Chapter: The virtue of listening to the Qur’an, asking one who has memorized it to recite so that one may listen, weeping when reciting, and pondering the meanings

Hadith 801

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّه ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ بِحِمْصَ ، فَقَالَ لِي بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ " اقْرَأْ عَلَيْنَا ، فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ سُورَةَ يُوسُفَ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ : وَاللَّهِ مَا هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : وَيْحَكَ وَاللَّهِ ، لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ لِي : أَحْسَنْتَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا أُكَلِّمُهُ إِذْ وَجَدْتُ مِنْهُ رِيحَ الْخَمْرِ ؟ قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : أَتَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ ، وَتُكَذِّبُ بِالْكِتَابِ ، لَا تَبْرَحُ حَتَّى أَجْلِدَكَ ، قَالَ : فَجَلَدْتُهُ الْحَدَّ " .

'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported: I was in Homs when some of the people asked me to recite the Qur'an to them. So I recited Surah Yusuf to them. One of the persons among the people said: By Allah, this is not how it has been sent down. I said: Woe upon you! By Allah, I recited it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said to me: You have (recited) it well. I was talking with him (the man who objected to my recitation) that I sensed the smell of wine from him. So I said to him. Do you drink wine and belie the Book (of Allah)? You would not depart till I would whip you. So I lashed him according to the prescribed punishment (for the offence of drinking wine).

Hadith Reference صحيح مسلم / کتاب فضائل القرآن وما يتعلق به / 801

Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة

Hadith Takhrij «أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة»

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وحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ، قَالَا : أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ جَمِيعًا ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ، وَلَيْسَ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ ، فَقَالَ لِي : أَحْسَنْتَ .

This hadith has been narrated by A'mash with the same chain of transmitters but with an exception that it is not mentioned in it:" He said to me: You recited (the Qur'an) well."