صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
مقدمة
Introduction
باب الْكَشْفِ عَنْ مَعَايِبِ رُوَاةِ الْحَدِيثِ وَنَقَلَةِ الأَخْبَارِ وَقَوْلِ الأَئِمَّةِ فِي ذَلِكَ
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Hadith 7
This hadith is listed as number 47 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، أَنَّ الْحَارِثَ ، قَالَ : تَعَلَّمْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ ، وَالْوَحْيَ فِي سَنَتَيْنِ ، أَوَ قَالَ : الْوَحْيَ فِي ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ وَالْقُرْآنَ فِي سَنَتَيْنِ ،
Hajjāj bin ash-Shā’ir narrated to me, Ahmad- meaning Ibn Yūnus- narrated to us, Zā’idah narrated to us, on authority of al-A’mash, on authority of Ibrāhīm that al-Hārith said: ‘I studied the Qur’ān for three years and the revelation for two years’; or he said: ‘…the revelation in three years and the Qur’ān in two years ’.
