Hadith #232
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مُلَيْلٍ السَّلِيحِيُّ وَهُمْ إِلَى قُضَاعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ جَالِسًا قَرِيبًا
مِنْ الْمِنْبَرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَخَرَجَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ فَاسْتَوَى عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُورَةً مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَقْرَإِ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَقَالَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَيَقْرَأَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ رِجَالٌ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنْ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنْ الرَّمِيَّةِ
Isnad Chain
علي بن إسحاق
عبد الله ي
ابن المبارك
حرملة بن عمران
English Translation
ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There will emerge from my Ummah people who recite the Quran, and your recitation compared to theirs is nothing, and your prayer compared to their prayer is nothing, and your fasting compared to their fasting is nothing. They recite the Quran thinking it is for them, while it is against them. Their prayer does not pass beyond their collarbones. They will pass through the religion as an arrow passes through game."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 232
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16670
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53060