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
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 rev –
elation; and Allah’s Apostle died after that.
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 506:
Narrated Jundub:
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 6 > BOOK 61: VIRTUES OF THE QUR’AN
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 ‘Ab –
dur-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 utter –
ance of the Quran, then write it in the dialect of Quraish, for the Quran was revealed in this dialect.”
So they did it.