Hadith 2948

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحٌ الْمُرِّيُّ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : وَهَذَا عِنْدِي أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ، عَنْ الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ .
‘Muhammad bin Bashar narrated to me, he said:’ Muslim bin Ibrahim narrated to me, he said: Salih Mari narrated to me from Qatadah, and Qatadah from Zurara bin Awfi, that the Prophet (peace be upon him) narrated a hadith of similar wording and meaning, but in it there is no mention of narration from Ibn Abbas. © Imam Tirmidhi says: This narration, in my view, is more authentic than the narration of Nadr bin Ali, which he narrates from Haysam bin Rabee’ (i.e., the first chain).
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحٌ الْمُرِّيُّ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَجُلٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ ؟ ، قَالَ : " الْحَالُّ الْمُرْتَحِلُ " ، قَالَ : وَمَا الْحَالُّ الْمُرْتَحِلُ ؟ ، قَالَ : " الَّذِي يَضْرِبُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ ، كُلَّمَا حَلَّ ارْتَحَلَ " ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ .
´Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:` "A man said 'O Messenger of Allah! Which deed is most virtuous to Allah?' He said: 'Al-Hallul-Murtahil'' He said: 'What is Al-Hallul-Murtahil?' He said: 'The one who recites from the beginning of the Qur'an to the end of it, every time he sets out (on a trip).'"
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب القراءات عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 2948
Hadith Grading الألبانی: ضعيف الإسناد  |  زبیر علی زئی: (2948) إسناده ضعيف, صالح المري: ضعيف (تقدم:2133)
Hadith Takhrij «تفرد بہ المؤلف ( تحفة الأشراف : 5429) (ضعیف الإسناد) (سند میں صالح المری ضعیف راوی ہیں)»
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
The meaning is that the reciter is like a traveler who, upon reaching his destination, begins a new journey afresh.
That is, when one completes the recitation of the Qur’an once, he starts again from the beginning; this action is more beloved to Allah.

Note 1: (In the chain of narration, Salih al-Murri is a weak narrator.)
Note 2: (The chain is weak due to being mursal,
because Zurara is a Tabi‘i,
and he has not mentioned an intermediary in the narration.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2948