Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 24.0

The Superiority of reciting silently over reciting loudly

باب فَضْلِ السِّرِّ عَلَى الْجَهْرِ

1 hadiths

Sunan an-Nasa'i, 1663hasan

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

4 transmitters

Narrated by Harun bin Muhammad bin BkarfromZayd bin Waqd al-QuraishifromKathir bin Marrah al-Hadramifrom'Uqba bin 'Amir al-Juhayni

Hadith text · Matn

‏ إِنَّ الَّذِي يَجْهَرُ بِالْقُرْآنِ كَالَّذِي يَجْهَرُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَالَّذِي يُسِرُّ بِالْقُرْآنِ كَالَّذِي يُسِرُّ بِالصَّدَقَةِ ‏

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English translation

It was narrated from Kathir bin Murrah that 'Uqbah bin 'Amir told them that:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The one who recites the Qur'an loudly is like one who gives charity openly, and the one who recites the Qur'an silently is like the one who gives charity in secret.'"

Original Arabic chain wording

أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَكَّارِ بْنِ بِلاَلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سُمَيْعٍ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ وَاقِدٍ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، أَنَّ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