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Volume 6, Book 61, Number 502
Narrated 'Aisha and Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet remained in Mecca for ten years, during which the Qur'an
used to be revealed to him; and he stayed in Medina for ten years.
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 503
Narrated Abu 'Uthman:
I was informed that Gabriel came to the Prophet while Um Salama was
with him. Gabriel started talking (to the Prophet). Then the Prophet
asked Um Salama, "Who is this?" She replied, "He is Dihya
(al-Kalbi)." When Gabriel had left, Um Salama said, "By Allah, I did
not take him for anybody other than him (i.e. Dihya) till I heard
the sermon of the Prophet wherein he informed about the news of
Gabriel." The subnarrator asked Abu 'Uthman: From whom have you
heard that? Abu 'Uthman said: From Usama bin Zaid.
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 504
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet 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."
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 505
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah sent down His Divine Inspiration to His Apostle continuously
and abundantly during the period preceding his death till He took
him unto Him. That was the period of the greatest part of
revelation; and Allah's Apostle died after that.
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 506
Narrated Jundub:
Once the Prophet fell ill and did not offer the night prayer
(Tahajjud prayer) for a night or two. A woman (the wife of Abu
Lahab) came to him and said, "O Muhammad ! I do not see but that
your Satan has left you." Then Allah revealed (Surat-Ad-Duha):
'By the fore-noon, and by the night when it darkens (or is still);
Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor hated you.' (93)
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 507
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
(The Caliph 'Uthman ordered Zaid bin Thabit, Said bin Al-As,
'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair and 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Harith bin Hisham
to write the Quran in the form of a book (Mushafs) and said to them.
"In case you disagree with Zaid bin Thabit (Al-Ansari) regarding any
dialectic Arabic utterance of the Quran, then write it in the
dialect of Quraish, for the Quran was revealed in this dialect." So
they did it.
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 508
Narrated Safwan bin Ya'la bin Umaiya:
Ya'la used to say, "I wish I could see Allah's Apostle at the time
he is being inspired Divinely." When the Prophet was at Al-Ja'rana
and was shaded by a garment hanging over him and some of his
companions were with him, a man perfumed with scent came and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! What is your opinion regarding a man who assumes
Ihram and puts on a cloak after perfuming his body with scent?" The
Prophet waited for a while, and then the Divine Inspiration
descended upon him. 'Umar pointed out to Ya'la, telling him to come.
Ya'la came and pushed his head (underneath the screen which was
covering the Prophet ) and behold! The Prophet's face was red and he
kept on breathing heavily for a while and then he was relieved.
Thereupon he said, "Where is the questioner who asked me about 'Umra
a while ago?" The man was sought and then was brought before the
Prophet who said (to him), "As regards the scent which you perfumed
your body with, you must wash it off thrice, and as for your cloak,
you must take it off; and then perform in your 'Umra all those
things which you perform in Hajj."
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 509
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq sent for me when the people! of Yamama had been
killed (i.e., a number of the Prophet's Companions who fought
against Musailama). (I went to him) and found 'Umar bin Al-Khattab
sitting with him. Abu Bakr then said (to me), "Umar has come to me
and said: "Casualties were heavy among the Qurra' of the! Qur'an
(i.e. those who knew the Quran by heart) on the day of the Battle of
Yalmama, and I am afraid that more heavy casualties may take place
among the Qurra' on other battlefields, whereby a large part of the
Qur'an may be lost. Therefore I suggest, you (Abu Bakr) order that
the Qur'an be collected." I said to 'Umar, "How can you do something
which Allah's Apostle did not do?" 'Umar said, "By Allah, that is a
good project. "Umar kept on urging me to accept his proposal till
Allah opened my chest for it and I began to realize the good in the
idea which 'Umar had realized." Then Abu Bakr said (to me). 'You are
a wise young man and we do not have any suspicion about you, and you
used to write the Divine Inspiration for Allah's Apostle. So you
should search for (the fragmentary scripts of) the Qur'an and
collect it in one book)." By Allah If they had ordered me to shift
one of the mountains, it would not have been heavier for me than
this ordering me to collect the Qur'an. Then I said to Abu Bakr,
"How will you do something which Allah's Apostle did not do?" Abu
Bakr replied, "By Allah, it is a good project." Abu Bakr kept on
urging me to accept his idea until Allah opened my chest for what He
had opened the chests of Abu Bakr and 'Umar. So I started looking
for the Qur'an and collecting it from (what was written on) palmed
stalks, thin white stones and also from the men who knew it by
heart, till I found the last Verse of Surat At-Tauba (Repentance)
with Abi Khuzaima Al-Ansari, and I did not find it with anybody
other than him. The Verse is:
'Verily there has come unto you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst
yourselves. It grieves him that you should receive any injury or
difficulty..(till the end of Surat-Baraa' (At-Tauba) (9.128-129)
Then the complete manuscripts (copy) of the Qur'an remained with Abu
Bakr till he died, then with 'Umar till the end of his life, and
then with Hafsa, the daughter of 'Umar.
