حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ حم الثَّلَاثِينَ يَعْنِي الْأَحْقَافَ فَقَرَأَ حَرْفًا وَقَرَأَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ حَرْفًا لَمْ يَقْرَأْهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَقَرَأْتُ أَحْرُفًا فَلَمْ يَقْرَأْهَا صَاحِبَيَّ فَانْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ فَقَالَ لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِاخْتِلَافِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ انْظُرُوا أَقْرَأَكُمْ رَجُلًا فَخُذُوا بِقِرَاءَتِهِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 3803
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (RA) said: I heard a man reciting Ha-Meem (i.e. al-Ahqaf); he recited it in one mode of recitation and another man recited it in another mode of recitation that his companion did not use, and i recited it in yet another mode of recitation that my two companions had not used, We came to the Prophet (PBUH) and told him, and he said: "Do not differ; those who came before you were destroyed because they differed." Then he said: "See which one among you has the most knowledge of recitation, and follow his recitation."
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