= He said, “Let one of you write and the other dictate. If you disagree over anything, bring it to me.” We disagreed over nothing in the Book of Allah except a single word in Surat al-Baqarah: Saʿid wrote al-tabut, whereas Zayd wrote al-tabuh. We brought the matter to ʿUthman, who said, “Write it as al-tabut.” ʿAli remarked, “Had I been in ʿUthman’s position, I would have done exactly what he did.” Al-Baghawi cites this in Sharh al-Sunnah 4/524–525, and Ibn Abi Dawud transmits it in al-Masahif, pp. 22–23; Ibn Hajar judges the chain sound (Fath al-Bari 9/16). Al-Tirmidhi (no. 3104) likewise reports the collection of the Quran through al-Zuhri from Anas: al-Zuhri said, “That day they differed over al-tabut and al-tabuh. The Qurayshites preferred al-tabut, while Zayd preferred al-tabuh. Their disagreement reached ʿUthman, who ordered, ‘Write it al-tabut, for it was revealed in the dialect of Quraysh.’” (*) Musnad Ahmad 4/102; Tabaqat Ibn Saʿd 7/408; Tarikh Ibn Maʿin, p. 66; Tabaqat Khalifah pp. 70, 305; Tarikh Khalifah p. 341; al-Tarikh al-Kabir 2/150-151; al-Maʿarif pp. 102, 168; al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil 2/440; al-Muʿjam al-Kabir (Tabarani) 2/37; al-Istiiʿab 2/58; Ibn ʿAsakir 3/264/1; Usd al-Ghabah 1/256; Tahdhib al-Kamal p. 171; Tarikh al-Islam 2/188; Majmaʿ al-Zawaʾid 9/392; Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 1/511; al-Isabah 1/304; Khulasat Tadhhib al-Kamal p. 55; Tahdhib Tarikh Ibn ʿAsakir 3/347-361. (1) Jamhara Ansab al-Arab, p. 422; al-Istiiʿab 2/58; Usd al-Ghabah 1/256. Ibn al-Athir, citing Ibn Manda and Abu Nuʿaym, adds that his full name is Tamim ibn Aws ibn Kharijah ibn Suwd ibn Khuzaymah. (2) Al-Jassasah is the beast Tamim encountered on an island in the sea; it is so named because it “spies” (tajassasa) on behalf of the Dajjal. The episode is related by Muslim (no. 2942) in the Book of Tribulations and the Portents of the Hour, “The Story of al-Jassasah,” and also by Ahmad 6/373-374 and al-Tabarani.