Hadith #300
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ النَّزَّالِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ آيَةً وَسَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَيْرَهَا فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ ال
لَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوْ عَرَفْتُ فِي وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْكَرَاهِيَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كِلَاكُمَا مُحْسِنٌ إِنَّ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ فَأَهْلَكَهُمْ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَحَدَّثَنِي مِسْعَرٌ عَنْهُ وَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَا تَخْتَلِفُوا
Isnad Chain
محمد بن جعفر
شعبة
عبد الملك بن ميسرة
النزال بن سبرة
عبد الله
رجلا يقرأ آية و
من رسول الله
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) — via Muhammad ibn Ja'far, from Shu'ba, from 'Abd al-Malik ibn Maysara, from al-Nazzal ibn Sabra — that 'Abdullah said: 'I heard a man reciting a verse, and I had heard a different recitation of it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I brought him before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed — or: I recognized displeasure in the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Both of you are doing well. Those before you differed [over such matters] and it destroyed them.' — Shu'ba said: Mis'ar also narrated it from him, attributing it to 'Abdullah from the Prophet ﷺ [with the addition]: 'So do not differ among yourselves.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 11, Hadith 300
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3538
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39928