Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of The Virtues of The Quran
8- بَابُ الْقُرَّاءِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
(8) Chapter. (What is said regarding) the Qurra (the reciters of the Quran by heart) from among the Companions of the Prophet.
7 hadith · references 4999–5005
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Bukhari · 4999خُذُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ : مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، وسَالِمٍ ، ومُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ ، وأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ`Abdullah bin `Amr mentioned `Abdullah bin Masud and said, "I shall ever love that man, for I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'Take (learn) the Qur'an from four `Abdullah bin Masud, Salim, Mu`adh and Ubai bin Ka`b.' "6 narratorsBukhari · 5000خَطَبَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ، فَقَالَ : وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِضْعًا وَسَبْعِينَ سُورَةً ، وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّىOnce `Abdullah bin Mas`ud delivered a sermon before us and said, "By Allah, I learnt over seventy Suras direct from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . By Allah, the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) came to know that I am one of those 5 narratorsBukhari · 5001كُنَّا بِحِمْصَ ، فَقَرَأَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ سُورَةَ يُوسُفَ ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : مَا هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : أَحْسَنْتَ ، وَوَجَدَ مِنْهُ رِWhile 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 Messenger (ﷺ) and he con6 narratorsBukhari · 5002وَاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ مَا أُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَيْنَ أُنْزِلَتْ ، وَلَا أُنْزِلَتْ آيَةٌ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أَنَا أَعْلَمُ فِيمَ أُنْزِلَتْ ، وَلَوْ أَعْBy 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 it wa6 narratorsBukhari · 5003سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مَنْ جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ : أَرْبَعَةٌ ، كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ : أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ ، ومُعَاذُ بْI asked Anas bin Malik "Who collected the Qur'an at the time of the Prophet (ﷺ) ?" He replied, "Four, all of whom were from the Ansar Ubai bin Ka`b, Mu`adh bin Jabal, Zaid bin Thabit and Abu Zaid."8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5004مَاتَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَ لَمْ يَجْمَعِ الْقُرْآنَ غَيْرُ أَرْبَعَةٍ : أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ ، وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ ، وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ، وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : وَنَحْنُ وَرِثْنَاهُWhen the Prophet (ﷺ) 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 .5 narratorsBukhari · 5005أُبَيٌّ أَقْرَؤُنَا ، وَإِنَّا لَنَدَعُ مِنْ لَحَنِ أُبَيٍّ ، وَأُبَيٌّ يَقُولُ : أَخَذْتُهُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَا أَتْرُكُهُ لِشَيْءٍ ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : مَا نَنْسَخْ مِ`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 Messenger (ﷺ) and will not leave for anything whatever."7 narrators