300 hadith
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to Ubayy bin Kaab while he was praying and called, "Ubayy!" Ubayy turned toward him but did not answer. He shortened his prayer and then went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Peace be upon you,…
الترمذي 2875SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said to Ubayy, "Allah [[r4]] has commanded me to recite the Quran to you." Ubayy asked, "Did Allah mention me to you by name?" He replied, "Yes." At that, Ubayy began to weep.
أحمد 13442SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said to Ubayy bin Kaab, "My Lord [[r4]] has commanded me to recite the Quran to you." Ubayy asked, "Was I mentioned to you by name?" He replied, "Yes." So Ubayy wept.
أحمد 12403SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ubayy, "Allah [[r4]] has commanded me to recite the Quran to you." Ubayy asked, "Did Allah mention me by name to you?" He replied, "Allah named you to me." At this, Ubayy began to weep.
مسلم 6342SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah [[r5]] has commanded me to recite the Quran to you." Ubayy asked, "Did my Lord [[r5]] mention me by name to you?" The Prophet replied, "Yes." Then he recited, *"In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy,…
أحمد 21136SahihThe Prophet ﷺ called for Ubayy and said, "Allah [[r4]] has commanded me to recite to you." Ubayy asked, "Did He name me to you?" He replied, "Allah named you to me." Then Ubayy began to weep.
أحمد 14032SahihThe Prophet of Allah ﷺ said to Ubayy bin Kaab, "Allah [[r4]] has commanded me to teach you the Quran," or "to recite the Quran to you." Ubayy asked, "Did Allah mention me to you by name?" He replied, "Yes." Ubayy asked, "I have been…
أحمد 13286SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said to Ubayy, "Allah has commanded me to recite to you." Ubayy asked, "Did Allah mention me to you by name?" He replied, "Allah named you to me." Bahz added in his version of the hadith that Ubayy then began to weep.
أحمد 12919SahihThe Prophet of Allah ﷺ said to Ubayy bin Kaab, "Allah has commanded me to recite the Quran to you." Ubayy asked, "Did Allah mention me to you by name?" He replied, "Yes." Ubayy asked, "And I have been mentioned before the Lord of the…
البخاري 4961SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ubayy, "Allah has commanded me to recite to you." Ubayy asked, "Did Allah mention me to you by name?" He replied, "Allah named you to me." At that, Ubayy began to weep.
مسلم 1864SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "Ubayy, I have been commanded to recite to you such-and-such surah." I said, "Messenger of Allah, was I mentioned there by name?" He replied, "Yes." So I said to him, "Abu al-Mundhir, you rejoiced at…
أحمد 21137SahihUbayy said to Umar, "Commander of the Faithful, I received the Quran from the one who received it," and in Affan's version, "from the one who was receiving it from Jibreel [[r0]] while it was still fresh."
أحمد 21112SahihUmar said, "Ubayy is the best reciter among us, yet we still set aside some of what Ubayy recites. Ubayy says, 'I took it directly from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so I will not abandon it for anything.' But Allah the Exalted has…
البخاري 5005SahihHe said, "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the two surahs of refuge, and he replied, 'I was told to say them,' so I said them." Ubayy said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us this, so we say them too."
أحمد 21184SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Let me not find any of you reclining on his couch when news of a hadith from me reaches him, and he says, 'Recite to me the Quran instead.' Whatever good word has been spoken, I have said it."
ابن ماجه 21DaifNafi reported that Ubada bin Samit was late for the dawn prayer, so Abu Naeem the muadhin called the iqamah and led the people in prayer. Ubada arrived, and I was with him, and we lined up in a row behind Abu Naeem, who was reciting aloud.…
أبو داود 824SahihWe were sitting with Abdullah bin Amr when we mentioned a hadith reported from Abdullah bin Masud. Abdullah bin Amr said, "That is a man I have never ceased to love ever since I heard something from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ which he used to…
مسلم 6336SahihI asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the two surahs of refuge, and he said, "It was said to me, so I said." Ubayy said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said it to us, so we say it."
