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Sahih Muslim 2463صحيح مسلم 2463
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا قُطْبَةُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ وَالَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ مَا مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ سُورَةٌ إِلاَّ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ نَزَلَتْ وَمَا مِنْ آيَةٍ إِلاَّ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ فِيمَا أُنْزِلَتْ وَلَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ مِنِّي تَبْلُغُهُ الإِبِلُ لَرَكِبْتُ إِلَيْهِ .
Abdullah reported: By Him besides Whom there is no god, there is no chapter in the Book of Allah about which I do not know as to where it was revealed and there is no verse about which I do not know in what context it was revealed, and if I were to know of one having a better understanding of the Book of Allah than I (and I could reach him) on the back of the mule, I would have definitely gone to him on camel's back.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
محمد بن العلاء بن كريب ← يحيى بن آدم بن سليمان ← قطبة بن عبد العزيز ← سليمان بن مهران ← مسلم بن صبيح ← مسروق بن الأجدع بن مالك ← عبد الله بن عمرو
Muhammad ibn al-Ala' ibn Kurayb → Yahya ibn Adam ibn Sulayman → Qutba ibn Abd al-Aziz → Sulayman ibn Mihran → Muslim ibn Subayh → Masruq ibn al-Ajda' ibn Malik → Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As