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'Allāh Revealed The Qur'an According To Seven Ahraf[1]

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الحديث: 1475 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 75

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1475. 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb narrated: "I heard Hishām bin Ḥakīm bin Ḥizām recite Sūrat Al-Furqān in a manner that I did not use to recite it in, even though the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ himself had taught it to me. So I was about to hasten (in reprimanding) him, but I waited until he finished (his recitation). Then I held him tightly by his Ridā' (upper garment), and brought him to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! I heard this man recite Sūrat Al-Furqān in a manner different from what you taught me.' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ commanded him: 'Recite.' He recited in the same manner as I had heard him recite. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'This was the way it was revealed.' Then he commanded me: 'Recite,' and I recited it. He said, 'This was the way it was revealed,' then he said: 'This Qur'an has been revealed in seven Ahruf, so recite whatever is convenient of it.'" (Sahih)

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1475 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ، يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا أَقْرَؤُهَا، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا، فَكِدْتُ أَنْ أَعْجَلَ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَمْهَلْتُهُ حَتَّى انْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ لَبَّبْتُهُ بِرِدَائِهِ، فَجِئْتُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا أَقْرَأْتَنِيهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اقْرَأْ»، فَقَرَأَ الْقِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَأُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ»، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ: «اقْرَأْ»، فَقَرَأْتُ، فَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ»، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ»،

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    [1] Different modes of recitation.