Sunan Ibn Majah 1342
سنن ابن ماجه#1342Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ طَلْحَةَ الْيَامِيَّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْسَجَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ، يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " زَيِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَصْوَاتِكُمْ " .
It was narrated from Bara’ (bin ‘Azib) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Beautify the Qur’an with your voices.”
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
Al-AlbaniSahih
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Sahih
In-book reference: 5:540