Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra, Book of Virtues of the Qur'ān

Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Shaybān > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah And Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ stayed for ten years in Mecca with the Qur'an being revealed to him and he stayed in Medina for ten years.'

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «لَبِثَ بِمَكَّةَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ يُنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا»

Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Saʿīd al-Maqburī from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Every Prophet was given miracles because of which people believed, but what I have been given, is Divine Inspiration which Allah has revealed to me. So I hope that my followers will outnumber the followers of the other Prophets on the Day of Resurrection."

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ إِلَّا قَدْ أُعْطِيَ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا مِثْلَهُ آمَنَ عَلَيْهِ الْبَشَرُ وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُ وَحْيًا أَوْحَاهُ اللهُ إِلَيَّ فَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ تَابِعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

Hannād b. al-Sarī > ʿUbaydah > Mūsá b. Abū ʿĀʾishah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The translation of the passage into English is: "Whenever the revelation would descend upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he would be treated for its intensity."

أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيُّ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ يُعَالِجُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شِدَّةً»

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"Al-Harith bin Hisham asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'How does the Revelation come to you?' He said: 'Like the ringing of a bell, and when it departs I remember what he (the Angel) said, and this is the hardest on me. And sometimes he (the Angel) comes to me in the form of a man and gives it to me.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سَأَلَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يَأْتِيكَ الْوَحْيُ؟ قَالَ «فِي مِثْلِ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ فَيُفْصَمُ عَنِّي وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ عَنْهُ وَهُو أَشَدُّهُ عَلَيَّ وَأَحْيَانًا يَأْتِينِي فِي مِثْلِ صُورَةِ الْفَتَى فَيَنْبِذُهُ إِلَيَّ»

ʿAmr b. Yazīd > Sayf b. ʿUbaydullāh > Sarrār > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

Take from me. Verily Allah has ordained a way for them (the women who commit fornication),: (When) a married man (commits adultery) with a married woman, and an unmarried male with an unmarried woman, then in case of married (persons) there is (a punishment) of one hundred lashes and then stoning (to death). And in case of unmarried persons, (the punishment) is one hundred lashes and exile for one year.

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَيْفُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَرَّارٌ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ حِطَّانِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ

كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ كُرِبَ لِذَلِكَ وَتَرَبَّدَ لَهُ وَجْهُهُ فَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا فَلَقِيَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ قَالَ «خُذُوا عَنِّي قَدْ جُعِلَ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًا الثَّيِّبُ بِالثَّيِّبِ وَالْبِكْرُ بِالْبِكْرِ الثَّيِّبُ جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ ثُمَّ رَجْمٌ بِالْحِجَارَةِ وَالْبِكْرُ جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ ثُمَّ نَفْيُ سَنَةٍ»

Nūḥ b. Ḥabīb > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣafwān b. Yaʿlá b. Umayyah from his father

"I wished that I could see the Messenger of Allah when Revelation was coming down to him. While we were in Al-Jirranah and the Prophet was in a tent, Revelation was coming down to him and 'Umar gestured to me to come. So I put my head into the tent. A man had come to him who had entered Ihram wearing a said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what do you say concerning a man who entered Ihram wearing a Jubbah?'Then (because of this question) the Revelation came. The Prophet started to breath deeply, and when it was over he said: 'Where is the man who asked me just now?' The man was brought to him, and he saidA: 'As for the Jubbah, take it off, and as for the perfume, wash it off, then enter Ihram.'''(Sahih) Chatper 30. The Prohibiton Of Wearing A Shirt In Ihram

أَخْبَرَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَعْلَى بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَيْتَنِي أَرَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُو يُنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي قُبَّةٍ فَأَتَاهُ الْوَحْيُ أَشَارَ إِلَيَّ عُمَرُ أَنْ تَعَالَ فَأَدْخَلْتُ رَأْسِي الْقُبَّةَ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ قَدْ أَحْرَمَ فِي جُبَّةٍ بِعُمْرَةٍ مُتَضَمِّخٌ بِطِيبٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولِ اللهِ «مَا تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ أَحْرَمَ فِي جُبَّةٍ؟ إِذْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغِطُّ لِذَلِكَ فَسُرِّيَ عَنْهُ» فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي سَأَلَنِي آنِفًا؟ فَأُتِيَ بِالرَّجُلِ» فَقَالَ «أَمَّا الْجُبَّةُ فَاخْلَعْهَا وَأَمَّا الطِّيبُ فَاغْسِلْهُ»

ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣafwān b. Yaʿlá from his father

"I wish I could see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when the revelation is sent down to him. When we were in Ji'ranah, a man came to him with torn and dirty clothes. He said, 'I have come for 'Umrah, but I don't know how to perform it.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, 'How do you perform Hajj?' The man replied, 'Revelation was sent down to me, so I performed it wearing a garment.' 'Umar then called me and uncovered the garment for me, and I saw the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reddened.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي أَرَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا كُنَّا بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ وَعَلَيْهِ مُقَطَّعَاتٌ مُتَضَمِّخٌ بِخَلُوقٍ» فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَهْلَلْتُ بِالْعُمْرَةِ وَعَلَيَّ هَذَا فَكَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ فِي حَجِّكَ» قَالَ وَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ فَسُجِّيَ بِثَوْبٍ فَدَعَانِي عُمَرُ فَكَشَفَ لِي عَنِ الثَّوْبِ فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَغِطُّ مُحْمَرًّا وَجْهُهُ

Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm from my father > Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

Anas b. Malik reported that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, sent revelation to Messenger of Allah ﷺ just before his death in quick succession until he left for his heavenly home, and the day when he died, he received the revelation profusely.

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ اللهَ ﷻ تَابَعَ الْوَحْيَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ أَكْثَرَ مَا كَانَ الْوَحْيُ يَوْمَ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Ibn Dāwud > Sufyān > al-Walīd b. Qays > al-Qāsim b. Ḥassān > Fulfulah b. ʿAbdullāh al-Juʿfī > ʿAbdullāh / Ibn Masʿūd

"The books descended from one gate, and the Quran descended from seven gates, upon seven characters/letters."

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ فُلْفُلَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ

«نَزَلَتِ الْكُتُبُ مِنْ بَابٍ وَاحِدٍ وَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ مِنْ سَبْعَةِ أَبْوَابٍ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ»

Muḥammad b. Salamah And al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbd al-Qārī > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

I heard Hisham b. Hakim (b. Hizam) reciting Surah al-Furqan in a different manner from my way of reciting, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had taught me to recite it. I nearly spoke sharply to him, but I delayed till he had finished. Then I caught his cloak at the neck, and I brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I said: Messenger of Allah, I heard this man reciting Surah al-Furqan in a manner different from that in which you taught me to recite it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ the told him to recite it. He then recited in the manner I heard him recite. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Thus was it sent down. He then said to me: Recite, I recited (it). He then said: Thus was it sent down. He said: The Qur'an was sent down in seven modes of reading, so recite according to what comes most easily.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمٍ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا أَقْرَؤُهَا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا فَكِدْتُ أَعْجَلُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَمْهَلْتُهُ حَتَّى انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ لَبَبْتُهُ بِرِدَائِهِ فَجِئْتُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا أَقْرَأْتَنِيهَا» فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ» فَقَرَأَ الْقِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَأُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي «اقْرَأْ» فَقَرَأْتُ فَقَالَ «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ»

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥumayd > Anas > Ubay b. Kaʿb

"What has been troubling me since I converted is that I read a verse and then a man reads it differently than I did. So I said, 'Read it to me, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Read it to me, O Prophet of Allah.' So we went to the Messenger of Allah and I said, 'You read me a verse like this and like that.' The Messenger of Allah said, 'Yes.' The man said, 'You read me a verse like this and like that.' The Messenger of Allah said, 'Yes.' The Messenger of Allah said, 'Indeed, Jibril and Mika'il (peace be upon them) came to me. Jibril came and sat on my right side, and Mika'il sat on my left side.' Jibril said, 'Recite the Quran slowly.' Mika'il said, 'Increase it.' So I said, 'Increase it, and it increased.' Jibril said, 'Recite the Quran with two letters.' Mika'il said, 'Increase it.' So I said, 'Increase it.' Jibril said, 'Recite the Quran with three letters.' Mika'il said, 'Increase it.' So he said, 'Recite the Quran with seven letters, all of which are rich and complete.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

«مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِي مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا أَنِّي قَرَأْتُ آيَةً فَقَرَأَهَا رَجُلٌ عَلَى غَيْرِ قِرَاءَتِي» فَقَالَ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَكَذَا فَقُلْتُ أَقْرَأَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَكَذَا فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ أَقْرَأْتَنِي آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ» فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَقْرَأْتَنِي آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ أَتَيَانِي فَعَمَدَ جِبْرِيلُ فَقَعَدَ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَقَعَدَ مِيكَائِيلُ عَنْ شِمَالِي» فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ اقْرَأْ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَقَالَ مِيكَائِيلُ اسْتَزِدْهُ فَقُلْتُ «زِدْنِي فَزَادَنِي» فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ «اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ» فَقَالَ مِيكَائِيلُ «اسْتَزِدْهُ» فَقُلْتُ «زِدْنِي» فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ «اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَحْرُفٍ حَتَّى بَلَغَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ» فَقَالَ مِيكَائِيلُ «اسْتَزِدْهُ» فَقَالَ «اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ كُلُّهَا شَافٍ كَافٍ»

Yūsuf b. Saʿīd > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Innī Laʿind ʿĀʾishah Idh Jāʾahā ʿIrāqī > Ay Arīnī Muṣḥafak > Lim > Urīd Uʾllif ʿAlayh al-Qurān Faʾinnā Naqraʾuh ʿIndanā Ghayr Muʾallaf

While I was with Aisha, the mother of the Believers, a person from Iraq came and asked, "What type of shroud is the best?" ʿAisha said, "May Allah be merciful to you! What does it matter?" He said, "O mother of the Believers! Show me (the copy of) your Qur'an," She said, "Why?" He said, "In order to compile and arrange the Qur'an according to it, for people recite it with its Suras not in proper order." ʿAisha said, "What does it matter which part of it you read first? (Be informed) that the first thing that was revealed thereof was a Sura from Al-Mufassal, and in it was mentioned Paradise and the Fire. When the people embraced Islam, the Verses regarding legal and illegal things were revealed. If the first thing to be revealed was: 'Do not drink alcoholic drinks.' people would have said, 'We will never leave alcoholic drinks,' and if there had been revealed, 'Do not commit illegal sexual intercourse, 'they would have said, 'We will never give up illegal sexual intercourse.' While I was a young girl of playing age, the following Verse was revealed in Mecca to Muhammad: 'Nay! But the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.' (54.46) Sura Al-Baqara (The Cow) and Surat An-Nisa (The Women) were revealed while I was with him." Then ʿAisha took out the copy of the Qur'an for the man and dictated to him the Verses of the Suras (in their proper order) .

أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُوسُفُ بْنُ مَاهَكَ قَالَ §إِنِّي لَعِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ جَاءَهَا عِرَاقِيٌّ فَقَالَ أَيْ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَرِينِي مُصْحَفَكِ قَالَتْ «لِمَ؟» قَالَ «أُرِيدُ أُؤلِّفُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّا نَقْرَؤُهُ عِنْدَنَا غَيْرَ مُؤَلَّفٍ» قَالَتْ

وَيْحَكَ وَمَا يَضُرُّكَ أَيَّهُ قَرَأْتَ قَبْلُ؟ إِنَّمَا نُزِّلَ أَوَّلُ مَا نُزِّلَ سُورَةٌ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ فِيهَا ذِكْرُ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ حَتَّى إِذَا ثَابَ النَّاسُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ نُزِّلَ الْحَلَالُ وَالْحَرَامُ وَلَوْ نُزِّلَ أَوَّلُ شَيْءٍ لَا تَشْرَبُوا الْخَمْرَ لَقَالُوا «لَا نَدَعُ شُرْبَ الْخَمْرِ وَلَوْ نُزِّلَ أَوَّلُ شَيْءٍ لَا تَزْنُوا» لَقَالُوا لَا نَدَعُ الزِّنَا وَإِنَّهُ أُنْزِلَتْ {وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَى وَأَمَرٌ} [القمر 46] بِمَكَّةَ وَإِنِّي جَارِيَةٌ أَلْعَبُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَمَا نَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِلَّا وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ قَالَ «فَأَخَرَجَتْ إِلَيْهِ الْمُصْحَفَ فَأَمَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ آيَ السُّوَرِ»

