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’
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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 suspi –
cion 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 (Re –
pentance) 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 Christi –
ans 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. ‘Uth –
man 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-An –
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sari. (That Verse was): ‘Among the Believers are men who have been true in their covenant with Al –
lah.’ (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 Al –
lah’s Apostle! What is your order For me (as regards the above Verse) as I am a blind man?” So, in –
stead 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
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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 Al –
lah’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 easi –
er 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 re –
vealed. 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) .