Hadith #248
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ شَيْخٍ فَقَالَ مَرَّةً سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ أَعْرَابِيٍّ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ قَرَأَ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا فَبَلَغَ { فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ } فَلْيَقُلْ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَنْ قَ
رَأَ وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ فَلْيَقُلْ بَلَى وَأَنَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنْ الشَّاهِدِينَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ { أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَى } فَلْيَقُلْ بَلَى قَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ فَذَهَبْتُ أَنْظُرُ هَلْ حَفِظَ وَكَانَ أَعْرَابِيًّا فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي أَظَنَنْتَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَحْفَظْهُ لَقَدْ حَجَجْتُ سِتِّينَ حَجَّةً مَا مِنْهَا سَنَةٌ إِلَّا أَعْرِفُ الْبَعِيرَ الَّذِي حَجَجْتُ عَلَيْهِ
Isnad Chain
سفيان
أبو هريرة
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Sufyan, from Isma'il ibn Umayya, who heard it from a sheikh [described on another occasion as a man from the desert folk, a Bedouin] — who said: I heard Abu Hurayra say: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever recites [Surat] al-Mursalat ['Urfa, 77] and reaches {So in what statement after it will they believe?} [77:50] — let him say: "Amanna billah [We believe in Allah]." And whoever recites [Surat] al-Tin wa al-Zaytun [95] — let him say: "Bala wa ana 'ala dhalika min al-shahidin [Yes, and I am of those who testify to that]." And whoever recites {Is He not able to give life to the dead?} [75:40] — let him say: "Bala [Yes, certainly]."' Isma'il said: 'I went to check whether he had memorized it correctly — and he was an elderly Bedouin. He said: "O nephew, did you think I had not memorized it? I have performed Hajj sixty times, and there has not been a single year among them except that I know the very camel I rode for Hajj."'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 248
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7086
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43476