Volume 6, Book 61, Number 554:
Narrated Said bid Jubair:
Those Suras which you people call the Mufassal, are the Muhkam. And Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Allah’s
Apostle died when I was a boy of ten years, and I had learnt the Muhkam (of the Qur’an).
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 555:
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
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Ibn ‘Abbas said, “I have learnt all the Muhkam Suras during the life time of Allah’s Apostle.” I said
to him, ‘What is meant by the Muhkam?” He replied, “The Mufassal.”
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 Al –
lah’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
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Narrated Talha:
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I asked ‘Abdullah bin Abi ‘Aufa, “Did the Prophet make a will (to appoint his successor or bequeath
wealth)?” He replied, “No.” I said, “How is it prescribed then for the people to make wills, and they are
ordered to do so while the Prophet did not make any will?” He said, “He made a will wherein he re –
commended Allah’s Book.”
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
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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.”