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Sahih Muslim 1869cصحيح مسلم 1869c
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الْعَتَكِيُّ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تُسَافِرُوا بِالْقُرْآنِ فَإِنِّي لاَ آمَنُ أَنْ يَنَالَهُ الْعَدُوُّ " . قَالَ أَيُّوبُ فَقَدْ نَالَهُ الْعَدُوُّ وَخَاصَمُوكُمْ بِهِ .
It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do not take the Qur'an on a journey with you, for I am afraid lost it should fall into the hands of the enemy. Ayyub (one of the narrators in the chain of transmitters) said: The enemy may seize it and may quarrel with you over it.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
سليمان بن داود ← حماد بن زيد بن درهم ← أيوب بن أبي تميمة ← نافع ← عبد الله بن عمر
Sulayman ibn Dawud → Hammad ibn Zayd ibn Dirham → Ayyub ibn Abi Tamima → Nafi' → Ibn `Umar