Sunday, February 10, 2013

Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman came to Uthman at the time when the people of shamand the people of Iraq were waging war to conquer Arminya and Adhargijan. Hudhaifa was afraid of their
(PEOPLE OF SHAM AND IRAQ) difference in the recitation of the qur-an, so he said to Uthman, "O chief of the believers! Save this nation
((( BEFORE THEY DIFFER ))) about "THE BOOK" QUR-AN as Jews and Christians did before."

((( SO UTHMAN SENT A MESSAGE TO ((((HAFSA))))) saying "Send us the manuscripts of the Qur'an so that we may compile the Qur'anic materials in perfect copies and return the manuscripts to you.)))

((( HAFSA SENT IT TO UTHMAN ))). 'Uthman then
((( ORDERED ZAID IBN THABIT))), 'Abdullah bin AzZubair, Said bin Al-As and 'AbdurRahman bin Harith bin Hisham to rewrite the manuscripts in perfect copies. 'Uthman said to the three Quraishi men,

"In case you disagree with Zaid bin Thabit on any point in the Qur'an, then write it in the dialect of Quraish, the Qur'an was revealed in their tongue." They did so, and when they had written many copies,

'Uthman returned

((( THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRPTS ))). 'Uthman sent to every Muslim province one copy of what they had copied, and ordered that all the other Qur'anic materials, whether written in fragmentary manuscripts or whole copies, be burnt. Said bin Thabit added, "A Verse from Surat Ahzab was missed by me when we copied the Qur'an and I used to hear Allah's Apostle reciting it. So we searched for it and found it with Khuzaima bin Thabit Al-Ansari. (That Verse was): 'Among the Believers are men who have been true in their covenant with Allah.' (33.23)

SAHIH AL BUKHARI vol. 6, hadith 510, pp. 478-479; book 61

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