Hadith #242
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قَبِيلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي الْكِتَابَ وَاللَّبَنَ
قَالَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا بَالُ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ يَتَعَلَّمُهُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ ثُمَّ يُجَادِلُونَ بِهِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فَقِيلَ وَمَا بَالُ اللَّبَنِ قَالَ أُنَاسٌ يُحِبُّونَ اللَّبَنَ فَيَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ الْجَمَاعَاتِ وَيَتْرُكُونَ الْجُمُعَاتِ
Isnad Chain
حسن بن موسى
ابن لهيعة
أبو قبيل
عقبة بن عامر
English Translation
ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us while we were in the Ṣuffah and said: "Which of you would like to go out every morning to Buṭḥān or al-ʿAqīq and bring two large-humped she-camels without sin or severing ties of kinship?" We said: "O Messenger of Allah, we would all love that." He ﷺ said: "Does not one of you go to the mosque and learn or recite two verses from the Book of Allah عز وجل? That is better for him than two she-camels. And three verses are better than three she-camels. And four verses are better than four she-camels. And their like in number of camels."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 242
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16680
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53070