Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2943
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ، وَغَيْرُ، وَاحِدٍ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنِ الْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ، وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيِّ، أَخْبَرَاهُ أَنَّهُمَا، سَمِعَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ مَرَرْتُ بِهِشَامِ بْنِ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاسْتَمَعْتُ قِرَاءَتَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ كَثِيرَةٍ لَمْ يُقْرِئْنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَكِدْتُ أُسَاوِرُهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَنَظَرْتُهُ حَتَّى سَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ لَبَّبْتُهُ بِرِدَائِهِ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُكَ تَقْرَؤُهَا فَقَالَ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ . قُلْتُ لَهُ كَذَبْتَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَهُوَ أَقْرَأَنِي هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي تَقْرَؤُهَا . فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَقُودُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ لَمْ تُقْرِئْنِيهَا وَأَنْتَ أَقْرَأْتَنِي سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَرْسِلْهُ يَا عُمَرُ اقْرَأْ يَا هِشَامُ " . فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ الْقِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ " . ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " اقْرَأْ يَا عُمَرُ " . فَقَرَأْتُ بِالْقِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي أَقْرَأَنِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ " . ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ " . هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رَوَى مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ الْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Miswar ibn Makhramah and ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Abd al-Qari’ reported that they heard ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab say: I passed by Hisham ibn Hakim ibn Hizam, who was reciting Surah al-Furqan during the Messenger of Allah’s lifetime. I listened and found him reciting it in several forms that the Messenger had not taught me. I nearly confronted him while he was praying, but waited until he finished. Then I seized him by his cloak and asked, ‘Who taught you this surah that I heard you reciting?’ He replied, ‘The Messenger of Allah taught it to me.’ I said, ‘You are mistaken, by Allah! The Messenger of Allah taught me this surah differently from the way you recited it.’ I took him to the Prophet and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I heard this man reciting Surah al-Furqan in forms you did not teach me, although you taught me Surah al-Furqan.’ The Prophet said, ‘Release him, ‘Umar. Recite, Hisham.’ Hisham recited the way ‘Umar had heard him, and the Prophet said, ‘That is how it was revealed.’ Then he said, ‘Recite, ‘Umar.’ I recited the way the Prophet had taught me, and he said, ‘That is how it was revealed.’ Then he said, ‘This Qur’an was revealed in seven ahruf, so recite whatever is easy for you.’ Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan sahih. Malik ibn Anas also transmitted a similar version from al-Zuhri with this chain, but without al-Miswar ibn Makhramah.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report illustrates multiple authorized modes of Qur’anic recitation, described as seven ahruf. The English witness says ‘I strangled him with his upper garment’; the Arabic says ‘I seized him by his cloak’ (labbabtuhu bi-rida’ihi). ‘Umar initially thought Hisham’s recitation was wrong, but the Prophet confirmed both forms as revealed. Malik’s version omits al-Miswar ibn Makhramah from the chain.