al-Haytham b. Ayyūb > Ibrāhīm / Ibn Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman came to ʿUthman at the time when the people of Sham and the people of Iraq were Waging war to conquer Arminya and Adharbijan. Hudhaifa was afraid of their (the people of Sham and Iraq) differences in the recitation of the Qur'an, so he said to ʿUthman, "O chief of the Believers! Save this nation before they differ about the Book (Qur'an) as Jews and the Christians did before." So ʿUthman sent a message to Hafsa saying, "Send us the manuscripts of the Qur'an so that we may compile the Qur'anic materials in perfect copies and return the manuscripts to you." Hafsa sent it to ʿUthman. ʿUthman then ordered Zaid bin Thabit, ʿAbdullah bin AzZubair, Saʿid bin Al-As and ʿAbdurRahman bin Harith bin Hisham to rewrite the manuscripts in perfect copies. ʿUthman said to the three Quraishi men, "In case you disagree with Zaid bin Thabit on any point in the Qur'an, then write it in the dialect of Quraish, the Qur'an was revealed in their tongue." They did so, and when they had written many copies, ʿUthman returned the original manuscripts to Hafsa. ʿUthman sent to every Muslim province one copy of what they had copied, and ordered that all the other Qur'anic materials, whether written in fragmentary manuscripts or whole copies, be burnt.

أَخْبَرَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ حُذَيْفَةَ قَدِمَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ وَكَانَ يُغَازِي أَهْلَ الشَّامِ مَعَ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فِي فَتْحِ أَرْمِينِيَةَ وَأَذْرَبِيجَانَ فَأَفْزَعَ حُذَيْفَةَ اخْتِلَافُهُمْ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ لِعُثْمَانَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ «أَدْرِكْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْتَلِفُوا فِي الْكِتَابِ كَمَا اخْتَلَفْتُ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى فَأَرْسَلَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ أَنْ أَرْسِلِي إِلَيْنَا بِالصُّحُفِ نَنْسَخُهَا فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ ثُمَّ نَرُدُّهَا إِلَيْكِ فَأَرْسَلَتْ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ وَعَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ الْعَاصِ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَنْ يَنْسِخُوا الصُّحُفَ فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ فَإِنِ اخْتَلَفُوا وَزِيدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَاكْتُبُوهُ بِلِسَانِ قُرَيْشٍ فَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ نَزَلَ بِلِسَانِهِمْ فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ حَتَّى إِذَا نَسَخُوا الصُّحُفَ فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ رَدَّ عُثْمَانُ الصُّحُفَ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى كُلِّ أُفُقٍ مُصْحَفًا مِمَّا نَسَخُوا»

Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Dāwud / Ibn Abū Hind > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Qur'an was revealed in Ramadan on the Night of Decree, and it was in the lowest heaven. Whenever Allah intended to bring about something, He would send it down. It was revealed over a period of twenty years, between its beginning and its end."

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ فِي رَمَضَانَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فَكَانَ فِي السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَكَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ أَنْ يُحْدِثَ شَيْئًا نَزَّلَ فَكَانَ بَيْنَ أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً»

Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Quran was revealed in its entirety on the Night of Decree to the lowest heaven, and whenever God willed to create something from it, He would create it.

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

نُزِّلَ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَكَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ أَنْ يُحْدِثَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا أَحْدَثَهُ

Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > al-Firyābī > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ḥassān > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Quran was revealed as a form of remembrance and was placed in the empyreal house in the lower heaven. Then Gabriel, ﷺ , descended to the Prophet Muhammad, may ﷺ , reciting it in a measured tone. Sufyan said, "There are five verses and the like."

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ حَسَّانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«فُصِلَ الْقُرْآنُ مِنَ الذِّكْرِ فَوُضِعَ فِي بَيْتِ الْعِزَّةِ فِي السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَجَعَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَنْزِلُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُرَتِّلُهُ تَرْتِيلًا» قَالَ سُفْيَانُ «خَمْسَ آيَاتٍ وَنَحْوهَا»

ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > ʿĀṣim b. Yūsuf > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > Abū Ḥaṣīn > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

“The Prophet ﷺ used to observe I’tikaf for ten days every year. In the year in which he passed away, he observed I’tikaf for twenty days. And the Qur’an would be reviewed with him once every year, but in the year in which he passed away, it was reviewed with him twice.”

