عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: «أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ ثُلُثَ القُرْآنِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ؟» فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَالُوا: أَيُّنَا يُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ: «اللهُ الوَاحِدُ الصَّمَدُ ثُلُثُ القُرْآنِ».
Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudrī narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to his companions:
1. Will any of you be unable to recite one-third of the Qur’an during a night?
2. They felt the task very hard and said: Who of us can manage that, Messenger of God? .3. He said: God, the One, the Eternal, the Absolute is one-third of the Qur’an.
Abu Sa‘īd Sa‘d ibn Mālik ibn Sinān al-Anṣārī belonged to the Khazraj tribe and to Madinah, and is known as al-Khudrī. He took part in the Encounter of the Moat and the following military expeditions. He tried to join the army for the Battle of Uḥud, but the Prophet did not allow him as he was then too young. He took part in a total of twelve military expeditions and also in the pledge under the tree. He narrated a large number of hadiths, and issued fatwas for a period of time. He died in Year 74 AH, 694 CE.
