We came upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a deputation of Thaqif. The signatories of the pact came to al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah as his guests. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made Banu-Malik stay in a tent of his. Musaddad's version says: He was in the deputation of Thaqif which came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He used to visit and have a talk with us every day after the night prayer. The version of AbuSa'id says: He remained standing for such a long time (talking to us) that he put his weight sometimes on one leg and sometimes on the other due to his long stay. He mostly told us how his people, the Quraysh, behaved with him. He would say: We were not equal; we were weak and degraded at Mecca (according to Musaddad's version). When we came over to Medina the fighting began between us; sometimes we overcome them and at other times they overcome us. One night he came late and did not come at the time he used to come. We asked him: You came late tonight? He said: I could not recite the fixed part of the Qur'an that I used to recite every day. I disliked to come till I had completed it. Aws said: I asked the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: How do you divide the Qur'an for daily recitation? They said: Three surahs, five surahs, eleven surahs, thirteen surahs' mufassal surahs. Abu Dawud said: The version of Abu Sa'id is complete.  

قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي وَفْدِ ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتِ الأَحْلاَفُ عَلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ وَأَنْزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَنِي مَالِكٍ فِي قُبَّةٍ لَهُ قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ وَكَانَ فِي الْوَفْدِ الَّذِينَ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ كَانَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ يَأْتِينَا بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ يُحَدِّثُنَا قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ قَائِمًا عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَاوِحَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ مِنْ طُولِ الْقِيَامِ وَأَكْثَرُ مَا يُحَدِّثُنَا مَا لَقِيَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لاَ سَوَاءً كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مُسْتَذَلِّينَ قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ بِمَكَّةَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ كَانَتْ سِجَالُ الْحَرْبِ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ نُدَالُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُدَالُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةً أَبْطَأَ عَنِ الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَأْتِينَا فِيهِ فَقُلْنَا لَقَدْ أَبْطَأْتَ عَنَّا اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ طَرَأَ عَلَىَّ جُزْئِي مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَجِيءَ حَتَّى أُتِمَّهُ قَالَ أَوْسٌ سَأَلْتُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُحَزِّبُونَ الْقُرْآنَ قَالُوا ثَلاَثٌ وَخَمْسٌ وَسَبْعٌ وَتِسْعٌ وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ وَثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَحِزْبُ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَحْدَهُ  

“We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the delegation of Thaqif. The allies of Quraish stayed at the house of Mughirah bin Shu’bah, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ camped Bani Malik in a tent belonging to him. He used to come to us every night after the ‘Isha’ and speak to us standing on his two feet, until he started to shift his weight from one foot to the other. Most of what he told us was what he had suffered from his people, the Quraish. He said: ‘(The two sides) were not equal. We were weak and oppressed and humiliated, and when we went out to Al-Madinah, the outcome of the battles between us varied; sometimes we would defeat them and sometimes they would defeat us.’ One night he was later than he usually was, and I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, you have come to us late tonight.’ He said: ‘It occurred to me that I had not read my daily portion of Qur’an and I did not want to come out until I had completed it.’” Aws said: “I asked the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: ‘How did you used to divide up the Qur’an?’ They said: ‘A third, a fifth, a seventh, a ninth, an eleventh, a thirteenth, and Hizbul-Mufassal.’”  

قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي وَفْدِ ثَقِيفٍ فَنَزَّلُوا الأَحْلاَفَ عَلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ وَأَنْزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَنِي مَالِكٍ فِي قُبَّةٍ لَهُ فَكَانَ يَأْتِينَا كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ فَيُحَدِّثُنَا قَائِمًا عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَاوِحَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَأَكْثَرُ مَا يُحَدِّثُنَا مَا لَقِيَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَيَقُولُ وَلاَ سَوَاءَ كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مُسْتَذَلِّينَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ كَانَتْ سِجَالُ الْحَرْبِ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ نُدَالُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُدَالُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ أَبْطَأَ عَنِ الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَأْتِينَا فِيهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ طَرَأَ عَلَىَّ حِزْبِي مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ حَتَّى أُتِمَّهُ قَالَ أَوْسٌ فَسَأَلْتُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ تُحَزِّبُونَ الْقُرْآنَ قَالُوا ثَلاَثٌ وَخَمْسٌ وَسَبْعٌ وَتِسْعٌ وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ وَثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَحِزْبُ الْمُفَصَّلِ  

[Machine] I was among the delegation who came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to embrace Islam from Thaqeef, from the tribe of Bani Malik. He hosted us in a room, and he would visit us between his house and the mosque. When he finished praying the last night prayer, he would come to us and would not stop talking to us, complaining about Quraysh and the people of Makkah. Then he would say, "We were either humiliated or oppressed in Makkah, but when we migrated to Madinah, the disputes of war started to trouble us. He stayed away from us for a night, and did not come to us until it became too long after Isha prayer." We asked him, "Why do you stay away from us, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "A portion of the Qur'an came to me, and I wanted to stay until I finish it." In the morning, we asked the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "How do you memorize the Qur'an?" They replied, "We memorize it in sections of six verses, five verses, seven verses, nine verses, eleven verses, thirteen verses, and the detailed section from Surah Qaf until its end."  

