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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الحديث: 786 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 208

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786. It was reported from Yazīd Al-Fārīsī who said: "I heard Ibn 'Abbās say: 'I asked 'Uthmān bin 'Affān: "What has caused you to take (Sūrah) Barā'ah, and it is of the Mi'in, and (Sūrah) Al-Anfāl, and it is of the Mathānī, and put them in the 'Seven Long Ones,' without writing Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm (between them)?" So 'Uthmān said: "The Prophet ﷺ, when Verses would be revealed to him, he would call one of his scribes that used to write for him, and tell him to place this Verse in the Sūrah in which such and such is mentioned. And a Verse or two Verses would be revealed, and he would do the same. Al-Anfāl was of the earliest revelations revealed in Al-Madīnah, and Barā'ah was of the last revelations of the Qur'an. Its contents was similar to the other's content, so I presumed that it might be a part of it. Therefore, I placed both of them in the 'Seven Long Ones', and did not write Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm between them." (Hasan)[1]

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786 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَارِسِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ: مَا حَمَلَكُمْ أَنْ عَمَدْتُمْ إِلَى بَرَاءَةَ وَهِيَ مِنَ المِئِينَ، وَإِلَى الْأَنْفَالِ وَهِيَ مِنَ المَثَانِي فَجَعَلْتُمُوهُمَا فِي السَّبْعِ الطِّوَالِ وَلَمْ تَكْتُبُوا بَيْنَهُمَا سَطْرَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِمَّا تَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ الْآيَاتُ فَيَدْعُو بَعْضَ مَنْ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ لَهُ، وَيَقُولُ لَهُ: «ضَعْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فِي السُّورَةِ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا، كَذَا وَكَذَا»، وَتَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ الْآيَةُ وَالْآيَتَانِ فَيَقُولُ: مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَكَانَتِ الْأَنْفَالُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ مَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَتْ بَرَاءَةُ مِنْ آخِرِ مَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَكَانَتْ قِصَّتُهَا شَبِيهَةً بِقِصَّتِهَا فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهَا مِنْهَا فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ وَضَعْتُهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الطِّوَالِ وَلَمْ أَكْتُبْ بَيْنَهُمَا سَطْرَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ،

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    [1] An-Nūr 24:11.