Hadith 8987

Chapter 34

باب 34

(34) بَابٌ في كَمْ يُقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنُ

(34) Chapter: What is the proper period for reciting the whole Qur'an (IT)
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ لِي ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ نَظَرْتُ كَمْ يَكْفِي الرَّجُلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ سُورَةً أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ آيَاتٍ، فَقُلْتُ لاَ يَنْبَغِي لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ آيَاتٍ.

Narrated Sufyan:
Ibn Shubruma said, "I wanted to see how much of the Qur'an can be enough (to recite in prayer) and I could not find a Surah containing less than three Verses, therefore I said to myself), "One ought not to recite less than three (Quranic) Verses (in prayer)." (IT)

Reference (IT): Sahih al-Bukhari 5051 (IT)

In-book reference (IT): Book 66, Hadith 75 (IT)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 6, Book 61, Hadith 571 (IT)