Hadith 54

Sahih Bukhari

Book 66: Virtues of the Qur'an

Chapter 23

The learning of the Qur'an by heart and the reciting of it repeatedly

باب اسْتِذْكَارِ الْقُرْآنِ وَتَعَاهُدِهِ

Sahih al-Bukhari 5032
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَرْعَرَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏‏.‏
"‏ بِئْسَ مَا لأَحَدِهِمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ نُسِّيَ، وَاسْتَذْكِرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ ‏"
`Abdullah:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It is a bad thing that some of you say, 'I have forgotten such-and-such verse of the Qur'an,' for indeed, he has been caused (by Allah) to forget it. So you must keep on reciting the Qur'an because it escapes from the hearts of men faster than camel do."

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

ibn Mas'ud

عبد الله بن مسعود

745 narrations

follower
2

Shaqayq bin Salmah al-Asadi

شقيق بن سلمة الأسدي أبو وائل الكوفي

428 narrations

follower
3

Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi

منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي

594 narrations

successor
4

Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj

شعبة بن الحجاج

2,461 narrations

successor
5

Muhammad bin 'Ar'ara

محمد بن عرعرة

22 narrations