كُنْتُ فِي الْوَفْدِ الَّذِينَ أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَسْلَمُوا مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ مِنْ بَنِي مَالِكٍ أَنْزَلَنَا فِي قُبَّةٍ لَهُ فَكَانَ يَخْتَلِفُ إِلَيْنَا بَيْنَ بُيُوتِهِ وَبَيْنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيْنَا فَلَا يَبْرَحُ يُحَدِّثُنَا وَيَشْتَكِي قُرَيْشًا وَيَشْتَكِي أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لَا سَوَاءَ كُنَّا بِمَكَّةَ مُسْتَذَلِّينَ أَوْ مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ كَانَتْ سِجَالُ الْحَرْبِ عَلَيْنَا وَلَنَا فَمَكَثَ عَنَّا لَيْلَةً لَمْ يَأْتِنَا حَتَّى طَالَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ قَالَ قُلْنَا مَا أَمْكَثَكَ عَنَّا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ طَرَأَ عَليَّ حِزْبٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ لَا أَخْرُجَ حَتَّى أَقْضِيَهُ فَسَأَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَصْبَحْنَا؟ قَالَ قُلْنَا كَيْفَ تُحَزِّبُونَ الْقُرْآنَ؟ قَالُوا نُحَزِّبُهُ سِتَّ سُوَرٍ وَخَمْسَ سُوَرٍ وَسَبْعَ سُوَرٍ وَتِسْعَ سُوَرٍ وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سُورَةً وَثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ سُورَةً وَحِزْبُ الْمُفَصَّلِ مِنْ ق حَتَّى تَخْتِمَ  

“We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the delegation of Thaqif. The allies of Quraish stayed at the house of Mughirah bin Shu’bah, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ camped Bani Malik in a tent belonging to him. He used to come to us every night after the ‘Isha’ and speak to us standing on his two feet, until he started to shift his weight from one foot to the other. Most of what he told us was what he had suffered from his people, the Quraish. He said: ‘(The two sides) were not equal. We were weak and oppressed and humiliated, and when we went out to Al-Madinah, the outcome of the battles between us varied; sometimes we would defeat them and sometimes they would defeat us.’ One night he was later than he usually was, and I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, you have come to us late tonight.’ He said: ‘It occurred to me that I had not read my daily portion of Qur’an and I did not want to come out until I had completed it.’” Aws said: “I asked the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: ‘How did you used to divide up the Qur’an?’ They said: ‘A third, a fifth, a seventh, a ninth, an eleventh, a thirteenth, and Hizbul-Mufassal.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1345)   

قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفْدَ ثَقِيفٍ فَأُنْزِلْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي قُبَّةٍ لَهُ فَنَزَلَ إِخْوَانُنَا مِنَ الْأَحْلَافِ عَلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْتِينَا بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ فَيُحَدِّثُنَا وَكَانَ أَكْثَرُ حَدِيثِهِ تَشْكِيَةَ قُرَيْشٍ وَيَقُولُ «وَلَا سَوَاءٌ كُنَّا بِمَكَّةَ مُسْتَذَلَّينَ مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فَلَمَّا أَتَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَانَتِ الْحَرْبُ سِجَالًا عَلَيْنَا وَلَنَا» فَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيْنَا ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَأَطْوَلَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَقَدْ أَبْطَأْتَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ طَرَأَ عَلَيَّ حِزْبِي مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ حَتَّى أَقْضِيَهُ» فَسَأَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَزِّبُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ فَقَالُوا كَانَ يُحَزِّبُهُ ثَلَاثًا وَخَمْسًا وَسَبْعًا وَتِسْعًا وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ وَثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ وَحِزْبَ الْمُفَصَّلِ  

"عَنْ أوْسِ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ الثَّقَفِىِّ قَالَ: قَدِمْنَا - وَفْدَ ثَقِيف - عَلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَنَزَلَ الأحْلاَفِيُّونَ عَلَى المُغَيرةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، وَأَنْزَلَ المَالِكِيِّينَ قُبَّتَهُ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ يَأتِينَا فَيُحَدَّثُنَا بَعْدَ عِشَاءِ الآخِرَةِ حَتَّى يُرَاوِحَ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ مِنْ طُولِ القِيَام، فَكَانَ أَكْثَرَ مَا يُحَدِّثُنَا اشْتِكَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ، يَقُولُ: كُنَّا بِمَكَّةَ مُسْتَذَلَينَ مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا المَدِينَةَ انْتَصَفْنَا مِن القَوْمٍ، فَكَانَتْ سِجَالُ الحَرْبِ عَلَيْنَا وَلَنَا، فَاحْتَبَس عَنَّا لَيْلة عَنِ الوَقْتِ الَّذِى كَانَ يَأتِينَا فيهِ، ثُمَّ أَتَانَا فَقُلنَا: يَارَسُولَ الله، احْتبَسْتَ عَنَّا الَّليْلَةَ عَنِ الوَقْتِ الَّذِى كنتَ تَأَتِينَا فِيه، فَقَالَ: إنَّهُ طَرَأ عَلَىَّ حِزْبِى مِنْ القُرآنِ، فَأَحبَبْتُ أنْ لاَ أَخْرُجَ حَتَّى أَقَرَأَهُ، أوْ قَالَ: حَتَّى أَقْضِيَهُ، فَلَمَّا أَصبْحْنَا سَأَلنَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُول الله ﷺ عَنْ أَحْزَاب القُرآن كَيْفَ يُحَزَبُونَهُ؟ فَقَالُوا: ثَلاَثٌ، وَخَمْسٌ، وَسَبعٌ، وَتِسعٌ، وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ، وَثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَحِزْبُ المُفَصّلِ (*) ".