Hadith #567
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Arabic Text
Chain of Narration (Isnad)
حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ
Body (Matn)
عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تُحْسِنُ السُّرْيَانِيَّةَ إِنَّهَا تَأْتِينِي كُتُبٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَتَعَلَّمْهَا فَتَعَلَّمْتُهَا فِي سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا
Isnad Chain
English Translation
It was narrated from Zaid ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet دلوالله asked him: "Do you know Syriac? Letters come to me in it." He said: "No." He said: "Then learn it." So he learned it in seventeen days.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 39, Hadith 567
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 20605
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-56995