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bayhaqi:12192 – Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar b. Aḥmad b. Fāris > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] I heard Anas saying that the collection of the Quran during the time of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was done by four individuals: Ubay ibn Ka'b, Muadh ibn Jabal, Zaid ibn Thabit, and Abu Zaid. I asked Anas, "Who is Abu Zaid?" He replied, "One of my relatives."

البيهقي:١٢١٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ فَارِسٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا يَقُولُ جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَةٌ أُبِيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَنَسٍ مَنْ أَبُو زَيْدٍ؟ قَالَ أَحَدُ عُمُومَتِي

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ عَنْ بُنْدَارٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ

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bukhari:3810 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

Anas said, "The Qur'an was collected in the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ by four (men), all of whom were from the Ansar: Ubai, Muʿadh bin Jabal, Abu Zaid and Zaid bin Thabit." I asked Anas, "Who is Abu Zaid?" He said, "One of my uncles."

البخاري:٣٨١٠ – حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَرْبَعَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أُبَىٌّ وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قُلْتُ لأَنَسِ مَنْ أَبُو زَيْدٍ قَالَ أَحَدُ عُمُومَتِي

muslim:2465a – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

Four persons collected the Qur'an during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and all of them were Ansar: Mu'adh b. Jabal, Ubayy b. Ka'b, Zaid b. Thabit, Abu Zaid. Qatada said: Anas, who was Abu Zaid? He said: He was one of my uncles.

مسلم:٢٤٦٥a – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا يَقُولُ جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَأُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ قُلْتُ لأَنَسٍ مَنْ أَبُو زَيْدٍ قَالَ أَحَدُ عُمُومَتِي

muslim:2465b – Abū Dāwud Sulaymān b. Maʿbad > ʿAmr b. ʿĀṣim > Hammām > Qatādah

I said to Anas b. Malik: Who collected the Qur'an during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: Four (persons), all of them belonging to Ansir: Ubayy b. Ka'b, Mu'adh b. Jabal, Zaid b. Thabit and a person from the Ansar whose Kunya was Abu Zaid.

مسلم:٢٤٦٥b – حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو دَاوُدَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ مَنْ جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَرْبَعَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَرَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ يُكْنَى أَبَا زَيْدٍ

tirmidhi:3794 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

that Anas bin Malik said: "Four gathered the Qur'an during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, all of them are from the Ansar: Ubayy bin Ka'b, Mu'adh bin Jabal, Zaid bin Thabit, and Abu Zaid." I said to Anas: "Who is Abu Zaid?" He said: "One of my uncles."

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٣٧٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ قُلْتُ لأَنَسٍ مَنْ أَبُو زَيْدٍ قَالَ أَحَدُ عُمُومَتِي

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:13942 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah Wḥaddathanā Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

that Anas bin Malik said: "Four gathered the Qur'an during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, all of them are from the Ansar: Ubayy bin Ka'b, Mu'adh bin Jabal, Zaid bin Thabit, and Abu Zaid." I said to Anas: "Who is Abu Zaid?" He said: "One of my uncles." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3794)

أحمد:١٣٩٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ وحَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شُعْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَةٌ قَالَ يَحْيَى كُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ أَبُو زَيْدٍ؟ قَالَ أَحَدُ عُمُومَتِي

tabarani:3488 – Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas > Āftakhar al-Ḥayyān al-Aws And al-Khazraj > al-Aws Minnā Arbaʿah > al-Khazraj Minnā Arbaʿah > al-Aws Minnā Man Āhtaz Lah ʿArsh al-Raḥman Saʿd b. Muʿādh Waminnā Man ʿAdalat Shahādatuh Bishahādah a manayn Khuzaymah b. Thābit Waminnā Man Ghassalath al-Malāʾikah Ḥanẓalah b. al-Rāhib Waminnā Man Ḥamá Laḥmah al-Dabr ʿĀṣim b. Thābit b. al-Aflaḥ

The Aws and Khazraj tribes boasted, and Aws said, "We have four individuals." Khazraj said, "We have four individuals as well." Aws said, "Among us is Sa'd bin Mu'adh, whose shaking caused the Throne of the Most Merciful to tremble. Among us is also Khuzaimah bin Thabit, whose testimony is equivalent to that of two men. Among us is Hanzala bin Al-Rabi', who was washed by the angels. Among us is also Asim bin Thabit bin Al-Aflah, who protected his backside." Khazraj said, "Among us are four individuals who gathered the Quran during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and no one else did so. They are Ubay bin Ka'b, Mu'adh bin Jabal, Zaid bin Thabit, and Abu Zaid." I asked Anas, "Who is Abu Zaid?" He replied, "One of my uncles."

الطبراني:٣٤٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

افْتَخَرَ الْحَيَّانِ الْأَوْسُ وَالْخَزْرَجُ فَقَالَ الْأَوْسُ مِنَّا أَرْبَعَةٌ وَقَالَ الْخَزْرَجُ مِنَّا أَرْبَعَةٌ قَالَ الْأَوْسُ مِنَّا مَنِ اهْتَزَّ لَهُ عَرْشُ الرَّحْمَنِ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ وَمِنَّا مَنْ عَدَلَتْ شَهَادَتُهُ بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلَيْنِ خُزَيْمَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَمِنَّا مَنْ غَسَّلَتْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَنْظَلَةُ بْنُ الرَّاهِبِ وَمِنَّا مَنْ حَمَى لَحْمَهُ الدَّبْرُ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الْأَفْلَحِ وَقَالَ الْخَزْرَجُ مِنَّا أَرْبَعَةٌ جَمَعُوا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَجْمَعْهُ غَيْرُهُمْ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ قُلْتُ لِأَنَسٍ مَنْ أَبُو زَيْدٍ؟ قَالَ «أَحَدُ عُمُومَتِي»

nasai-kubra:7946 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

Anas said, "The Qur'an was collected in the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ by four (men), all of whom were from the Ansar: Ubai, Muʿadh bin Jabal, Abu Zaid and Zaid bin Thabit." I asked Anas, "Who is Abu Zaid?" He said, "One of my uncles." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3810)

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٩٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَزِيدٌ وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ قُلْتُ مَنْ أَبُو زَيْدٍ؟ قَالَ «أَحَدُ عُمُومَتِي»