Hadith 75

Sahih Bukhari

Book 66: Virtues of the Qur'an

Chapter 34

What is the proper period for reciting the whole Qur'an

بَابٌ في كَمْ يُقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنُ

وَقَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ}.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5051
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ لِي ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ نَظَرْتُ كَمْ يَكْفِي الرَّجُلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ سُورَةً أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ آيَاتٍ، فَقُلْتُ لاَ يَنْبَغِي لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ آيَاتٍ‏.‏
Sufyan:

Ibn Shubruma said, "I wanted to see how much of the Qur'an can be enough (to recite in prayer) and I could not find a Surah containing less than three Verses, therefore I said to myself), "One ought not to recite less than three (Quranic) Verses (in prayer)."