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Sahih Bukhari: Hadith 4856

66. 'Virtues of the Qur''an'

صحيح البخاري

10/34 Chapter:

The superiority of the 'Isha' prayer in congregation

باب فَضْلِ الْعِشَاءِ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ

4856
Sahih Bukhari
Sahih
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ لِي ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ نَظَرْتُ كَمْ يَكْفِي الرَّجُلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ سُورَةً أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ آيَاتٍ، فَقُلْتُ لاَ يَنْبَغِي لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ آيَاتٍ‏.‏
Narrated Sufyan:
Ibn Shubruma said, "I wanted to see how much of the Qur'an can be enough (to recite in prayer) and I could not find a Surah containing less than three Verses, therefore I said to myself), "One ought not to recite less than three (Quranic) Verses (in prayer)."
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5051
In-book : Book 66, Hadith 75
USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 6, Book 61, Hadith 571  (deprecated)