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Musnad Ahmad 102

I went out looking for the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) before I became Muslim, and I found that he had reached the mosque before me. I stood behind him and he started to recite…

Shurayhnarrated it
Not gradednot graded in this edition
4names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُرَيْحُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ

قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ خَرَجْتُ أَتَعَرَّضُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُسْلِمَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ قَدْ سَبَقَنِي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَقُمْتُ خَلْفَهُ فَاسْتَفْتَحَ سُورَةَ الْحَاقَّةِ فَجَعَلْتُ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ تَأْلِيفِ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ هَذَا وَاللَّهِ شَاعِرٌ كَمَا قَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ قَالَ فَقَرَأَ «إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَا تُؤْمِنُونَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ كَاهِنٌ قَالَ: «وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ فَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ» إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ قَالَ فَوَقَعَ الْإِسْلَامُ فِي قَلْبِي كُلَّ مَوْقِعٍ

I went out looking for the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) before I became Muslim, and I found that he had reached the mosque before me. I stood behind him and he started to recite Sooratal-Haqqah, and I was amazed by the way in which the Qur’an was composed. I said: By Allah, this man is a poet as Quraish said. Then he recited: ‘That this is verily, the word of an honoured Messenger. lle said: Then I felt an overwhelming attraction to Islam.’

Musnad Ahmad 102, Book 2, Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra), Hadith 25. 1 min read

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Ahmad back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam AhmadCompiler, died 241 AH
  2. 2Abd al-Quddus ibn al-HajjajTold us, Third generation, died 212 AH
  3. 3Safwan ibn AmrTold us, Successor, died 155 AH
  4. 4Shurayh ibn UbaydTold us, Successor, died 100 AH

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