Bukhari 5051 · Book 66
Sahih al-Bukhari, 5051
Virtues of the Qur'an
Sahih (authentic)by the collection
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)Rapporté par Sufyan : Ibn Shubruma a dit : « J’ai cherché à savoir ce qui suffit à un homme du Coran (pour la prière), et je n’ai pas trouvé de sourate contenant moins de trois versets. J’ai donc dit : Il ne convient à personne de réciter moins de trois versets. »Grades given by scholars
Sahih collection: its hadiths are held authentic by the compiler.
Source: fawazahmed0/hadith-api (public domain).