2132 – ʿAbdullah narrated to us; he said: My father narrated to me; he said: Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar and Bahz both narrated to us, saying, “Shuʿbah narrated to us,” and Ḥajjāj likewise narrated; Shuʿbah told me, saying: I heard ʿAlqamah ibn Marthad relate from Saʿīd ibn ʿUbaydah, from Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān, that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:

“The best of you are those who learn the Qur’an and then teach it.”

Bahz, in his rendition, reported the wording: “The best of you are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it.” Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar and Ḥajjāj, in their versions, added that Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī said, “It is this ḥadith that has made me sit in this very seat.”