Hadith #532
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ احْشُدُوا فَإِنِّي سَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمْ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ فَحَشَدَ
مَنْ حَشَدَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ هَذَا خَبَرٌ جَاءَهُ مِنْ السَّمَاءِ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي أَدْخَلَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي قَدْ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ إِنِّي سَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمْ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ وَإِنَّهَا تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ
Isnad Chain
يحيى بن سعيد
يزيد بن كيسان
أبو حازم
أبو هريرة
English Translation
Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, he said: Yazid ibn Kaysan narrated to us, he said: Abu Hazim narrated to me from Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Gather, for I shall recite to you one-third of the Quran." So whoever gathered, gathered. Then he came out and recited 'Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad' (Surah al-Ikhlas). Then he went inside. Some of us said to others: "News must have come to him from the sky, and that is what made him go inside." Then he came out and said: "I told you I would recite one-third of the Quran to you. It (Surah al-Ikhlas) indeed equals one-third of the Quran."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 20, Hadith 532
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 9170
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-45560