Hadith 5061

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَّامُ بْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ ، عَنْ جُنْدَبٍ ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ ، فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فَقُومُوا عَنْهُ " ، تَابَعَهُ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، وَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ ، وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، وَ أَبَانُ ، وَقَالَ غُنْدَرٌ : عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ ، سَمِعْتُ جُنْدَبًا قَوْلَهُ ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ : عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ ، عَنْ عُمَرَ قَوْلَهُ : وجُنْدَبٌ أَصَحُّ وَأَكْثَرُ .
Narrated Jundub: The Prophet said, "Recite (and study) the Qur'an as long as you agree about its interpretation, but when you have any difference of opinion (as regards its interpretation and meaning) then you should stop reciting it (for the time being)'
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب فضائل القرآن / 5061
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
Several meanings of this hadith have been mentioned, the details of which are as follows:

Continue to recite the Qur’an as long as your heart remains engaged in its recitation.
When the heart becomes inattentive, then stop, because reciting the Qur’an without presence of heart is extremely inappropriate.

Recite the Noble Qur’an as long as your hearts are united and there is no intention of disagreement or discord.
Then, when disagreement arises,
and the intention of argument and discord appears, then stop reciting the Qur’an.

As long as there is affection among those reciting the Qur’an, continue to recite it.
When disagreement begins to arise, do not quarrel, rather stop reciting the Qur’an.
The disagreement among the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma‘in) was in recitation (qira’at) and dialects (lughat), and they were commanded to abandon such disagreement so that they would not end up denying the mutawatir recitations (qira’at mutawatirah).
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has, further on, narrated the hadith of Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud radi Allahu ta‘ala anhu in support of this meaning, that recitation and dialects should not be made a cause of quarrel, discord, and disagreement.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 5061