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 510
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman came to Uthman 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
'Uthman, "O chief of the Believers! Save this nation before they
differ about the Book (Quran) as Jews and the Christians did
before." So 'Uthman 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 'Uthman. 'Uthman then ordered Zaid bin Thabit,
'Abdullah bin AzZubair, Said bin Al-As and 'AbdurRahman bin Harith
bin Hisham to rewrite the manuscripts in perfect copies. 'Uthman
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, 'Uthman returned the original
manuscripts to Hafsa. 'Uthman 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. Said bin Thabit added, "A Verse from Surat Ahzab
was missed by me when we copied the Qur'an and I used to hear
Allah's Apostle reciting it. So we searched for it and found it with
Khuzaima bin Thabit Al-Ansari. (That Verse was): 'Among the
Believers are men who have been true in their covenant with Allah.'
(33.23)
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 511
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:
Abu Bakr sent for me and said, "You used to write the Divine
Revelations for Allah's Apostle : So you should search for (the
Qur'an and collect) it." I started searching for the Qur'an till I
found the last two Verses of Surat At-Tauba with Abi Khuzaima
Al-Ansari and I could not find these Verses with anybody other than
him. (They were):
'Verily there has come unto you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst
yourselves. It grieves him that you should receive any injury or
difficulty ...' (9.128-129)
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 512
Narrated Al-Bara:
There was revealed: 'Not equal are those believers who sit (at home)
and those who strive and fight in the Cause of Allah.' (4.95)
The Prophet said, "Call Zaid for me and let him bring the board, the
inkpot and the scapula bone (or the scapula bone and the ink pot)."'
Then he said, "Write: 'Not equal are those Believers who sit..", and
at that time 'Amr bin Um Maktum, the blind man was sitting behind
the Prophet . He said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is your order For me
(as regards the above Verse) as I am a blind man?" So, instead of
the above Verse, the following Verse was revealed:
'Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) except those who
are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame etc.) and those who
strive and fight in the cause of Allah.' (4.95)
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 513
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle said, "Gabriel recited the Qur'an to me in one way.
Then I requested him (to read it in another way), and continued
asking him to recite it in other ways, and he recited it in several
ways till he ultimately recited it in seven different ways."
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 514
Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab:
I heard Hisham bin Hakim reciting Surat Al-Furqan during the
lifetime of Allah's Apostle and I listened to his recitation and
noticed that he recited in several different ways which Allah's
Apostle had not taught me. I was about to jump over him during his
prayer, but I controlled my temper, and when he had completed his
prayer, I put his upper garment around his neck and seized him by it
and said, "Who taught you this Sura which I heard you reciting?" He
replied, "Allah's Apostle taught it to me." I said, "You have told a
lie, for Allah's Apostle has taught it to me in a different way from
yours." So I dragged him to Allah's Apostle and said (to Allah's
Apostle),
"I heard this person reciting Surat Al-Furqan in a way which you
haven't taught me!" On that Allah's Apostle said, "Release him, (O
'Umar!) Recite, O Hisham!" Then he recited in the same way as I
heard him reciting. Then Allah's Apostle said, "It was revealed in
this way," and added, "Recite, O 'Umar!" I recited it as he had
taught me. Allah's Apostle then said, "It was revealed in this way.
This Qur'an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways,
so recite of it whichever (way) is easier for you (or read as much
of it as may be easy for you)."
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 515
Narrated Yusuf bin Mahk:
While I was with Aisha, the mother of the Believers, a person from
Iraq came and asked, "What type of shroud is the best?" 'Aisha 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." 'Aisha 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 'Aisha took out the
copy of the Qur'an for the man and dictated to him the Verses of the
Suras (in their proper order) .
