The third: from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib, from ʿĀʾishah, may Allah be pleased with her.

Al-Nasāʾī narrated it (2/27) with an authentic chain of transmission.

The fourth: from al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, from her, may Allah be pleased with her.

Aḥmad narrated it (6/157) through al-Layth, from him.

3992 — “Recite the Quran, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an intercessor for its companions. Recite the two radiant suras, al-Baqarah and Āl ʿImrān, for on the Day of Resurrection they will come as though they were two clouds, or two shades, or two flocks of birds in formation, pleading on behalf of their companions. Recite Sura al-Baqarah, for embracing it is a blessing, abandoning it is a cause of regret, and sorcerers cannot withstand it.”

Muslim (2/197), al-Bayhaqī (2/395), al-Baghawī in Sharḥ al-Sunnah (4/456), Aḥmad (5/249, 251, 255, and 257), and al-Ṭabarānī in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (8/138/7542; 139/7543 and 7544) all narrated it through Abū Salām, who said: “Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī told me: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say…’” Then he mentioned it.

ʿAbd al-Razzāq also narrated it (3/365–366), and Aḥmad (5/251) narrated it through him; but in both of their versions it appears as “Abū Salamah,” and ʿAbd al-Razzāq added “ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān”! All of that is erroneous.

3993 — “Recite the Quran so long as your hearts are united upon it; but when you differ, then stop reciting it.”

Al-Bukhārī (5060, 5061, 7364, and 7365), Muslim (8/57), Ibn Ḥibbān (2/69/756), al-Dārimī (442), and al-Nasāʾī in al-Sunan al-Kubrā (5/33),