Hadith 40459

Chapter 39

باب 39

(39) باب اسْتِحْبَابِ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْفَضْلِ وَالْحُذَّاقِ فِيهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ الْقَارِئُ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْمَقْرُوءِ عَلَيْهِ

(39) Chapter: It is recommended to recite the Qur'an to people of virtue who are skilled in its recitation, even if the reciter is better than the one to whom it is recited (TR)
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ - حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لأُبَىٍّ بِمِثْلِهِ .

Qatada said:
I heard Anas saying that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Ubayy the same thing. (TR)

Reference (TR): Sahih Muslim 799 c (TR)

In-book reference (TR): Book 6, Hadith 294 (TR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 1749 (TR)