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Volume 6, Book 61, Number 516
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud:
Surat Bani-lsrael, Al-Kahf (The Cave), Maryam, Taha, Al-Anbiya' (The
prophets) are amongst my first earnings and my old property, and (in
fact) they are my old property.
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 517
Narrated Al-Bara':
I learnt, 'Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High' (Surat
al-A'la) No 87, before the Prophet came (to Medina) .
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 518
Narrated Shaqiq:
Abdullah said, "I learnt An-Naza'ir which the Prophet used to recite
in pairs in each Rak'a." Then Abdullah got up and Alqama accompanied
him to his house, and when Alqama came out, we asked him (about
those Suras). He said, "They are twenty Suras that start from the
beginning of Al-Mufassal, according to the arrangement done be Ibn
Mas'ud, and end with the Suras starting with Ha Mim, e.g. Ha Mim
(the Smoke). and "About what they question one another?" (78.1)
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 519
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet was the most generous person, and he used to become more
so (generous) particularly in the month of Ramadan because Gabriel
used to meet him every night of the month of Ramadan till it
elapsed. Allah's Apostle used to recite the Qur'an for him. When
Gabriel met him, he used to become more generous than the fast wind
in doing good.
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 520
Narrated Abu-Huraira: Gabriel used to repeat the recitation of the
Qur'an with the Prophet once a year, but he repeated it twice with
him in the year he died. The Prophet used to stay in I'tikaf for ten
days every year (in the month of Ramadan), but
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 521
Narrated Masriq:
'Abdullah bin 'Amr mentioned 'Abdullah bin Masud and said, "I shall
ever love that man, for I heard the Prophet saying, 'Take (learn)
the Qur'an from four: 'Abdullah bin Masud, Salim, Mu'adh and Ubai
bin Ka'b.' "
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 522
Narrated Shaqiq bin Salama:
Once 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud delivered a sermon before us and said, "By
Allah, I learnt over seventy Suras direct from Allah's Apostle . By
Allah, the companions of the Prophet came to know that I am one of
those who know Allah's Book best of all of them, yet I am not the
best of them." Shaqiq added: I sat in his religious gathering and I
did not hear anybody opposing him (in his speech).
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 523
Narrated 'Alqama:
While we were in the city of Hims (in Syria), Ibn Mas'ud recited
Surat Yusuf. A man said to him), "It was not revealed in this way."
Then Ibn Mas'ud said, "I recited it in this way before Allah's
Apostle and he confirmed my recitation by saying, 'Well done!' " Ibn
Mas'ud detected the smell of wine from the man's mouth, so he said
to him, "Aren't you ashamed of telling a lie about Allah's Book and
(along with this) you drink alcoholic liquors too?" Then he lashed
him according to the law.
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 524
Narrated 'Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) : By Allah other than Whom none has
the right to be worshipped! There is no Sura revealed in Allah's
Book but I know at what place it was revealed; and there is no Verse
revealed in Allah's Book but I know about whom
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 525
Narrated Qatada:
I asked Anas bin Malik: "Who collected the Qur'an at the time of the
Prophet ?" He replied, "Four, all of whom were from the Ansar: Ubai
bin Ka'b, Mu'adh bin Jabal, Zaid bin Thabit and Abu Zaid."
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 526
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
When the Prophet died, none had collected the Qur'an but four
persons;: Abu Ad-Darda'. Mu'adh bin Jabal, Zaid bin Thabit and Abu
Zaid. We were the inheritor (of Abu Zaid) as he had no offspring .
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 527
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: 'Umar said, Ubai was the best of us in the
recitation (of the Qur'an) yet we leave some of what he recites.'
Ubai says, 'PI have taken it from the mouth of Allah's Apostle and
will not leave for anything whatever." But Allah said
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 528
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Mu'alla:
While I was praying, the Prophet called me but I did not respond to
his call. Later I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I was praying." He said,
"Didn't Allah say: 'O you who believe! Give your response to Allah
(by obeying Him) and to His Apostle when he calls you'?" (8.24)
He then said, "Shall I not teach you the most superior Surah in the
Qur'an?" He said, '(It is),
'Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. ' (i.e., Surat
Al-Fatiha) which consists of seven repeatedly recited Verses and the
Magnificent Qur'an which was given to me."
