Hadith 25047

Muwatta Malik

موطأ مالك

12
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، مَكَثَ عَلَى سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ ثَمَانِيَ سِنِينَ يَتَعَلَّمُهَا .


Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that it tookAbdullah ibn Umar eight years to learn Surat al-Baqara. (Sura 2)

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 15, Hadith 11

Arabic reference: Book 15, Hadith 483