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ʿUmar said, “Ubayy is the most proficient among us in recitation, yet we set aside much of Ubayy’s dialectal renderings.” ⦗81⦘ Sufyan narrated—from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Saʿid ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbas (may Allah be pleased with him)—a report to the same effect.
وَقَالَ عُمَرُ: «أُبَيٌّ أَقَرَؤُنَا، وَإِنَّا لَنَدَعُ كَثِيرًا مِنْ لَحْنِ أُبَيٍّ» ⦗٨١⦘ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسِ ﵄، مِثْلَهُ