He reads one-third of the Qur'an in a night? Whoever recites: "Allah, the One, the Eternal Refuge" has indeed recited one-third of the Qur'an." (1)

In this chapter, there are narrations from Abu al-Darda', Abu Sa'id, Qatadah ibn al-Nu'man, Abu Hurayrah, Anas, Ibn 'Umar, and Abu Mas'ud.

This is a good (hasan) hadith, and we do not know of anyone who narrated this hadith more beautifully than the narration of Za'idah. Isra'il and al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad followed him in his narration. Shu'bah and several other trustworthy narrators have narrated this hadith from Mansur, but they differed concerning it.

3119 - Abu Kurayb narrated to us, saying: Ishaq ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Malik ibn Anas, from 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from Ibn Hunayn (2), a freed slave of the family of Zayd ibn al-Khattab, or the freed slave of Zayd ibn al-Khattab, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: I came with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he heard a man reciting:--------------------------------------------

(1) A sound (sahih) hadith by virtue of corroborating evidence, but this chain is weak due to the anonymity of the woman and the discrepancy [in the narration], as is elaborated in our commentary on "al-Musnad." Al-Nasa'i also recorded it, 2/171-172. It is in "Musnad Ahmad" (23547) and (23554). It has a supporting witness from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah in the author's collection, no. (3122). Another from the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri in al-Bukhari (5013). A third from Abu al-Darda' in Muslim (2811). A fourth from Qatadah ibn al-Nu'man in al-Bukhari (5014).

(2) In the manuscript sources: "Abu Hunayn," which is an error; the correction is from the sources of his biography.