Sahih Muslim Hadith 1904 – The Clarification

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[1904] 273 – (820) It was ( .)_ Y Vr [] narrated that Ubayy bin Ka'b said: "I was in the Masjid, and a man came in and offered prayers, LO. and (in it) he recited in a manner which I found strange. Then another man came in and recited in a manner different from his companion. When we had finished the prayer, we all entered upon the Messenger of Allah and I said: 'This man recited in a manner which I found strange, then another man came in and recited in a manner different from his companion.' The Messenger of Allah told them to recite, and they did so, and the Prophet expressed his approval. I felt in my heart a kind of doubt such as I had never felt even during the Jâhiliyyah. When the Messenger of Allah saw that I was affected and had broken into a sweat, as if I was looking at Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, with fear, he said to me: '0 Ubayy, it was conveyed to me that I should recite the Qur'ân in one mode of recitation, and I replied: Make it easy for my Ummah. It was conveyed to me the second time that I should recite it in two modes of recitation. I replied: Make it easy for my Ummah. It was conveyed to me the third time that I should recite it in seven modes of recitation, and: For each time you replied, you may ask Me for something. I said: 0 Allah, forgive my Ummah; 0 Allah, forgive my Ummah, and I have delayed the third one for the Day when all of mankind will turn to me, even IbrâhIm, peace be upon him."