Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 61
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ نَجِيحٍ، - وَكَانَ ثِقَةً - عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ، عَنْ جُنْدُبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَنَحْنُ فِتْيَانٌ حَزَاوِرَةٌ فَتَعَلَّمْنَا الإِيمَانَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَتَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ تَعَلَّمْنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَازْدَدْنَا بِهِ إِيمَانًا " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
'Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki' narrated to us; Hammad ibn Najih narrated to us—and he was trustworthy—from Abu 'Imran al-Jawni, from Jundub ibn 'Abdullah, who said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as vigorous young men. We learned faith before we learned the Quran; then we learned the Quran, and our faith increased through it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic includes the transmitter-critical remark that Hammad ibn Najih was trustworthy; the English witness omits it.