Hadith #578
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَ
سْعُودٍ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ تَعَاهَدُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنْ النَّعَمِ مِنْ عُقُلِهَا بِئْسَمَا لِأَحَدِهِمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ
Isnad Chain
عبد الرزاق
سفيان
منصور
أبو وائل
ابن م
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) — via 'Abd al-Razzaq, from Sufyan, from Mansur, from Abi Wa'il — raising it to the Prophet ﷺ — that he said: 'Keep reviewing the Quran, for it slips away from the hearts of men more readily than livestock from their hobbles. How wrong it is for one of you to say: I forgot such-and-such a verse. Rather, he was caused to forget.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 11, Hadith 578
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3816
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40206