حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَكِيمِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ جَمَعْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَرَأْتُهُ كُلَّهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يَطُولَ عَلَيْكَ الزَّمَانُ وَأَنْ تَمَلَّ فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي شَهْرٍ " . فَقُلْتُ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي . قَالَ " فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي عَشْرَةٍ " . قُلْتُ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي . قَالَ " فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي سَبْعٍ " . قُلْتُ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي . فَأَبَى .
It wasnarrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr said: “I memorized the Qur’anand recited it all in one night. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:‘Iam afraid that you may live a long life and that you may getbored.Recite it over the period of a month.’ I said: ‘Let mebenefit from mystrength in my youth.’ He said: ‘Recite it in tendays.’ I said: ‘Letme benefit from my strength and my youth.’He said: ‘Recite it inseven days.’ I said: ‘Let me benefitfrom my strength and my youth,’but he refused (to alter it anyfurther).” Translation Not Available
Book Ref: Sunan Ibn Majah Book 5 Hadith 1346
Web Ref: Sunan Ibn Majah Vol 1 Book 5 Hadith 1346