Narrated Ibrahim:
from 'Abidah that 'Abdullah said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: 'Recite for me.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Shall I recite for you while it is to you whom it was revealed?' He said: 'I love to hear it from other than me.'" So I recited Surat An-Nisa until I reached: "...And We bring you (Muhammad) as a witness against these people? (4:41)" He said: "So I saw the eyes of the Prophet (ﷺ) overflowing with tears."
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " اقْرَأْ عَلَىَّ " . فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ قَالَ " إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي " . فَقَرَأْتُ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ : (جِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ شَهِيدًا ) قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ عَيْنَىِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَهْمِلاَنِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ .
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Mahmud bin GhaylanMerv,Baghdad · d. 239 AH or after
- 2Mua'wiya bin Hisham al-Qsaral-Kufa · d. 204 AH
- 3Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-ThawriKufa/Hijaz/Basra · d. 161 AH
- 4Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 5Ibrahim al-Nakha'iYemen/al-Kufa · d. 96 AH
- 6'Ubaida bin 'Amr al-Salamanial-Kufa · d. ~72 AH
- 7ibn Mas'udMakkah/Abyssinia/Medina/kufah · d. 32 AH/ 652 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 47, Hadith 77
- English Reference
- Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3025