1396 - ‘Abbād ibn Mūsā narrated to us, Ismā‘īl ibn Ja‘far narrated to us, from Isrā’īl, from Abū Isḥāq, from ‘Alqamah and al-Aswad, who said:

A man came to Ibn Mas‘ūd and said: “I recite the Muṣaṣṣal in a single rak‘ah.” He said: “So quickly, like the recitation of poetry, and scattering it like scattering dried dates? Rather, the Prophet ﷺ used to recite the paired surahs, two in one rak‘ah: (Ar-Raḥmān and An-Najm) in a rak‘ah, (Iqtarabat and Al-Ḥāqqah) in a rak‘ah, (Aṭ-Ṭūr and Adh-Dhāriyāt) in a rak‘ah, (Idhā Waqa‘at and Nūn) in a rak‘ah, (Sa’ala Sā’il and An-Nāzi‘āt) in a rak‘ah, (Waylun lil-Muṭaffifīn and ‘Abasa) in a rak‘ah, (Al-Muddaththir and Al-Muzzammil) in a rak‘ah, (Hal Atā and Lā Uqsimu bi-Yawm al-Qiyāmah) in a rak‘ah, and (‘Amma Yatasā’alūn and Al-Mursalāt) in a rak‘ah, and (Ad-Dukhān and Idhā ash-Shamsu Kuwwirat) in a rak‘ah.”

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Also recorded by Muḥammad ibn Naṣr al-Marwazī in “Mukhtaṣar Qiyām al-Layl” (168), and al-Nasā’ī in “Al-Kubrā” (8015) via the chain of Muḥammad ibn Thawr, from Ma‘mar, from Simāk ibn al-Faḍl, from Wahb ibn Munabbih, from ‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb, from his father, from his grandfather.

This ḥadīth was also narrated by Abū Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, from ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Amr, as previously mentioned under number (1388), with a sound chain, without mentioning the completion of the Qur’an in forty days.

(1) Its chain is sound. Isrā’īl: he is Ibn Yūnus al-Subay‘ī, and Abū Isḥāq: he is ‘Amr ibn ‘Abd Allāh, and ‘Alqamah: he is Ibn Qays ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Nakha‘ī, and al-Aswad: he is Ibn Yazīd.

Also recorded by al-Bukhārī (775), (4996), and (5043), Muslim (822), al-Tirmidhī (608), and al-Nasā’ī in “Al-Kubrā” (1078–1079) via the chain of Abū Wā’il Shaqīq ibn Salamah, and al-Nasā’ī (1080) via the chain of Masrūq ibn al-Ajda‘, both from ‘Abd Allāh ibn Mas‘ūd, with this chain. They did not mention the names of the surahs in detail. It is also in “Musnad Aḥmad” (3958) and (3968), and “Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān” (1813).

His saying: “A man came to Ibn Mas‘ūd…” — this man is named by Muslim as Nuhayk ibn Sinān. =