سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب فضائل القرآنFrom the Book of Virtues of the Qur'an
باب التَّغَنِّي بِالْقُرْآنِ:Chapter on reciting the Quran melodiously
Hadith 3527
أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ آلِ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: "قَدِمَ سَلَمَةُ الْبَيْذَقُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَقَامَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ، فَقِيلَ لِسَالِمٍ: لَوْ جِئْتَ فَسَمِعْتَ قِرَاءَتَهُ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ بِبَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ، سَمِعَ قِرَاءَتَهُ، رَجَعَ فَقَالَ: غِنَاءٌ غِنَاءٌ".
Someone from the household of Salim bin Abdullah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Salim al-Baydhaq came to Madinah Tayyibah and started leading the prayer. So Salim, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked: If only you would also go and listen to his recitation. Thus, when Salim bin Abdullah reached the door and heard his recitation, he turned back and said: It is singing, singing.