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ فِي كُلِّ رَمَضَانَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْعَامُ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ ﷺ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَكَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوَاخِرَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْعَامُ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ اعْتَكَفَ عِشْرِينَ

Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah

The Prophet ﷺ was the most generous of all the people, and he used to become more generous in Ramadan when Gabriel met him. Gabriel used to meet him every night during Ramadan to revise the Qur'an with him. Messenger of Allah ﷺ then used to be more generous than the fast wind.

أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَانَ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ وَكَانَ أَجْوَدَ مَا يَكُونُ فِي رَمَضَانَ حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ وَكَانَ جِبْرِيلُ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَيُدَارِسُهُ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ «فَلَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ أَجْوَدُ مِنَ الرِّيحِ الْمُرْسَلَةِ»

Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Muʿtamir from his father > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ẓabyān > Lanā Ibn ʿAbbās Ay al-Qirāʾatayn Taqraʾūn Qulnā Qirāʾah ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to have the Quran presented to him every year, and it was presented to him twice in the year he passed away. Abdullah witnessed what was abrogated.

أَخْبَرَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُعْتَمِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ قَالَ قَالَ لَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «§أَيُّ الْقِرَاءَتَيْنِ تَقْرَءُونَ؟» قُلْنَا قِرَاءَةَ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْعَامِ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَشَهِدَ عَبْدُ اللهِ مَا نُسِخَ»

al-Haytham b. Ayyūb > Ibrāhīm / Ibn Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbayd b. al-Sabbāq > Zayd b. Thābit

"Abu Bakr sent a message to me regarding the killing of the people of Yamamah. So I went to him and 'Umar was with him. Abu Bakr said, 'Indeed, 'Umar came to me and said, "The killing during the Battle of Yamamah was severe among the reciters of the Quran, and I think you should order the compilation of the Quran." So I said, "How can I do something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not do?" 'Umar said, "By Allah, it is a good thing." And he continued to argue with me until Allah opened my heart to what He opened the heart of 'Umar to.' Then Abu Bakr said, 'You are a young man who is knowledgeable, and we do not suspect you. You used to write down revelations for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so gather the Quran.' So I said, 'How can we do something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not do?' Abu Bakr said, 'By Allah, it is a good thing.' And he continued to argue with me until Allah opened my heart to what He opened the heart of Abu Bakr and 'Umar to. By Allah, if they had ordered me to move a mountain from its place, it would not have been heavier upon me than what they had ordered me to do. So I started to gather the Quran from palm stalks, pieces of leather, and the hearts of men.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ السَّبَّاقِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَقْتَلَ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَعِنْدَهُ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ عُمَرَ أَتَانِي فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْقَتْلَ اسْتَحَرَّ يَوْمَ الْيَمَامَةِ بِقُرَّاءِ الْقُرْآنِ وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَأْمُرَ بِجَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ» فَقُلْتُ «كَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟» فَقَالَ عُمَرُ «هُوَ وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَاجِعُنِي حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللهُ صَدْرِي لِلَّذِي شَرَحَ لَهُ صَدْرَ عُمَرَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّكَ غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ عَاقِلٌ لَا نَتَّهِمُكَ قَدْ كُنْتَ تَكْتُبُ الْوَحْيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَتَّبَعِ الْقُرْآنَ فَاجْمَعْهُ» فَقُلْتُ كَيْفَ تَفْعَلَانِ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ «هُوَ وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَاجِعُنِي حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللهُ صَدْرِي لِلَّذِي شَرَحَ لَهُ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَاللهِ لَوْ كَلَّفَانِي نَقْلَ جَبَلٍ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ مَا كَانَ أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الَّذِي كَلَّفَانِي ثُمَّ تَتَبَّعْتُ الْقُرْآنَ أَجْمَعُهُ مِنَ الْعُسُبِ وَالرِّقَاعِ وَالصُّحُفِ وَصُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ»

Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Ibrāhīm > Masrūq > Dhukir ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd ʿInd ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr > Dhalik a man Lā Azāl Uḥibbuh Baʿdamā

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Learn from four: Abdullah, Sālim, the servant of Abu Hudhaifah." Shu'bah said, "He started with these two, and Ubayy ibn Ka'b and Mu'adh ibn Jabal." He said, "I do not know which of the two he started with."

