Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَكِيمِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ جَمَعْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَرَأْتُ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يَطُولَ عَلَيْكَ زَمَانٌ أَنْ تَمَلَّ اقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي قَالَ اقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ عِشْرِينَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي قَالَ اقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ عَشْرٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي قَالَ اقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ سَبْعٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي فَأَبَى.
English Translation
Yahya narrated from Ibn Jurayj from Ibn Abi Mulaykah from Yahya ibn Hakim ibn Safwan from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As who said: I memorized the entire Quran and used to recite it all in one night. That reached the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and he said: I fear that a long time will make you weary. Recite it in a month. I said: O Messenger of Allah, let me benefit from my strength and youth. He said: Recite it in every twenty days. I said: O Messenger of Allah, let me benefit from my strength and youth. He said: Recite it in every ten days. I said: O Messenger of Allah, let me benefit from my strength and youth. He said: Recite it in every seven days. I said: O Messenger of Allah, let me benefit from my strength and youth. But he refused.