Hadith #116
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ سَمِعَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ آيَةً مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَهَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَقَدْ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذَا فَذَهَبَا إِلَى رَسُو
لِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ آيَةُ كَذَا وَكَذَا ثُمَّ قَرَأَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ هَكَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَأَيَّ ذَلِكَ قَرَأْتُمْ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ وَلَا تَمَارَوْا فِيهِ فَإِنَّ الْمِرَاءَ فِيهِ كُفْرٌ أَوْ آيَةُ الْكُفْرِ
Isnad Chain
أبو سلمة الخزاعي
بسر بن سعيد
عمرو بن العاص
English Translation
Abū Qays, the freed slave of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, narrated: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ heard a man reciting a verse of the Quran and said: 'Who taught you this recitation?' He said: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' ʿAmr said: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught it to me differently.' They went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. One of them said: 'O Messenger of Allah, such-and-such verse,' and recited it. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'That is how it was revealed.' The other said: 'O Messenger of Allah,' and recited it to him. the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Is it not like this, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'That is also how it was revealed.' the Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: 'This Quran was revealed in seven modes. Whichever of them you recite, you have done well. Do not dispute about it, for disputing about it is disbelief — or a sign of disbelief.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 34, Hadith 116
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17154
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53544