أحمد 21183SahihI heard him, meaning the Prophet ﷺ, reciting on the Day of the Conquest. Were it not that people would gather around me, I would have demonstrated for you the recitation of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, he recited Surah al-Fath. He…
أحمد 16789SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah revealed nothing in the Torah nor in the Gospel like the Mother of the Quran. It is the seven oft repeated verses, and it is divided between Me and My servant, and My servant shall have whatever he asks." Qutayba…
الترمذي 3125SahihIbn Abu Adi in his version of the hadith said, "I came to Sham and met Abu Darda." He asked, "Where are you from?" I replied, "From the people of Kufa." He said, "Can you recite to me the recitation of Ibn Masud?" I said, "Yes." He said,…
أحمد 27535SahihI came to Madinah during the caliphate of Abu Bakr Siddiq, and I prayed Maghrib behind him. In the first two units he recited the Mother of the Quran and a surah from the short surahs of the Mufassal. Then he stood for the third unit, and I…
مالك 178SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Let me not find any of you reclining on his couch when a hadith of mine reaches him, saying, 'Recite to me a passage of the Quran instead.' Whatever good comes to you from me, whether I actually said it or…
أحمد 8801DaifIn his storytelling, he would mention the Prophet ﷺ and say, "A brother of yours speaks no indecent words," meaning by this Ibn Rawahah, who said, "Among us is the Messenger of Allah, reciting His Book when the radiant light of dawn breaks…
البخاري 6151SahihHe was standing during his storytelling and said, "A brother of yours used to never speak indecently," meaning Ibn Rawahah. He said, "And among us is the Messenger of Allah, reciting His Book when the radiant light of dawn breaks through…
أحمد 15737SahihI was walking with Imran bin Husayn, each of us holding the other's hand, when we passed by a beggar who was reciting the Quran. Imran stopped me and said, "Wait, let us listen to the Quran." When the man finished, he began asking for…
أحمد 19917HasanThe Prophet ﷺ heard a man reciting in the mosque, so he said, "May Allah have mercy on him. He has reminded me of such-and-such verses from such-and-such surah." Muhammad bin Ubayd bin Maymun narrated to us, Isa narrated to us, from Hisham,…
البخاري 5037SahihHe said, "I prayed, and the Messenger of Allah led us in prayer. He recited *'Qaf. By the glorious Quran'* [Qaf 50:1] until he recited *'And the towering palm trees'* [Qaf 50:10]." He said, "I kept repeating it to myself, but I did not know…
الأعظمي 13375SahihI learned from Abu Musa that *"Recite in the name of your Lord who created"* [Alaq 96:1] was the first surah revealed to Muhammad ﷺ.
الأعظمي 11731SahihKhuzai said in his narration that Ubayy bin Kaab said. And Abdullah bin Ahmad narrated to us, Ibrahim bin Hajjaj narrated to us, Hammad bin Salama narrated to us from Thabit, from Jarud bin Abu Sabra, from Ubayy bin Kaab. The Messenger of…
أحمد 21281SahihI saw the Prophet ﷺ reciting while on his she-camel, or his camel, as it carried him along. He was reciting Surah al-Fath, or a portion of Surah al-Fath, in a soft, gentle recitation, repeating the verses as he recited.
البخاري 5047SahihI saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of the conquest of Mecca riding his she-camel, reciting Surah al-Fath. Ibn Mughafal recited it and drew out his voice in melodious recitation. Muawiya said, "Were it not for the people, I would have…
أحمد 20565SahihA man entered the mosque, and the narrator mentioned his story. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "When you stand and face the qiblah, say the takbir. Then recite the Mother of the Quran and whatever else Allah wills for you to recite..."
الأعظمي 1970HasanSomeone who saw the Prophet ﷺ told me that he urinated, then recited something from the Quran. Hushaym once said, "some verses from the Quran," before touching any water.
أحمد 18074DifficultUbayy bin Kaab recited to me the way the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had recited to him, *"in a spring of murky water"* without emphasis.
أبو داود 3986DaifAbu Hurairah said, "Recitation is performed in every prayer. What the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited aloud for us, we recite aloud for you, and what he recited silently, we recite silently for you." A man said to him, "What if I do not recite…
مسلم 883SahihHe passed by a storyteller who was reciting the Quran and then asking for charity. He said, "We belong to Allah and to Him we return," and then said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever recites the Quran, let him ask Allah by…
الترمذي 2917HasanWe were with Abdullah bin Umar when we mentioned a hadith from Abdullah bin Masud. He said, "I will never cease to love that man after something I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I heard him say, 'Learn the Quran from four men, from…
مسلم 6335SahihOn the day of the conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while mounted on his she-camel, recited Surah al-Fath. Abu Iyas then recited it himself with the same melodious tone and said, "Were it not that people would crowd around me, I…
أحمد 20558SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I spent the night reciting the Quran to a group of jinn at al-Hajun."
