Volume 6, Book 60, Number 501:
Narrated Zirr bin Hubaish:
I asked Ubai bin Ka’b, “O Abu AlMundhir! Your brother, Ibn Mas’ud said so-and-so (i.e., the two
Mu’awwidh-at do not belong to the Quran).” Ubai said, “I asked Allah’s Apostle about them, and he
said, ‘They have been revealed to me, and I have recited them (as a part of the Quran),” So Ubai ad –
ded, “So we say as Allah’s Apostle has said.”
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 6 > BOOK 61: VIRTUES OF THE QUR’AN
Book 61: Virtues of the Qur’an
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 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 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-Mufas –
sal, 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 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 519:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet was the most generous person, and he used to become more so (generous) particu –
larly in the month of Ramadan because Gabriel used to meet him every night of the month of Ra –
madan 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 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 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