Hadith 267

Sahih Muslim

Book 6: The Book of Prayer - Travellers

Chapter 33

The command to keep refreshing one’s knowledge of the Qur’an and that it is disliked to say I have forgotten such-and-such a verse, but it is permissible to say I have been caused to forget

باب الأَمْرِ بِتَعَهُّدِ الْقُرْآنِ وَكَرَاهَةِ قَوْلِ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَذَا. وَجَوَازِ قَوْلِ أُنْسِيتُهَا

Sahih Muslim 789a
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ صَاحِبِ الْقُرْآنِ كَمَثَلِ الإِبِلِ الْمُعَقَّلَةِ إِنْ عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهَا أَمْسَكَهَا وَإِنْ أَطْلَقَهَا ذَهَبَتْ ‏"
'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

The example of a man who has memorised the Qur'an is like that of a hobbled camel. If he remained vigilant, he would be able to retain it (with him), and if he loosened the hobbled camel it would escape.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

'Aisha bint Abi Bakr

أمّ المؤمنين عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق

2,580 narrations

follower
2

'Urwa ibn al-Zubayr

عروة بن الزبير

1,628 narrations

follower
3

Hisham bin 'Urwa

هشام بن عروة

952 narrations

successor
4

Muhammad bin Khazim al-Darir

محمد بن خازم أبو معاوية الضرير

657 narrations

successor
5

'Abdah bin Sulaiman al-Klabi

عبدة بن سليمان الكلابي أبو محمد الكوفي

272 narrations

3rd Generation
6

Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin Numayr

محمد بن عبد الله بن نمير

563 narrations