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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?! (1)

It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd al-Ṭayālisī in his Musnad, through ʿAmr ibn Thābit, from Abū Isḥāq, from Khumayr, who said: “I heard Ibn Masʿūd declare, ‘I am going to conceal my codex…,’ and he related the rest of the report. (2)

Al-Wāqidī narrated—al-Thawrī told us, from Abū Isḥāq, from Zayd ibn Wahb—who said: “ʿAbd Allāh came to us, so we entered to see him and said, ‘Recite Sūrah al-Baqarah for us.’ He replied, ‘I do not have it memorised.’” This report is transmitted only by al-Wāqidī, and he is rejected. (3)

Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd related, on the authority of al-Zuhrī, who said: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh informed me that Ibn Masʿūd objected to Zayd ibn Thābit being put in charge of copying the Qur’anic codices, saying, “People of Islam! Am I to be removed from the work of transcribing the muṣḥafs while it is handed over to a man who—by Allah—was still in his father’s loins a disbeliever when I had already embraced Islam?” He meant Zayd ibn Thābit.

For that reason ʿAbd Allāh used to say, “People of Kūfah, keep the codices that are with you hidden and guard them carefully, for Allah has said, ‘Whoever defrauds shall bring what he has defrauded on the Day of Resurrection’ (Q 3:161); so meet Allah with your codices.” (4)

Al-Zuhrī said: “News reached me that Ibn Masʿūd’s statement displeased some men…"

(1) Its isnad is sound (hasan). The report appears in the Musnad 1/414 and in al-Hilya 1/125, and has already been cited above on p. 472, note 4. (2) Abu Nuaym records it in al-Hilya 1/125, and al-Tayalisi in his Musnad 1/151. The full wording is: “Whoever can conceal his personal mushaf, let him do so, for Allah says: ‘Whoever embezzles shall bring what he embezzled on the Day of Resurrection’ (Q 3:161). I learnt seventy surahs directly from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah, while Zayd ibn Thabit was only a boy among other boys. I therefore retain more of what I took from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah.” See the previous discussion. (3) The printed edition omits the remark: “Al-Waqidi is the sole transmitter of this report, and he is discarded (matruk).” (4) All the narrators are reliable, but the chain is interrupted: Ubayd Allah ibn Abdullah relates it as a mursal report from his paternal uncle, Abdullah ibn Masud. Al-Tirmidhi also includes it within hadith 3104 (Tafsir, section on Surat al-Tawba); Ibn Abi Dawud cites it in al-Masahif, p. 17; see likewise Fath al-Bari 9/17, “The Collection of the Quran.”

الله ﷺ؟! (١) أَخْرَجَهُ: أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ فِي (مُسْنَدِهِ) ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ خُمَيْرٍ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُوْدٍ: إِنِّي غَالٌّ مُصْحَفِي، ... وَذَكَرَ الحَدِيْثَ (٢) . الوَاقِدِيُّ: أَنْبَأَنَا الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بنِ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، فَدَخَلْنَا إِلَيْهِ، فَقُلْنَا: اقْرَأْ عَلَيْنَا سُوْرَةَ البَقَرَةِ. قَالَ: لاَ أَحْفَظُهَا. تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ: الوَاقِدِيُّ، وَهُوَ مَتْرُوْكٌ (٣) . إِبْرَاهِيْمُ بنُ سَعْدٍ: عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ: أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُوْدٍ كَرِهَ لِزَيْدِ بنِ ثَابِتٍ نَسْخَ المَصَاحِفِ، وَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ المُسْلِمِيْنَ! أُعْزَلُ عَنْ نَسْخِ المَصَاحِفِ، وَيُوَلاَّهَا رَجُلٌ، وَالله لَقَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ، وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي صُلْبِ أَبِيْهِ كَافِرٌ. يُرِيْدُ زَيْدَ بن ثَابِتٍ. وِلِذَاكَ يَقُوْلُ عَبْدُ اللهِ: يَا أَهْلَ الكُوْفَةِ! اكْتُمُوا المَصَاحِفَ الَّتِي عِنْدَكُم وَغُلُّوْهَا، فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَالَ: ﴿وَمَنْ يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ﴾ ، فَالْقَوُا اللهَ بِالمَصَاحِفِ (٤) . قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كُرِهِ مِنْ مَقَالَةِ ابْنِ مَسْعُوْدٍ، كَرِهَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ

(١) إسناده حسن، وهو في " المسند " ١ / ٤١٤، و" الحلية " ١ / ١٢٥، وقد تقدم في الصفحة (٤٧٢) تعليق رقم (٤) . (٢) أخرجه أبو نعيم في " الحلية " ١ / ١٢٥، والطيالسي ١ / ١٥١، وتمامه: " فمن استطاع أن يغل مصحفه فليفعل، فإن الله تعالى يقول: (ومن يغلل يأت بما غل يوم القيامة) ولقد أخذت من في رسول الله، ﷺ، سبعين سورة، وإن زيد بن ثابت لصبي من الصبيان. فأنا أوعى ما أخذت من في رسول الله، ﷺ، " وانظر ما سبقه. (٣) سقط من المطبوع عبارة " تفرد به الواقدي وهو متروك ". (٤) رجاله ثقات. لكنه منقطع. عبيد الله بن عبد الله أرسل عن عم أبيه عبد الله بن مسعود. وأخرجه الترمذي ضمن الحديث (٣١٠٤) في التفسير: باب ومن سورة التوبة. وابن أبي داود في " المصاحف " ص (١٧) وانظر " فتح الباري " ٩ / ١٧: باب جمع القرآن.