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“The best of you are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it”: is it a hadith? Where is it written?

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خيركم من تعلم القرآن وعلمه

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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, No. 5027

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī No. 5027

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حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ، سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: " خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ ". قَالَ: وَأَقْرَأَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي إِمْرَةِ عُثْمَانَ حَتَّى كَانَ الْحَجَّاجُ، قَالَ: وَذَاكَ الَّذِي أَقْعَدَنِي مَقْعَدِي هَذَا.

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Translation

‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of you are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it."

Translation: HadeethEnc.com — Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, by Rowad Translation Center; published by the Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah. English, version v1.25.0. Full entry with explanation: https://hadeethenc.com/en/browse/hadith/5913

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  1. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5027: حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ, from شُعْبَةُ, from عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ, from سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ, from عُثْمَانَ, from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan Abī Dāwūd No. 1452The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Sunan Abī Dāwūd No. 1452

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حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: " خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ ".

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  1. Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1452: حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ, from شُعْبَةُ, from عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ, from سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ, from عُثْمَانَ, from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī No. 2907The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī No. 2907

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حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ، قَال: سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ "، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: فَذَاكَ الَّذِي أَقْعَدَنِي مَقْعَدِي هَذَا، وَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ فِي زَمَنِ عُثْمَانَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْحَجَّاجَ بْنَ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.

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  • al-Albānī: Ṣaḥīḥ — Ṣaḥīḥ wa-Ḍaʿīf Sunan al-Tirmidhī (al-Maktaba al-Shāmila)

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  1. Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī 2907: مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ, from أَبُو دَاوُدَ, from شُعْبَةُ, from عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ, from سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ, from عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ (ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī No. 2909The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī No. 2909

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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، قَال: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ "، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى: وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق.

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  • al-Albānī: Ṣaḥīḥ — Ṣaḥīḥ wa-Ḍaʿīf Sunan al-Tirmidhī (al-Maktaba al-Shāmila)

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  • Sunan al-Dārimī, No. 3242

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  1. Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī 2909: قُتَيْبَةُ, from عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ, from عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق, from النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ, from عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ, from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset entry 486The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset entry 486

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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، وَشُعْبَةَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: " أَفْضَلُكُمْ "، وَقَالَ شُعْبَةُ: " خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ ".

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  1. Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset 486: يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ (Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd), from سُفْيَانَ, from عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ, from سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ, from عُثْمَانَ, from the Prophet ﷺ
  2. Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset 486: يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ (Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd), from شُعْبَةَ, from عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ, from سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ, from عُثْمَانَ, from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset entry 402The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset entry 402

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، وَبَهْزٌ، وَحَجَّاجٌ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ مَرْثَدٍ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " إِنَّ خَيْرَكُمْ مَنْ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ، أَوْ تَعَلَّمَهُ "، قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، وَحَجَّاجٌ: فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: فَذَاكَ الَّذِي أَقْعَدَنِي هَذَا الْمَقْعَدَ، قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ: قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْ عُثْمَانَ، وَلَا مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَلَكِنْ قَدْ سَمِعَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ أَبِي: وَقَالَ بَهْزٌ: عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، قَالَ: عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي، وَقَالَ: " خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ "، حَدَّثَنَاه عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ، وَقَالَ فِيهِ: " مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ، أَوْ عَلَّمَهُ ".

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  1. Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset 402: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ, from شُعْبَةُ, from عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ مَرْثَدٍ, from سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ, from عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ (ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān), from the Prophet ﷺ
  2. Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset 402: بَهْزٌ, from شُعْبَةُ, from عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ مَرْثَدٍ, from سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ, from عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ (ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān), from the Prophet ﷺ
  3. Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset 402: حَجَّاجٌ, from شُعْبَةُ, from عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ مَرْثَدٍ, from سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ, from عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ (ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān), from the Prophet ﷺ

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Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan al-Dārimī No. 3242The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Sunan al-Dārimī No. 3242

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أَخْبَرَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاق، حَدَّثَنَا النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ ".

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  1. Sunan al-Dārimī 3242: مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ, from عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ, from عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاق, from النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ, from عَلِيٍّ (ʿAlī), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

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Sunan Ibn Mājah No. 211The wording is similar, not the same. Compare the two texts.Show the full entry

Sunan Ibn Mājah No. 211

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، وَسُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: قَالَ شُعْبَة: " خَيْرُكُمْ "، وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ: " أَفْضَلُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ ".

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  1. Sunan Ibn Mājah 211: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ, from يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ, from شُعْبَةُ, from عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ, from سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ, from عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ (ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān), from the Prophet ﷺ
  2. Sunan Ibn Mājah 211: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ, from يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ, from سُفْيَانُ, from عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ, from سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ, from عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ (ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī No. 5028The wording is similar, not the same. Compare the two texts.Show the full entry

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī No. 5028

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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ أَفْضَلَكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ ".

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  1. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5028: أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ, from سُفْيَانُ, from عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ, from عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ (ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan al-Dārimī No. 3243The wording is similar, not the same. Compare the two texts.Show the full entry

Sunan al-Dārimī No. 3243

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حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: " إِنَّ خَيْرَكُمْ مَنْ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ، أَوْ تَعَلَّمَهُ ". قَالَ: أَقْرَأَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي إِمْرَةِ عُثْمَانَ حَتَّى كَانَ الْحَجَّاجُ، قَالَ: ذَاكَ أَقْعَدَنِي مَقْعَدِي هَذَا.

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  1. Sunan al-Dārimī 3243: الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ, from شُعْبَةُ, from عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ, from سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ, from أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ, from عُثْمَانَ, from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

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