Dialects and Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab Al-Huruf Wa Al-Qira'at)

كتاب الحروف والقراءات

Chapter 1

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah

The Prophet (ﷺ) read the Qur'anic verse, "And take ye the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer.

Narrated A'ishah

A man got up (for prayer) at night, he read the Qur'an and raised his voice in reading. When the morning came, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: May Allah have mercy on so-and-so! Last night he reminded me a number of verses which I was about to forget.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas

The verse "And no Prophet could (ever) be false to his trust" was revealed about a red velvet. When it was found missing on the day of Badr, some people said; Perhaps the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has taken it. So Allah, the Exalted, sent down "And no prophet could (ever) be false to his trust" to the end of the verse.

Abu Dawud said: In the word yaghulla the letter ya has a short vowel a.

Anas b. Malik reported that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying

O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from niggardliness and old age.

Narrated Laqit ibn Sabirah

I came in the deputation of Banu al-Muntafiq to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He then narrated the rest of the tradition. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: la tahsibanna (do not think) and did not say: la tahsabanna (do not think).

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas

The Muslims met a man with some sheep of his. He said: Peace be upon you. But they killed him and took those few sheep. Thereupon the following Qur'anic verse was revealed: "...And say to anyone who offers you a salutation: Thou art none of believer, coveting the perishable good of this life." meaning these few sheep.

Narrated Zayd ibn Thabit

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to read: "Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt (ghayru ulid-darari) but the narrator Sa'id did not say the words "used to read"

Narrated Anas ibn Malik

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) read the verse: "eye for eye" (al-'aynu bil-'ayn).

Narrated Anas ibn Malik

The Prophet (ﷺ) read the verse: "We ordained therein for them: Life for life and eye for eye (an-nafsa bin-nafsi wal-'aynu bil-'ayn).

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar

Atiyyah ibn Sa'd al-Awfi said: I recited to Abdullah ibn Umar the verse: "It is Allah Who created you in a state of (helplessness) weakness (min da'f)." He said: (Read) min du'f. I recited it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as you recited it to me, and he gripped me as I gripped you.

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri

The Prophet (ﷺ) read the verse mentioned above, "min du'f."

Narrated Ubayy b. Ka'b

"Say, in the bounty of Allah, and in His mercy- in that let you rejoice."

Narrated Ibn Abzi

Ubayy ibn Ka'b) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) read the verse: "Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy--in that let you rejoice: that is better than the wealth you hoard."

Narrated Asma' daughter of Yazid

She heard the Prophet (ﷺ) read the verse: "He acted unrighteously." (innahu 'amila ghayra salih).

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin

Shahr ibn Hawshab said: I asked Umm Salamah: How did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) read this verse: "For his conduct is unrighteous (innahu 'amalun ghayru salih". She replied: He read it: "He acted unrighteously" (innahu 'amila ghayra salih).

Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Harun al-Nahwi and Musa b. Khalaf from Thabit as reported by the narrator 'Abd al-Aziz.

Narrated Ubayy ibn Ka'b

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed, he began with himself and said: May the mercy of Allah be upon us and upon Moses. If he had patience, he would have seen marvels from his Companion. But he said: "(Moses) said: If ever I ask thee about anything after this, keep me not in they company: then wouldst thou have received (full) excuse from my side". Hamzah lengthened it.

Narrated Ubayy ibn Ka'b

The Prophet (ﷺ) read the Qur'anic verse: "Thou hast received (full) excuse from me (min ladunni)" and put tashdid (doubling of consonants) on nun (n).

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas

Ubayy ibn Ka'b made me read the following verse as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made him read: "in a spring of murky water" (fi 'aynin hami'atin) with short vowel a after h.

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man from the Illiyyun will look downwards at the people of Paradise and Paradise will be glittering as if it were a brilliant star.

He (the narrator) said: In this way the word durri (brilliant) occurs in this tradition, i.e. the letter dal (d) has short vowel u and it has no hamzah ('). AbuBakr and Umar will be of them and will have some additional blessings.