Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 430-199b
✧ Abdullah b. Mas'ud
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عَنِ ابنِ مَسْعُود
"أنَّهُ أتَاهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فَقَرأ عَلَيْهِم السَّلامَ، وَأَمَرهُم بِتَقْوَى الله وَأنْ لَا يَخْتلِفُوا في الْقُرآنِ، وَلَا يَتَنَازَعُوا فِيهِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَخْتَلِفُ وَلَا يَنْسَى وَلَا يَنْفذُ لِكَثْرةِ الرَّد أَفَلَا تَرَوْنَ أَنَّ شَرِيعَةَ الإِسْلَامِ فِيهِ وَاحِدة حُدُودَهَا وَفَرَائِصَهَا وَأَمَرَ الله فِيهَا وَلَوْ كَانَ شَىْءٌ مِنَ الْحُرْفَيينَ يَأتِى بِشَىْءٍ يَغْنِى عَنْهُ الآخَر كَانَ ذَلِكَ الاخْتِلَافُ وَلَكِنَّه جَامِعٌ لِذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ وَإنِّى لأَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ أَصْبَحَ فِيكُم الْيَوْمَ مِنَ الْفِقْهِ، وَالْعِلْمِ مِنْ خَيْر مَا فِي النَّاسِ، وَلَوْ أعْلَمُ أحَدًا يَبْلغنيه الإبِل هُوَ أعْلَمُ بِما أُنْزِل عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ لَقَصَدْتُهُ حَتَّى أزْدَاد عِلْمًا إِلَى عِلْمِى عَلِمْتُ أنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ كَانَ يُعْرَضُ عَلَيْه الْقُرآنُ كُلَّ عَامٍ مَرَّةً فُعُرِضَ عَامَ تُوفِّىَ مَرَّتَيْن فَكُنْتُ إِذَا قَرَأتُ عَلَيْهِ أَخْبَرنِى أَنِّى مُحْسِنٌ فَمَنْ قَرَأَ عَلَى قِرَاءَتِى فَلَا يَدَعْهَا رَغْبَةً عَنْهَا وَمَنْ قَرَأَ عَلىَّ شَيْئًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْحُرُوفِ، فَلَا يَدَعْهُ رَغْبَةَ عَنْهُ فَإنَّ مَنْ جَحَدَ بِحَرْفٍ مِنْهُ جَحَدَ بِهِ كُلِّهِ".
Translation
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- Ibn Masʿūd
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"He came to him (a group) from the people of Kufa, and he greeted them with peace, and commanded them to fear Allah and not to differ concerning the Quran, nor to dispute about it, for it does not contradict itself, nor does it wear out through much repetition. Do you not see that the Shari'ah of Islam in it is one, its limits and its obligations, and what Allah commanded in it? If one of the two letters brought something that made the other unnecessary, that would be a difference, but it comprises all of that. I hope that there has come to be among you today of the understanding and knowledge the best of what is among the people. If I knew of anyone whom camels could reach who knows better what was revealed to Muhammad, I would seek him until my knowledge increases. I know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to have the Quran presented to him once every year, but in the year he died it was presented to him twice. So whenever I recited to him, he told me that I was doing well. Whoever recites according to my recitation, let him not abandon it out of aversion to it, and whoever recites to me any of these letters, let him not abandon it out of aversion to it, for whoever denies one letter of it has denied all of it."
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[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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