سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب فضائل القرآنFrom the Book of Virtues of the Qur'an
باب في تَعَاهُدِ الْقُرْآنِ:Chapter on maintaining the Quran (reviewing it)
Hadith 3379
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "قَالَ بِئْسَمَا لِأَحَدِكُمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ: نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ، بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ، وَاسْتَذْكِرُوا الْقُرْآنَ، فَإِنَّهُ أَسْرَعُ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنْ النَّعَمِ مِنْ عُقُلِهَا".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is very bad for any of you to say, 'I forgot such and such verse,' (rather, one should say) 'I was made to forget.' And keep reciting the Noble Qur'an, for its slipping away from the hearts of people is swifter than the escape of a camel."
