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Musnad Ahmad 390

‘The best of you is the one who teaches Qur’an or learns it.’ Muhammad ibn Jafar and Hajjaj said: Abu ‘AbdurRahman said: That is what made me sit in this place (i.e., become a teacher).

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، وَبَهْزٌ، وَحَجَّاجٌ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ مَرْثَدٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّ خَيْرَكُمْ مَنْ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ أَوْ تَعَلَّمَهُ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: فَذَاكَ الَّذِي أَقْعَدَنِي هَذَا الْمَقْعَدَ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَلَا مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَلَكِنْ قَدْ سَمِعَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَبِي وَقَالَ بَهْزٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي وَقَالَ خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ.

حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ وَقَالَ فِيهِ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ أَوْ عَلَّمَهُ

‘The best of you is the one who teaches Qur’an or learns it.’ Muhammad ibn Jafar and Hajjaj said: Abu ‘AbdurRahman said: That is what made me sit in this place (i.e., become a teacher).

Hajjaj said: Shubah said: Abu Abdur-Rahman did not hear (it) from Uthman (رضي الله عنه) or from Abdullah, but he heard it from Ali (رضي الله عنه). My father said and Bahz said: (It was narrated from) Shubah who said: ‘AIqamah ibn Marthad told me.

‘The best of you is the one who learns Qur’an and teaches it.’ Affan told us: Shubah told us: Alqamah ibn Marthad told me. and he said in it: ‘Whoever learns the Qur’an or teaches it.’’’

Musnad Ahmad 390, Book 4, Musnad Uthman ibn Affan, Hadith 14. 1 min read

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Ahmad back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam AhmadCompiler, died 241 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Jafar, GhundarTold us, Third generation, died 192 AH
  3. 3Bahz ibn AsadWith, Fourth generation, died 197 AH
  4. 4حَجَّاجٌWith
  5. 5Shubah ibn al-HajjajTold us, Third generation, died 160 AH
  6. 6Alqamah ibn MarthadHeard, Successor, died 120 AH
  7. 7Sad ibn UbaydahFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
  8. 8Abu Abd al-ar-Rahman as-SalmiFrom, Successor, died 74 AH
  9. 9Uthman ibn AffanFrom, Companion, died 35 AH

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