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Sahih Bukhari 5053 — Quran Completion Time
What is the proper period for reciting the whole Qur'an
وَقَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ}.
How Long to Finish the Quran: A Prophetic Question
Sahih Bukhari : 5053
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5053
حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " فِي كَمْ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ ".
'Abdullah bin 'Amr Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) asked me, "How long does it take you to finish the recitation of the whole Qur'an?"
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5053In-book reference : Book 66, Hadith 78USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 6, Book 61, Hadith 573
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5053
This short Hadith records one question from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to Abdullah bin Amr: how long does it take you to read the Quran? Even though the narration here is brief, the question itself is meaningful. It shows attention to the pace and pattern of Quran completion. The Hadith does not give the answer in this report, so we should not force details into it from the wording here. What we can say is that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم cared enough to ask about the time Abdullah took to complete the Quran. For people searching how long to finish the Quran hadith, this narration opens the topic in a direct way. It points to self-checking: not only whether we recite, but how we arrange our recitation over time.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked about the time taken to complete Quran recitation.
- A Muslim can reflect on the pace and pattern of Quran reading.
- Short questions in Hadith can guide us toward careful self-review.
