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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: وجوب القراءة على ما نزل من الأحرف السبعة دون غيرهن من اللغات
Chapter: The obligation of reciting according to the seven modes in which the Quran was revealed, not other dialects
Bayhaqi 3989 — The obligation of reciting according to the seven modes
اُردوEn
وَأنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا عَفَّانُ، ثنا هَمَّامٌ، ثنا قَتَادَةُ، حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْمُرَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدَ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ آيَةً وَقَرَأَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قِرَاءَةً خِلَافَهَا فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَلَمْ تُقْرِأْنِي آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ: " بَلَى " قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: أَلَمْ تُقْرِأْنِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ: " بَلَى " قَالَ: " كِلَاكُمَا مُحْسِنٌ مُجْمِلٌ " قُلْتُ: مَا كِلَانَا أَحْسَنَ وَلَا أَجْمَلَ قَالَ: فَضَرَبَ فِي صَدْرِي وَقَالَ: " يَا أُبَيُّ أُقْرِئْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فَقِيلَ لِي عَلَى حَرْفٍ أَمَ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ؟ فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي مَعِي عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ، فَقُلْتُ: عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لِي عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ أَمْ ثَلَاثَةٍ؟ فَقَالَ لِيَ الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي مَعِي عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ، فَقُلْتُ: ثَلَاثَةٌ، حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ قَالَ: لَيْسَ فِيهَا إِلَّا شَافٍ كَافٍ، قُلْتُ: غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ عَلَيْمٌ حَلِيمٌ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ نَحْوُ هَذَا مَا لَمْ يَخْتِمْ آيَةَ عَذَابٍ بِرَحْمَةٍ أَوْ رَحْمَةٍ بِعَذَابٍ " وَرَوَاهُ مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ فَأَرْسَلَهُ.
Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I recited a verse, and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) recited it in a different way. We came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I said: Did you not teach me such-and-such a verse in this way? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Of course!" Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Did you not teach me such-and-such a verse in this way? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Of course!" Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Each of you is reciting well and excellently." I said: How can both of us be?
The narrator says: He (peace and blessings be upon him) struck my chest with his hand and said: "O Ubayy, I was taught the Qur'an, then I was asked: In one mode or in two modes? The angel who was with me said: In two modes. I said: In two modes. Then I was asked: In two modes or in three? The angel with me said to me: Say three! I said: In three modes; until it reached seven modes. Then he said: Every mode in it is 'shafin kafin' (healing and sufficient). If I said: 'Ghafurun Rahim' (Forgiving, Merciful), 'Alimun Halim' (Knowing, Forbearing), 'Sami'un 'Alim' (Hearing, Knowing), 'Azizun Hakim' (Mighty, Wise) and others like them (saying so makes no difference); however, it is not correct to replace a verse of punishment with a verse of mercy, or a verse of mercy with a verse of punishment."
The narrator says: He (peace and blessings be upon him) struck my chest with his hand and said: "O Ubayy, I was taught the Qur'an, then I was asked: In one mode or in two modes? The angel who was with me said: In two modes. I said: In two modes. Then I was asked: In two modes or in three? The angel with me said to me: Say three! I said: In three modes; until it reached seven modes. Then he said: Every mode in it is 'shafin kafin' (healing and sufficient). If I said: 'Ghafurun Rahim' (Forgiving, Merciful), 'Alimun Halim' (Knowing, Forbearing), 'Sami'un 'Alim' (Hearing, Knowing), 'Azizun Hakim' (Mighty, Wise) and others like them (saying so makes no difference); however, it is not correct to replace a verse of punishment with a verse of mercy, or a verse of mercy with a verse of punishment."
