَقْرَأُ اللَّيْلَةَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ إِذْ سَمِعْتُ وَجْبَةً مِنْ خَلْفِي فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ فَرَسِي انْطَلَقَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ يَا أَبَا عَتِيكٍ» فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا مِثْلُ الْمِصْبَاحِ مُدَلًّى بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْرَأْ يَا أَبَا عَتِيكٍ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أَمْضِيَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تِلْكَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ نَزَلَتْ لِقِرَاءَةِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ مَضَيْتَ لَرَأَيْتَ الْعَجَائِبَ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ
- Hudbah b. Khālid
- Ḥammād b. Salamah
- Thābit
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá
- Usayd b. Ḥuḍayr
✧ "O Messenger of Allah, while I was reciting Surah al-Baqarah last night, I heard a thud behind me and thought my horse had run off." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Recite, O Abu 'Atik." I turned around and saw something like a lamp hanging between heaven and earth, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was saying, "Recite, O Abu 'Atik." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I could not continue." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Those were angels who descended to listen to the recitation of Surah al-Baqarah. If you had continued, you would have seen wonders."
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Narrators
- Eminent Companion (ṣaḥābī jalīl)d. 20 AH or before it, or 21 AHأُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ الْأَشْهَلِيُّصحابي جليلعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 82 AH, or 83 AH, also said: 71 AH, which is a mistakeعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَىثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 122 AH, or 123 AH, or 126 AH, or 127 AH, or 129 AHثَابِتٍثقة عابدعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid), the most reliable of people in narrating from Thābit; his memory changed towards the end of his lifed. 167 AH, or 165 AH.حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَثقه عابد ، أثبت الناس في ثابت ، وتغير حفظه بآخرهحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout worshipper, al-Nasāʾī alone considered him soft (layyin)d. 235 AH, or: 236 AH, or: 237 AH, or: 238 AH, also said: 239 AHهُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍثقة عابد ، تفرد النسائي بتليينهحدثنا
- d. 305 AHعِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍأخبرنا
- d. 354 AHابن حبان
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.