Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2942
Book 46: Chapters on Recitation
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “How horrible it is for one of them – or – one of you to say: “I have forgotten such and such Ayah,’ rather he was made to forget. So be mindful of the Qur’an, for – by the One in Whose Hand is my soul – it escapes from men’s hearts faster than a camel from its fetter.”
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ” بِئْسَمَا لأَحَدِهِمْ أَوْ لأَحَدِكُمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ فَاسْتَذْكِرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَهُوَ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ مِنْ عُقُلِهِ ” . هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
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