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Sahih Muslim, 790 a
sahih

'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

What a wretched person is he amongst them who says: I have forgotten such and such a verse. (He should instead of using this expression say): I have been made to forget it. Try to remember the Qur'an for it is more apt to escape from men's minds than a hobbled camel.

وَحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

‏ بِئْسَمَا لأَحَدِهِمْ يَقُولُ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ اسْتَذْكِرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَلَهُوَ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ بِعُقُلِهَا ‏

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Isnad

8 transmitters
  1. 1Zuhayr bin HarbNisa'/Baghdad · d. 234 AH/848 CE
  2. 2'Uthman bin Muhammad (Abi Shayba)al-Kufa · d. 239 AH
  3. 3Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Muhammadal-Basra · d. 253 AH
  4. 4Ishaq bin Shahyn al-Wastial-Wasit · d. after 250 AH
  5. 5Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-BajliMedina/Kufa · d. ~51 AH
  6. 6Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-SalmiKufa · d. 132 AH
  7. 7Shaqayq bin Salmah al-Asadial-Kufa · d. ~ 100 AH
  8. 8ibn Mas'udMakkah/Abyssinia/Medina/kufah · d. 32 AH/ 652 CE
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 6, Hadith 269
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 4, Hadith 1724 (deprecated numbering scheme)
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