Sunan An-Nasa'i
Hadith #939
It was narrated from Ubayy bin Ka'b that:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was by a pond belonging to Banu Ghifar when Jibril, peace be upon him, came to him and said: ""Allah commands you to teach your Ummah the Quran with one way of recitation."" He said: ""I ask my Lord for protection and forgiveness, my Ummah cannot bear that."" Then he came to him a second time and said: ""Allah commands you to teach your Ummah the Quran with two ways of recitation."" He said: """"I ask my Lord for protection and forgiveness, my Ummah cannot bear that."" Then he came to him a third time and said: ""Allah commands you to teach your Ummah the Quran with three ways of recitation."" He said: ""I ask my Lord for protection and forgiveness, my Ummah cannot bear that."" Then he came to him a fourth time and said: ""Allah commands you to teach your Ummah the Quran with seven ways of recitation, and whichever the way they recite it will be correct