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 529
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
While we were on one of our journeys, we dismounted at a place where
a slave girl came and said, "The chief of this tribe has been stung
by a scorpion and our men are not present; is there anybody among
you who can treat him (by reciting something)?" Then one of our men
went along with her though we did not think that he knew any such
treatment. But he treated the chief by reciting something, and the
sick man recovered whereupon he gave him thirty sheep and gave us
milk to drink (as a reward). When he returned, we asked our friend,
"Did you know how to treat with the recitation of something?" He
said, "No, but I treated him only with the recitation of the Mother
of the Book (i.e., Al-Fatiha)." We said, "Do not say anything (about
it) till we reach or ask the Prophet so when we reached Medina, we
mentioned that to the Prophet (in order to know whether the sheep
which we had taken were lawful to take or not). The Prophet said,
"How did he come to know that it (Al-Fatiha) could be used for
treatment? Distribute your reward and assign for me one share
thereof as well."
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 530
Narrated Abu Mas'ud:
The Prophet said, "If somebody recited the last two Verses of Surat
Al-Baqara at night, that will be sufficient for him."
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah 's Apostle ordered me to guard the Zakat
revenue of Ramadan. Then somebody came to me and started stealing of
the foodstuff. I caught him and said, "I will take you to Allah's
Apostle!" Then Abu Huraira described the whole narration and said:)
That person said (to me), "(Please don't take me to Allah's Apostle
and I will tell you a few words by which Allah will benefit you.)
When you go to your bed, recite Ayat-al-Kursi, (2.255) for then
there will be a guard from Allah who will protect you all night
long, and Satan will not be able to come near you till dawn." (When
the Prophet heard the story) he said (to me), "He (who came to you
at night) told you the truth although he is a liar; and it was Satan."
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 531
Narrated Al-Bara':
A man was reciting Surat Al-Kahf and his horse was tied with two
ropes beside him. A cloud came down and spread over that man, and it
kept on coming closer and closer to him till his horse started
jumping (as if afraid of something). When it was morning, the man
came to the Prophet, and told him of that experience. The Prophet
said, "That was As-Sakina (tranquility) which descended because of
(the recitation of) the Qur'an."
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 532
Narrated Aslam:
Allah's Apostle was traveling on one of his journeys, and 'Umar bin
Al-Khattab was traveling along with him at night. 'Umar asked him
about something, but Allah's Apostle I did not answer him. He asked
again, but he did not answer. He asked for the third time!, but he
did not answer. On that, 'Umar said to himself, "May your mother
lose you! You have asked Allah's Apostle three times, but he did not
answer at all!" Umar said, "So I made my camel go fast till I was
ahead of the people, and I was afraid that something might be!
revealed about me. After a little while I heard a call maker calling
me, I said, 'I was afraid that some Qur'anic Verse might be revealed
about me.' So I went to Allah's Apostle and greeted him. He said,
'Tonight there has been revealed to me a Surah which is dearer to me
than that on which the sun shines (i.e. the world).' Then he
recited: 'Verily! We have given you (O Muhammad I, a manifest
victory.' " (Surat al-Fath) No. (48.1).
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 533
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
A man heard another man reciting (Surat-Al-Ikhlas) 'Say He is Allah,
(the) One.' (112. 1) repeatedly. The next morning he came to Allah's
Apostle and informed him about it as if he thought that it was not
enough to recite. On that Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose
Hand my life is, this Surah is equal to one-third of the Qur'an!"
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: My brother, Qatada bin An-Nau'man said,
"A man performed the night prayer late at night in the lifetime of
the Prophet and he read: 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One,' (112.1) and
read nothing besides that. The next morning a man went to the
Prophet ,~ and told him about that . (The Prophet replied the same
as (in Hadith 532) above.)
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 534
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said to his companions, "Is it difficult for any of you
to recite one third of the Qur'an in one night?" This suggestion was
difficult for them so they said, "Who among us has the power to do
so, O Allah's Apostle?" Allah Apostle replied: " Allah (the) One,
the Self-Sufficient Master Whom all creatures need.' (Surat
Al-Ikhlas 112.1--to the End) is equal to one third of the Qur'an."
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 535
Narrated 'Aisha:
Whenever Allah's Apostle became sick, he would recite Mu'awwidhat
(Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas) and then blow his breath over his
body. When he became seriously ill, I used to recite (these two
Suras) and rub his hands over his body hoping for its blessings.
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