Muwatta Malik #481
The Qur'an
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ، جَالِسَيْنِ فَدَعَا مُحَمَّدٌ رَجُلاً فَقَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي بِالَّذِي، سَمِعْتَ مِنْ، أَبِيكَ . فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ، أَتَى زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ كَيْفَ تَرَى فِي قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ فِي سَبْعٍ فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ حَسَنٌ وَلأَنْ أَقْرَأَهُ فِي نِصْفٍ أَوْ عَشْرٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ وَسَلْنِي لِمَ ذَاكَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ . قَالَ زَيْدٌ لِكَىْ أَتَدَبَّرَهُ وَأَقِفَ عَلَيْهِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "Once
Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban and I were sitting down, and Muhammad
called a man over to him and said to him, 'Tell me what you have heard
from your father.' The man replied that his father had told him that
he went to Zayd ibn Thabit and asked him, 'What do you think of
reciting the whole Qur'an in seven days?' Zayd said, 'That's good,
but I prefer to recite it in two weeks, or ten days. Ask me why that
is.' He said, 'I ask you then.' Zayd said, 'So that I can reflect on
it and pause in it.' "
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This hadith is #481 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of The Qur'an.