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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: البيان أنه إنما قيل: يؤمهم أقرؤهم إن من مضى من الأئمة كانوا يسلمون كبارا فيتفقهون قبل أن يقرءوا مع القراءة
Chapter: Explanation that it was only said "the one who recites most should lead them" because earlier imams embraced Islam as adults and gained understanding before and along with learning to recite
Bayhaqi 5290 — Explanation that it was only said "the one who recites"
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَعْرُوفِ الْفَقِيهُ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ بِهَا، ثنا أَبُو سَهْلٍ بِشْرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بِشْرٍ، أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْقَطَّانُ، ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ جَنَّادٍ الْحَلَبِيُّ، ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ: ⦗١٧١⦘ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ: " لَقَدْ عِشْنَا بُرْهَةً مِنْ دَهْرِنَا، وَأَحَدُنَا يُؤْتَى الْإِيمَانَ قَبْلَ الْقُرْآنِ، وَتَنْزِلُ السُّورَةُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنَتَعَلَّمُ حَلَالَهَا وَحَرَامَهَا، وَآمِرَهَا وَزَاجِرَهَا، وَمَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَقِفَ عِنْدَهُ مِنْهَا، كَمَا تَعَلَّمُونَ أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ الْقُرْآنَ، ثُمَّ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الْيَوْمَ رِجَالًا يُؤْتَى أَحَدُهُمُ الْقُرْآنَ قَبْلَ الْإِيمَانِ، فَيَقْرَأُ مَا بَيْنَ فَاتِحَتِهِ إِلَى خَاتِمَتِهِ مَا يَدْرِي مَا آمِرُهُ وَلَا زَاجِرُهُ، وَلَا مَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَقِفَ عِنْدَهُ مِنْهُ، فَيَنْثُرَهُ نَثْرَ الدَّقَلِ.
Qasim bin Awf says: I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: We spent our lives in such a way that we would first learn faith, then learn the Qur'an. When a surah was revealed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we would learn from him (peace and blessings be upon him) its lawful and unlawful, its commands and its prohibitions, and what one should pause at in it, just as you learn the Qur'an today. I have seen men today who acquire the Qur'an before faith; they read from al-Fatihah to the end, but none of them knows its commands, its prohibitions, or what one should pause at in it. He reads it as if it were worthless speech.
