Muwatta Malik #495
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.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَجُلاً، يَقْرَأُ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} يُرَدِّدُهَا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ غَدَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَكَأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَتَقَالُّهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abdullah
ibn Sasaca from his father that Abu Said al-Khudri heard a man
reciting Surat al-Ikhlas (Sura 112), repeating it over and over again.
In the morning he went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, and mentioned it to him, as if he thought little
of it. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "Bythe One in whose hand my self is, it is equal to one
third of the Qur'an."
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This hadith is #495 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of The Qur'an.