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باب أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍChapter: ’Allah Revealed The Qur’an According To Seven Ahruf’.
Hadith 1477
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَا أُبَيُّ ، إِنِّي أُقْرِئْتُ الْقُرْآنَ ، فَقِيلَ لِي : عَلَى حَرْفٍ أَوْ حَرْفَيْنِ ؟ ، فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي مَعِي : قُلْ : عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ ، قُلْتُ : عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ ، فَقِيلَ لِي : عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ ؟ ، فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي مَعِي : قُلْ : عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ ، قُلْتُ : عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ ، حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : لَيْسَ مِنْهَا إِلَّا شَافٍ كَافٍ ، إِنْ قُلْتَ سَمِيعًا عَلِيمًا عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا مَا لَمْ تَخْتِمْ آيَةَ عَذَابٍ بِرَحْمَةٍ ، أَوْ آيَةَ رَحْمَةٍ بِعَذَابٍ " .
Ubayy bin Kab reported: The Prophet ﷺ said: "Ubayy, I was asked to recite the Quran and I was asked: 'In one mode or two modes?' The angel that accompanied me said: 'Say, in two modes', I said: 'In two modes', I was asked again: 'In two or three modes'. The matter reached up to seven modes. He then said: 'Each mode is sufficiently health-giving, whether you utter 'all-hearing and all-knowing' or instead 'all-powerful and all-wise'. This is valid until you finish the verse indicating punishment on mercy and finish the verse indicating mercy on punishment. "
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Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1477. Commentary: This narration is authentic according to Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah. However, in the latter verses, the concession to alter the Divine Attributes was granted only to the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. No one from the Ummah has this right. It is obligatory to adhere to the established and mutawatir (mass-transmitted) recitation proven from the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1477
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
942. Commentary: Whenever there is a difference of opinion regarding any issue, one should refer back to Allah and His Messenger, that is, seek guidance from the Qur’an and Sunnah; one should not rely on personal reasoning (ijtihad) and conjectures.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 942
