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Al-Hasan said: They stood in prayer until their feet became swollen, whereupon it was revealed: “He knows that you will not be able to keep count of it”—that is, you will not be able to determine it precisely. Muqatil said: A man would pray throughout the entire night, fearing that he might fail to attain what he had been commanded to do in standing for prayer. So He said: “He knows that you will not be able to keep count of it”—that is, you will not be able to determine it precisely.

“Thus, He turned to you in mercy”: that is, He returned to you with pardon and relief. “So recite whatever is easy for you of the Quran,” meaning in the prayer. Al-Hasan said: This refers to the Maghrib and Isha prayers.

Qays ibn Abi Hazim said: I prayed behind Ibn Abbas in Basra. In the first rak'ah, he recited al-Fatihah and the first verse of al-Baqarah. [Then, in the second, he stood and recited al-Fatihah and the second verse of al-Baqarah] (1), then bowed. When he had finished, he turned to us and said: Allah, the Exalted, says: “So recite whatever is easy [of it]” (2).

Abd al-Wahid al-Malihi informed us; Abu Mansur al-Sam'ani informed us; Abu Ja'far al-Rayani narrated to us; Humayd ibn Zanjawayh narrated to us; Uthman ibn Abi Salih narrated to us; Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us; Humayd ibn Mikhraq narrated to me, from Anas ibn Malik, that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: “Whoever recites fifty verses in a day or a night will not be recorded among the heedless. Whoever recites one hundred verses will be recorded among the devoutly obedient. Whoever recites two hundred verses, the Quran will not contend against him on the Day of Resurrection. And whoever recites five hundred verses will have a qintar—a vast measure—of reward recorded for him.” (3)

Isma'il ibn Abd al-Qahir informed us; Abd al-Ghafir ibn Muhammad informed us; Muhammad ibn Isa informed us; Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Sufyan narrated to us; Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj narrated to me; al-Qasim ibn Zakariyya narrated to us; Ubayd Allah ibn Musa narrated to us, from Shayban, from Yahya [ibn Kathir], from Muhammad [Abd Allah] (4) ibn Abd al-Rahman, the client of Banu Zuhrah, from Abu Salamah, from Abd Allah ibn Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Recite the Quran once every month.” He said: I replied, “I find that I have the strength.” He said: “Then recite it every [twenty] (5) nights.” He said: I replied, “I find that I have the strength.” He said: “Then recite it every seven days, and do not exceed that.” (6)

(1) The text within parentheses is omitted in manuscript “A”. (2) Manuscript “B” reads: “from the Quran.” Al-Suyuti attributed it in al-Durr al-Manthur, 8:323, to al-Daraqutni and al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan; both graded it hasan (sound). (3) Ibn al-Sunni narrated it in ‘Amal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah (The Deeds of the Day and Night), through reports with similar wordings, nos. 698–700, pp. 326–327. Its chain includes Yazid al-Raqashi, who is weak. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said: “Its chain is weak; part of it has been transmitted to us through another route with an authentic chain.” He then narrated it from the hadith of Tamim al-Dari. See: al-Futuhat al-Rabbaniyyah, 3:275–276; al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, 2:447; Majma‘ al-Zawa’id, 2:267. (4) Omitted in manuscript “A”. (5) Addition from manuscript “A”. (6) Narrated by Muslim, Kitab al-Siyam, chapter: “The prohibition of perpetual fasting for one harmed by it,” no. 1159, 2:812; and by al-Bukhari, Kitab Fada’il al-Quran, chapter: “How often the Quran should be recited,” 9:95, except for the wording: “He said: Then recite it every twenty nights. I said: I have the strength.”

قَالَ الْحَسَنُ: قَامُوا حَتَّى انْتَفَخَتْ أَقْدَامُهُمْ، فَنَزَلَ: "عَلِمَ أَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ" لَنْ تُطِيقُوا مَعْرِفَةَ ذَلِكَ. وَقَالَ مُقَاتِلٌ: كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يُصَلِّي اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ، مَخَافَةَ أَنْ لَا يُصِيبُ مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ مِنَ الْقِيَامِ، فَقَالَ: عَلِمَ أَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ لَنْ تُطِيقُوا مَعْرِفَةَ ذَلِكَ. ﴿فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ﴾ فَعَادَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعَفْوِ وَالتَّخْفِيفِ ﴿فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ﴾ يَعْنِي فِي الصَّلَاةِ، قَالَ الْحَسَنُ: يَعْنِي فِي صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعَشَاءِ. قَالَ قَيْسُ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ: صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ بِالْبَصْرَةِ فَقَرَأَ فِي أَوَّلِ رَكْعَةٍ بِالْحَمْدِ وَأَوَّلِ آيَةٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرَةِ [ثُمَّ قَامَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ فَقَرَأَ بِالْحَمْدِ وَالْآيَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِنَ الْبَقَرَةِ] (١) ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷿ يَقُولُ: فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ [مِنْهُ] (٢) أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ الْمَلِيحِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مَنْصُورٍ السَّمْعَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَّيَّانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زَنْجَوَيْهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مِخْرَاقٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: "مَنْ قَرَأَ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً فِي يَوْمٍ أَوْ فِي لَيْلَةٍ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ، وَمَنْ قَرَأَ مِائَةَ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ، وَمَنْ قَرَأَ مِائَتَيْ آيَةٍ لَمْ يُحَاجُّهُ الْقُرْآنُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَنْ قَرَأَ خَمْسَمِائَةِ آيَةً كُتِبَ لَهُ قِنْطَارٌ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ" (٣) . أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبَدِ الْقَاهِرِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْغَافِرِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ، حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ شَيْبَانَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى [بْنِ كَثِيرٍ] عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ [عَبْدِ اللَّهِ] (٤) بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَوْلَى بَنِي زُهْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: "اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ" قَالَ قُلْتُ: إِنِّي أَجِدُ قُوَّةً، قَالَ: "فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي [كُلِّ] (٥) عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً" قَالَ قُلْتُ: إِنِّي أَجِدُ قُوَّةً، قَالَ: "فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ سَبْعٍ وَلَا تَزِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ" (٦) .

(١) ما بين القوسين ساقط من "أ". (٢) في "ب" من القرآن. عزاه السيوطي في الدر المنثور: ٨ / ٣٢٣ للدارقطني والبيهقي في السنن وقد حسناه. (٣) أخرجه ابن السني في عمل اليوم والليلة بروايات وألفاظ متقاربة برقم: (٦٩٨-٧٠٠) ص (٣٢٦-٣٢٧) وفيه يزيد الرقاشي وهو ضعيف، قال الحافظ ابن حجر: سنده ضعيف، روي لنا بعضه من وجه آخر بسند صحيح ثم أخرجه من حديث تميم الداري. انظر: الفتوحات الربانية: ٣ / ٢٧٥-٢٧٦، الترغيب والترهيب: ٢ / ٤٤٧، مجمع الزوائد: ٢ / ٢٦٧. (٤) ساقط من "أ". (٥) زيادة من "أ". (٦) أخرجه مسلم في الصيام، باب النهي عن صوم الدهر لمن تضرر به برقم: (١١٥٩) ٢ / ٨١٢، والبخاري في فضائل القرآن، باب في كم يقرأ القرآن: ٩ / ٩٥ إلا قوله: (قال: فاقرأه في كل عشرين ليلة، قلت: إني لأجد قوة) .