al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2525
✧ Giving precedence in command to the best reciter over the nobler and older
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قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تُمَيْلَةَ يَحْيَى بْنُ وَاضِحٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ:
إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْسَلَ سَرِيَّةً فَاسْتَقْرَأَهُمْ، فَقَرَأَ شَيْخٌ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ شَابٌّ فَاسْتَعْمَلَهُ، فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ: اسْتَعْمَلْتَهُ عَلَيَّ، وَأَنَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْهُ سِنًّا ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْكَ قُرْآنًا.
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Aḥmad b. Manīʿ
- Abū Tumaylah Yaḥyá b. Wāḍiḥ
- Mūsá b. ʿUbaydah
- Saʿīd al-Maqburī
- Abū Hurayrah
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent out a military expedition and had them recite. An old man recited, then a young man recited, so he appointed the young man. The old man said: "You appointed him over me, while I am older than him in age?" He ﷺ said: "He has more Qur'an than you."
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