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ §ذُكِرَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ رَجُلٌ لَا أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ بَعْدَمَا

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اسْتَقْرِئُوا مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ «بَدَأَ بِهَذَيْنِ وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ» قَالَ «لَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهِمَا بَدَأَ»

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

I have read to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , seventy-odd chapters, and the companions of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , knew that I knew them from the Book of Allah. And if I knew that anyone knew them more than me, I would have traveled to him. A companion said, 'So, I sat in the gatherings of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , and I did not hear anyone criticizing or refuting what I recited.'

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِضْعًا وَسَبْعِينَ سُورَةً وَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِّي أَعْلَمُهُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ وَلَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمَ بِهِ مِنِّي لَرَحَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ شَقِيقٌ «فَجَلَسْتُ فِي حِلَقِ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا يَعِيبُ ذَلِكَ وَلَا يَرُدَّهُ»

Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > Sulaymān b. ʿĀmir > al-Rabīʿ b. Anas

"To me, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I have been commanded to recite the Quran to you.' I asked: 'Was it mentioned specifically for me there?' He said: 'Yes.' Hence, Ubayy wept and said: 'I do not know if it is due to longing or fear.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الرَّبِيعَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ يَقُولُ §قَرَأْتُ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ وَقَرَأَ أَبُو الْعَالِيَةِ عَلَى أُبَيٍّ قَالَ وَقَالَ أُبَيٌّ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقْرِئَكَ الْقُرْآنَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ أَوَ ذُكِرْتُ هُنَاكَ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» فَبَكَى أُبَيٌّ قَالَ «فَلَا أَدْرِي أَبِشَوْقٍ أَوْ بِخَوْفٍ»

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Qatādah > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said to Ubay, 'Indeed, my Lord has commanded me to recite the Quran to you.' Ubay asked, 'Did He mention me by name to you?' The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , replied, 'Yes.' So, Ubay wept."

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِأُبَيٍّ «إِنَّ رَبِّي أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَعْرِضَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ» قَالَ أَوَ سَمَّانِي لَكَ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ» فَبَكَى أُبَيٌّ

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

Anas said, "The Qur'an was collected in the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ by four (men), all of whom were from the Ansar: Ubai, Muʿadh bin Jabal, Abu Zaid and Zaid bin Thabit." I asked Anas, "Who is Abu Zaid?" He said, "One of my uncles."

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَزِيدٌ وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ قُلْتُ مَنْ أَبُو زَيْدٍ؟ قَالَ «أَحَدُ عُمُومَتِي»

Bishr b. Khālid > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Abū Wāʾil > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Learn the recitation of Qur'an from four persons: Ibn Masʿud, Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifa, Ubai and Muʿadh bin Jabal."

أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «اسْتَقْرِئُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ»

al-Haytham b. Ayyūb > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Sabbāq > Zayd b. Thābit

Abu Bakr sent to me news of the killing of the people of Yamamah, so I went to him and 'Umar was with him. He said, "Indeed, the killing on the day of Yamamah was so severe that it extinguished the reciters of the Quran, and it presented the Hadiths at length."

أَخْبَرَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ السَّبَّاقِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَقْتَلَ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَعِنْدَهُ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْقَتْلَ قَدِ اسْتَحَرَّ يَوْمَ الْيَمَامَةِ بِقُرَّاءِ الْقُرْآنِ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ» مُعَادٌ

ʿImrān b. Mūsá > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Shuʿbah > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > Dhukir Lī > Abū Masʿūd Falaqītuh / Yaṭūf Bi-al-Bayt Fasaʾaltuh

“Whoever recites the last two Verses of Surat Al-Baqarah at night, that will be sufficient for him.”

أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ ذُكِرَ لِي عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ فَلَقِيتُهُ وَهُوَ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ قَرَأَ الْآيَتَيْنِ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاهُ»

Bishr b. Khālid > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > ʿAlqamah > Abū Masʿūd

If anyone recites the two verses at the end of Surah al-Baqara at night, they would suffice for him 'Abd al-Rahman said: I met Abu Mas'ud and he was circumambulating the House (of Allah) and asked him about this (tradition) and he narrated it to me from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ قَرَأَ الْآيَتَيْنِ الْآخِرَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاهُ» قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ فَحَدَّثَنِي بِهِ

ʿAlī b. Khashram > ʿĪsá > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah And ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > Abū Masʿūd

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If somebody recited the last two Verses of Surat Al-Baqara at night, that will be sufficient for him."

أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْآيَتَانِ الْأُخْرَتَانِ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ مَنْ قَرَأَهُمَا فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاهُ»