hadith 8564–9729

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite the verse 'in hadha illa khuluqu al-awwalin' and would explain its meaning thus: "This is a fabricated matter which the earlier people invented themselves."

Musa bin Yazid al-Kindi narrated: Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was teaching a man the Qur'an, and the man recited 'innama al-sadaqatu lil-fuqara'i wal-masakin' without elongation (madd). Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "This is not how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught it to me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) taught it to me as 'innama al-sadaqatu lil-fuqara'i wal-masakin' with elongation (madd)."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite (this verse) in this way: 'aynama yuwajjihhu la ya'ti illa bi-khayr' (wherever he directs him, he brings nothing but good).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite (this verse) in this way: 'wa wassa rabbuka alla ta'budu illa iyyahu' (and your Lord has enjoined that you worship none but Him).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I have listened to the reciters and found them close to one another, so recite as you have been taught, and beware of affectation and disputing, for this difference is just like one of you saying 'halumma' and 'ta'al' (both mean the same thing: come)."

Shaqiq narrated: We recited 'hita laka' before Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "No, recite 'hayta laka'. We asked about that, and to recite as I was taught is dearer to me."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite 'majraha wa marsaha' in this way.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The error is not that one part of the Qur'an becomes mixed with another in recitation; rather, the error is that you attach to it what is not part of it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) in marfu' form that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite the Qur'an with correct Arabic inflection (i'rab), for it is in the Arabic language."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Recite the Qur'an with correct inflection (i'rab)."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Recite the Qur'an with correct inflection (i'rab), for it is in the Arabic language. Soon people will come who will try to straighten it, yet they will not be among the best of you."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Keep looking into the mushaf constantly."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Keep up the constant care of the Qur'an, for it escapes from people's breasts even faster than livestock break loose from their tethers and run off."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite this verse in this way: 'bal 'ajibtu wa yaskharun' (with a dammah on the ta', meaning: "Rather, I marvelled, while they mock") [Surah al-Saffat: 12].

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite it in this way: 'al-hayy al-qayyam' (meaning: "the Ever-Living, the One who sustains all").

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite the verse: "Until the camel enters the eye of the needle" [Surah al-A'raf: 40], and he would say: "What is meant by it is the male mate of the she-camel."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The male of the she-camel.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When one of you asks his companion how such-and-such a verse is recited, he should ask him about the verse before it."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When one of you asks his brother about a verse, he should not say: such-and-such a verse; he ought not to do that. Rather, he should recite the verse before it, and then the one answering should fulfil his need."

Alqamah narrates: I recited before Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and he liked my voice, so he said: "Recite slowly and distinctly, may my father and mother be ransomed for you."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Keep looking into the Mushaf. And when you differ over ya and ta in a verb, make it ya (the masculine form); keep the Qur'an masculine."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When you dispute over ya or ta, make it ya, and keep the Qur'an masculine, for it is masculine."

It is narrated from Shaddad bin Ma'qil (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "This Qur'an will surely be taken away from among you." (Shaddad said:) I said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman, how will it be taken away when we have written it down in our Mushafs? He said: "It will be taken away in a single night, and nothing of it will remain, neither in the heart of any servant nor in any Mushaf, and the people will wake up in the morning destitute like cattle." Then Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this verse: "And if We willed, We could surely take away that which We have revealed to you; then you would not find for yourself concerning it any advocate against Us" [Surah al-Isra: 86].

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The first thing you will lose of your religion is trustworthiness (amanah), and the last thing to remain is the prayer; and people will pray who have no faith."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The first thing you will lose of your religion is trustworthiness (amanah), and the last thing of your religion to remain is the prayer; and people will pray who have no religion; and the Qur'an will surely be taken away from among you." The people said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman, will we not be reciting the Qur'an when we have written it down in our Mushafs? He said: "The Qur'an will be taken away by night, and it will be taken from the breasts of men, and then nothing of it will remain on the earth."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever reads the entire Qur'an in less than three days is a reciter of rajaz (verse) (that is, he does not give the recitation its due)."

Abu Ubaydah narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: "Whoever reads the entire Qur'an in less than three days is a reciter of rajaz (verse)."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever reads the entire Qur'an in less than three days is a reciter of rajaz (verse)."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever reads the entire Qur'an in less than three days is a reciter of rajaz (verse)."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to read the entire Qur'an once a week, and in Ramadan he would complete it in three days.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Qur'an should not be read in less than three days. Read it in seven, and let a man keep to his portion every day and night."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to complete the Qur'an in three days, and he took very little help from the daytime for it.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to complete the Qur'an every three days, and he seldom read any of it during the day.

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When there is a verse of prostration at the end of a surah, then if you wish, bow (ruku') or prostrate, for in that case the prostration is counted along with the bowing." The narrator said: I asked: O Abu Ishaq, who told you this? He said: Our companions: Alqamah, al-Aswad and al-Rabi' bin Khuthaym.

A hadith like the narration of Ma'mar is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) through Alqamah, Amr bin Shurahbil and Masruq.

Abu Ishaq was asked: Did you narrate from al-Aswad that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When you recite a surah at the end of which there is a verse of prostration, then if you wish, bow, for the bowing is included in the prostration; and if you wish, prostrate, and then recite another surah after it"? He said: Yes.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When the verse of prostration is the conclusion of the surah, then if you wish, bow, and if you wish, prostrate."