Ubadah ibn al-Samit was delayed in coming to the morning prayer, so Abu Nu'aym the mu'adhdhin established the prayer and led the people in prayer. Ubadah came, and I was with him, until we stood in the row behind Abu Nu'aym, while Abu Nu'aym was reciting loudly. Ubadah began to recite Umm al-Qur'an. When he finished, I said to Ubadah: 'I heard you reciting Umm al-Qur'an while Abu Nu'aym was reciting loudly.' He said: 'Yes. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in some of the prayers in which recitation is done aloud, and the recitation became confused for him. When he finished, he turned to us with his face and said: "Do you recite when I recite aloud?" Some of us said: "We do that." He said: "Do not do so, except that someone recites to himself, for the Qur'an is contested with me. So do not recite anything of the Qur'an when I recite aloud, except for Umm al-Qur'an."' Note: The final part regarding the Prophet's statement includes the meaning of his prohibition except for Umm al-Qur'an.
حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الأَزْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ، عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ نَافِعٌ أَبْطَأَ عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ، فَأَقَامَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ الْمُؤَذِّنُ الصَّلاَةَ فَصَلَّى أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ بِالنَّاسِ وَأَقْبَلَ عُبَادَةُ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ، حَتَّى صَفَفْنَا خَلْفَ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ يَجْهَرُ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَجَعَلَ عُبَادَةُ يَقْرَأُ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قُلْتُ لِعُبَادَةَ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقْرَأُ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ يَجْهَرُ قَالَ أَجَلْ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْضَ الصَّلَوَاتِ الَّتِي يَجْهَرُ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ قَالَ فَالْتَبَسَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْقِرَاءَةُ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ وَقَالَ "هَلْ تَقْرَءُونَ إِذَا جَهَرْتُ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ " . فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا إِنَّا نَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ . قَالَ " فَلاَ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ مَا لِي يُنَازَعُنِي الْقُرْآنُ فَلاَ تَقْرَءُوا بِشَىْءٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ إِذَا جَهَرْتُ إِلاَّ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ " .
Translation
Nafi’b. Mahmudb. Al-Rabi’ Al-Ansari said