أحمد 3954DaifHe used to inform them in every prayer of what he was reciting. Whatever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited aloud for us, we recite aloud for you, and whatever he kept silent from us, we keep silent from you. Ibn Bakr said, "In every prayer…
أحمد 7696SahihI heard my uncle say, "I prayed the dawn prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and in one of the two units he recited, *'And the tall palm trees with layered fruit-stalks'*." Shuba said, I met him later in the market, in the crowd, and he…
النسائي 951SahihImran bin Husayn passed by a man who was telling stories to an audience for payment. Imran said, "We belong to Allah, and to Him we shall return. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Recite the Quran and ask Allah [[r5]] through it,…
أحمد 19997DifficultI saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of the conquest of Mecca, mounted on his she-camel, reciting Surah al-Fath. Ibn Mughafal recited it with a melodious, undulating voice. Muawiya then said, "Were it not for the people, I would have…
الأعظمي 11857SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, after Ubayy had recited Umm al-Quran to him, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, nothing like it has been revealed in the Torah, nor in the Gospel, nor in the Psalms, nor in the Furqan. It is the seven oft-repeated…
أحمد 8682SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to teach us the Quran in every state, so long as he was not in a state of major ritual impurity.
الترمذي 146HasanThe Prophet ﷺ spent an entire night standing in prayer reciting a single verse of the Quran.
الترمذي 448SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Recite, and the servant will stand and say..."
أحمد 7837SahihMahmud bin Rabi, the one into whose face the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had spurted water from their well, reported that Ubada bin Samit informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no prayer for one who does not recite the Mother…
مسلم 876SahihI could hear the recitation of the Prophet ﷺ in the depth of the night while I was upon this trellis of mine, and he was at the Kaabah.
أحمد 26894SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said to me, "Recite the Quran to me." I said, "Shall I recite it to you when it was revealed to you?" He replied, "I love to hear it from someone other than myself."
البخاري 5056SahihI traveled to Sham with a group of Abdullah's companions. When Abu Darda heard of our arrival, he came to us and asked, "Is there anyone among you who recites the Quran?" We said, "Yes." He asked, "Which of you recites best?" They pointed…
البخاري 4943SahihHe was one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "A man came while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in the mosque." He then mentioned the hadith about the man praying poorly, followed by the Prophet's ﷺ instruction to him, in which he…
الأعظمي 1978HasanI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite between the Yamani Corner and the Black Stone, *"Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire"* [Baqarah 2:201]. Abdul-Razzaq, Ibn…
أحمد 15399SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the Quran after relieving himself, before touching water. Sometimes Israil narrated it from a man, from Ali [[r1]], from the Prophet ﷺ.
أحمد 686DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Al-Baqarah is the peak and summit of the Quran. Eighty angels descended with every verse of it, and *'There is no god but He, the Living, the Self-Sustaining'* [Baqarah 2:255] was drawn out from beneath the…
أحمد 20300DaifHe prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ and heard him recite during the Fajr prayer *"Qaf. By the glorious Quran"* [Qaf 50:1] and *"Ya Sin. By the wise Quran"* [Ya-Sin 36:1–2].
أحمد 16396SahihIbn Masud was mentioned in the presence of Abdullah bin Amr, and he said, "That is a man I have never ceased to love since I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Learn the recitation of the Quran from four, from Ibn Masud, Salim the…
مسلم 6339SahihI recited to Ibn Umar, *"who created you from weakness, then made after weakness strength, then made after strength weakness"* [Rum 30:54]. He corrected me, *"Allah is the One who created you from weakness, then made after weakness…
أحمد 5227DaifI prayed, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer, and he recited, *"Qaf. By the glorious Quran"* [Qaf 50:1], until he reached, *"and the towering palm trees"* [Qaf 50:10].
الأعظمي 1990Sahih